Colosseum Underground Tour: Gladiator's View of Rome

Experience the Colosseum like a gladiator, explore underground chambers, and walk the arena stage. Discover Ancient Rome’s iconic sites in one tour.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 72 hours
Highlights
  • Colosseum - Begin your tour of Rome’s most iconic monument with Skip-the-Line access directly through the Gladiator’s Gate. Once the main exit for defeated contenders, this special entrance leads you directly to the parts of the Colosseum most tourists don’t get to see.
    Your first stop is the Colosseum Underground – the backstage area where…
What's Included
  • Colosseum entrance ticket with arena access (valued at €24 per person)
  • Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
  • Dedicated audio headsets so you don’t miss a thing
  • Professional English Speaking Guide
  • Small groups of 10 people or fewer
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Get a unique gladiator’s-eye view of Rome’s iconic Colosseum, in a tour that delves backstage into areas that are normally off-limits to the public. Explore the Underground, where gladiators prepared themselves for battle, and walk in their footsteps on a partially reconstructed arena stage. All this, plus the Palatine Hill and Roman Forum: all the most…

Location
Largo Gaetana Agnesi
Meet your guide at Largo Gaetana Agnesi, on the little square above the metro line B (blue line) stop "Colosseo". Your guide coordinator will be waiting here wearing a blue City Wonders polo shirt or jacket for easy recognition.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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Anna_b
Sep 1, 2024
Amazing! Worth every penny. - Amazing experience! Highly recommended! Our group consisted of only 5 people which was great and our guide was very knowledgeable. Thank you Elena for wonderful tour!
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John_m
May 31, 2024
Great tour - The tour guide was very knowledgeable and lead the group to see as much as possible in 3 hours! I highly recommend this tour!
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231jacquier
May 10, 2024
Fabulous experience - My husband and I were so glad we did this one. Directions on where to meet were clear and no problem and our tour guide was fabulous. He was extremely knowledgeable and continually talked and narrated. It was very well organized and the pace was perfect. We gained a great deal of insight and the tour exceeded our expectations. I highly recommend.
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Suzanne_p
Apr 28, 2024
Helpful tour - Great tour. There is a lot of information to learn on this tour. It does go quickly. I’m glad we spent the extra money to see the lower level. We did the first tour of the day. I highly recommend that option.
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Simon_r
Apr 5, 2024
Wonderful experience - A great experience with a wonderful guide. Highly recommended. Bring your walking shoes. A great experience with a wonderful guide. Highly recommended
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Michael_b
Oct 27, 2023
handled big group well and paced his information - Our tour started with 2 hiccups: 1 they had to change the time a few days before hand and 2. a guide called in sick so they had to redistribute the groups BUT Marcos did not let that affect his tour. He handled our big group well and spaced out the information so that it did not feel overwhelming or that he was just reciting a bunch of memorized facts. A great first tour of the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
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Sanfranciscotrvlr
Jun 29, 2024
NOT a tour- just underground access - Access only- the big flag is that this is NOT a tour- it is just someone who can get you access to the underground. When we asked the person a question she was quick to clarify that she is NOT a tour guide. Was a good way to get access but definitely not a tour of any kind- the guide was fine but a bit rude.
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Kimberly_d
Mar 11, 2024
Like a ride on the Titanic. - Them not having ours or 8 other families tickets, then canceling our tour. Called Viator, they were understanding but super limited on recompense as all they could do was say woops sorry, we will refund the money paid but not the additional out put for travel to and from. Super highlight.
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Carol_g
Nov 7, 2023
Disappointed with lack of communication - I was very displeased with City Wonders for this particular excursion. Firstly, the scheduled morning tour was moved to a late afternoon tour (via text) and then when my family of 10 had arrived, we were told that the tour guide had called off and there was no other tour guide to do the tour. I was not notified of this until we were at the meeting place. Secondly, the option of doing just the underground tour (done by the Colosseum) with reimbursement for the private tour of the arena, Forum, and Palatine Hill was offered without complete instruction given and our group had to scramble to get to the underground tour which we had to join late. I do want to mention that the underground tour was a great experience.
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Jacqueline_m
Nov 1, 2023
Switched tours on us - I would love to be able to review this tour, however we were told it was canceled via email about a month prior to the tour. we were however able to rebook a lesser, large group tour that did not go underground and we would receive a refund of the difference. I tried calling days before our tour because we had not received any refunds. They then told me we were still booked for the semi private underground tour. Great! … not so great when we showed up for our tour and were told it was in fact canceled and we were going on the group Colesseum tour. We did, it was informative and our guide was very knowledgeable. The whole experience has left a bad taste for Viator as I am still trying to get our partial refund. Will never book with them again
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