Rome Tour: Vatican and Colosseum Highlights

Experience the best of Rome with this full-day combo tour of the Vatican and the Colosseum. Skip the lines and explore the Vatican Museums, including the Sistine Chapel, before discovering the ancient ruins of the Colosseum and Roman Forum.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 7 days
Highlights
  • Vatican Museums - With your friendly guide, enter the ornate Vatican Museums through an exclusive partner entrance. Unlike the more than 200 tour operators offering standard entry, we provide you with special access through this Partner Entrance. This allows you to start your visit promptly, saving up to four hours during peak season and giving…
What's Included
  • Professional English-speaking guide
  • Reserved Skip-the-Line Access to the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill
  • Reserved Skip-the-Line Access to Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Audio headset for clear guidance at the Colosseum
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Transfers between the two tours
Additional Information

Experience Rome’s top attractions—the Vatican and the Colosseum—on this full-day guided tour. With an expert guide, enjoy exclusive, reserved entry to the Vatican Museums and explore its magnificent artistic treasures, including Michelangelo’s extraordinary frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. After some free time for lunch (at your own expense), continue to…

Location
Via Tunisi, 4
Via Tunisi
Vatican Tour - meet at the bottom of the steps across the street from the Entrance of the Vatican Museums. Colosseum Tour - meet at Largo Gaetana Agnesi, above the 2nd floor of the metro line B (blue line) stop "Colosseo". * For further information, please review the 'Before you go' section.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 7 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 7 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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Patrik_s
Oct 31, 2024
Day in Rome. - Great day and excellent guides. Included plenty of interesting aspects covered by the guides. Well planned.
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Juwita_s
Oct 30, 2024
Happy tour - It’s really great Our guide tour Ms sthepanie Really helpful to explain everything around I really happy with this tour
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Amanda_d
Oct 28, 2024
Done in a Day - This tour was fantastic. I can’t recall our tour guides name but she was extremely knowledgeable. The Basicila, Sistine Chapel were amazing. I would highly recommend this tour company as we did an afternoon tour of the Colleseum which was equally as good.
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992kentk
Oct 18, 2024
Excellent tour guide - Amy was an excellent tour guide! Very enthusiastic and knowledgeable (and funny). Definitely recommend. I hope she gets her place in Tuscany.
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Mariabp2098zv
Jul 9, 2024
A Captivating TOUR! - The Forum, Colosseum tour was just amazing. Our guide, Flavia, was an art historian and shared so many interesting facts with us. She really made the ruins and colosseum come alive. If there is any way to request her, you must. She even went beyond the stated time. It was so much better than we anticipated.
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Taramatthews
Jun 13, 2024
I recommend this tour - We loved the tour. So informative and the guide was knowledgeable and friendly. I would recommend this tour and this company.
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Dresare
May 21, 2024
Had a great time! - This tour was great because I like how they split up the Colosseum and Vatican, we did the Colosseum along with the ruins next to it in the morning. They gave us enough time to go get our own lunch and take a break while we went to the Vatican for the second part of the tour in the evening. The Vatican tour was a little rushed because there is just so much to see, if you want to see everything definitely do that on your own time, if you are interested in seeing the highlights and some of the most iconic things then this is a great option! This tour was great and I would definitely recommend this to anyone!
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Debbie_p
Apr 30, 2024
Excellent - The Colosseum. Sylvia was an exceptional guide. She gave so much information and interesting facts. Very friendly and made everyone a part of the tour. The Vatican was also very good but I would not do both in the same day again. It makes for a very long and tiring day but I still recommend doing both just different days
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Kassandra_r
Jun 2, 2024
Good Communication, Great Tour. - Patrick was knowledgeable and let us take photos often. Great Colosseum tour. Vatican tour canceled 2 days prior, but refunded. Not listed anywhere - Have passports or ID with you, We are lucky Colosseum was not checking the day we attended.
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Jacquelynn_w
May 8, 2024
Can't rate tour - Change in times. Not updated in app. Missed the tour. Can't rate the tour since we did not go on it.
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From $152
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 7 days before the start of your experience (local time).