Express Colosseum option Meet your licensed guide near the Colosseum and enter through the Gladiator's Gate. During this 60-minute guided visit you'll discover the architecture, atmosphere and 2,000-year history of the most famous arena ever built. After the tour, explore the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill independently at your own pace. No Arena Floor or Underground access on this option. Max group size applies — subject to availability.
Arena Floor option Begin at the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with your licensed guide — walk the ruins of temples and imperial palaces that were the beating heart of ancient Rome. Then continue to the Colosseum for exclusive access to the Arena Floor, the historic stage where gladiators once fought before 50,000 spectators. Private group. Must book minimum 5 days in advance.
Underground option Start at the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, then enter the Colosseum for the most complete experience available. Descend into the Underground — the restricted tunnels and chambers where gladiators and animals waited before the games — then emerge onto the Arena Floor above. Two levels of restricted access in one private tour. Private group. Must book minimum 30 days in advance.
Unfortunately, the tour operator called me on the morning of Sunday, September 20, 2026, and canceled this tour. So we did not have the opportunity to go on the tour
I love that our tour guide took her time with us. We didn’t feel rushed at all. But she also didn’t linger on too long, which was great for our kids.
Tje guide was super knowledgeable and skipping the line was worth every penny paid. Extremely hot in August. Great tour my whole family will remeber.
Barbara was fantastic. Absolutely worth it. Money well spent. Would absolutely do it again. The Colosseum is breathtaking.
Excellent guide. Were are very happy with the guide. The guide is a very kind and helpful. I would definitely use the guide again in the future
Spent too much time waiting and then walking to get tickets and then back and fro. It is free to vist the colosseum on a Sunday which we new that when we book it. We pay 30 each per person for a guide and why on earth the guide could not get the tickets and meet at the Colosseum, when it is 37 degrees and spent nearly an hour waiting and walking to get tickets blows my mind
At the start the tour seems a little unorganized. The meeting point is where many groups meet so somewhat difficult to find where to go. We came on the first Sunday of the month (which is free to all) and in July. We anticipated no matter what lines would exist, and it would be hot. Use the bathroom before you go and eat a snack. If you reset your expectations that things aren’t going to go absolutely perfectly then you’ll be fine. Once at meeting point the group was led to ticket office to pick up tickets- they are not given out ahead of time, at least on the day we went. The tour was supposed to “start” at 11, but we started more around 12:15 and finished by 1:15. A little longer than planned, so again, leave yourself buffer room. The first 30 minutes we unfortunately had to listen to every person complain that this wasn’t the “skip the line experience they paid for” which I can validate but you’re in a foreign city, jam packed with tourists- let it go. The guide we had was wonderful- he was straightforward, informative and used pictures to additionally explain details about the colosseum you may not understand by just staring at the structure as it is today. Ultimately we enjoyed the tour as it was our last day in Rome and we just wanted to go inside to see and learn a bit. However, if you’re looking for a “luxury skip the line” type of experience- this wasn’t it.
Not worth the money. The tour was 1.5 hours delayed and we were paraded around the area to gather tickets and for other participants who didn’t plan ahead to use the facilities and buy water. It would have taken less time to wait in the normal access line. The tour guide didn’t do or say anything compelling. I could’ve walked around and done a better web search on things I found interesting. There were other people in my group that could not keep up so we did a lot of waiting once the tour started. There are a lot of stairs and if you go in July, it will be hot. I should also mention that access on the first Sunday of the month is free to all.
This tour started over an hour late. We were required to walk 3 blocks to go get our own tickets and then walk back to only wait 40 more minutes to get in. So. Disorganized. Very knowledgeable tour guide who was also irritated by this company. Not with the price whatsoever. I'm only giving 3 stars instead of 2 because of the great guide.
Tour Guide was confused part of the time . Said it was due to medication. Supposed to be an English tour but guide's english was not very good. Next time I would skip the tour and just self tour.
The guide was nice enough, but she was soft spoken and we weren’t given the audio earpieces to help. So we kept stopping to group up so she could explain and show us the pictures in her book. The Colosseum itself was amazing, but I don’t think the tour is worth what we paid for. I think it would have been cheaper and better to just buy one of the books and explore on our own.
Had a great 1130am tour of the Colosseum, along with our two young children in a stroller, and really appreciated the guide's knowledge and helpfulness in sheparding us through the site (I wish I could remember his name). We were placed in a group under the name Rome Tours (or something similar) at 1115, before our entrance time. We had to wait in line for a bit to get through security (we were presented skip the line tickets as soon as we arrived but still needed to wait 15-30 mins to get through the long security line) but our guide kept us entertained the whole time with facts and stories (and pictures) about the Colosseum and Forum. Once inside, we spent over an hour with the guided tour and thought our guide was excellent.
Not worth the $$ for the tour. First I wanted to thank Viator and tour company for accommodation on missing our 1st time reservations. When we arrived for the tour we waited around for awhile then had to walk as a group to get our tickets (which the tickets are free the 1st Sunday of the month) so we knew we were paying for the tour guide. It happened to be that the venue didn't open until 2pm because of a special event in the morning. So everything was thrown off schedule. We had to wait over an hour and half for our tour guide start time was 4:30pm we didn't get into the Colosseum until 6pm and didn't have enough time to really enjoy or explore. Our guide was only with us for less than 30 minutes! Definitely not worth it at all! You are better off paying for skip the line tickets and going on your own
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be cattle shuffled from car to car? I now do. The tour was rescheduled by 6 hours without anyone informing us. This apparently was due to it being a national holiday-June 2nd. But they knew this when the trip was booked and they never informed us. We had to email to ask if the trip was still on and that’s when they said we needed to come 6 hours later. Once we got there, we were shuffled from group to group with 4 different guides for almost an hour before even entering the museum. Every question we asked about what was going on was met with a smile and a shushing hand - never an answer other than “just follow me.” Once you got inside, the tour was fairly formative and nicely paced although the guide did take two phone calls mid tour. In the end, the tour was worth it as the Colosseum is even more impressive than you can imagine, BUT if there is any other option - take that one.
Codino is super. He’s a very good and pleasant guide. Very nice and correct experience. Worth to pay for and would book it again next time.
Group size was not too big and learned a lot. I appreciate the early morning option, it was nice to get to the Colosseum early and take photos before it got crowded.
It was disorganized, late and not very well explained when you got there. I would not take this again and the tour started later than expected. We were on a time table and were not able to participate.
Snake oil. I have very good reason to believe the reviews for this tour are fake. If you scroll down you’ll see that every one from June 2023 to May 2024 are 5 stars. I stupidly didn’t read all of them and took the 4.5 stars at face value. So I guess I got my just desserts. Echoing other reviews I cannot express how misleading, how disorganised and how much of a farce Pointours are. We spent £103 on two tickets for the ‘Skip-the line tour of colosseum with access to ancient Rome’, which in the end was none of these things. 1. Access to Ancient Rome If you book 8:30 your tour will not include access to the colosseum or Roman forum, therefore contradicting the ‘access to Ancient Rome (i.e the Roman forum) that your ticket stated it would include. You will be paying 18€ for this access as part of your colosseum entry ticket. An entirely misleading advert. 2. Skip the line As you meet at one of two meeting locations (why two?), your guide may turn up late as ours did, whilst also providing no notice of their tardiness nor apology. After looking out for a yellow flag, we eventually see a blue piece of paper being held up. We were then walked for 5-10 minutes down the road to the Roman Forum to purchase tickets from the office. The ‘Skipping the line’ therefore not included in part of the ticket. By the time we got to the colosseum it was 9:30am. 3. A Tour We were a small group of six. Not that we’d have needed headphones but the advert stated they would be available. We were not offered headphones, nor did the guides possess any. If in a larger group this would render it impossible to hear the guide. We were then greeted with another guide at the ticket office who was friendly, however, it would soon transpire had an extremely limited knowledge of the colosseum, and it seemed could only care about getting through it as soon as possible. You got the sense that he just rocked up on the day. The guide provided almost no information on historical events or dates. Almost every piece of information provided was in reference to a lasagne analogy of old and new concrete. The remaining information would also be inaccurate, and questions you might have would be answered inadequately or just ignored. About 70% of the time was spent with the guide walking off in front, where he’d then stop and say ‘take your pictures’ then press on until the next stop for pictures. Again, no detail, no knowledge. The walk through of the colosseum was cut short by 30 minutes, with the guide leaving at 10am. Not that it really mattered. I spoke on the phone with the original person who met us, who argued against almost all the points above. After explaining each of the points above four times, my request for information on a refund process were repeatedly ignored. After persisting for 25 minutes I was finally able to get a refund of 50%. In total the tour and tickets costed £86 with what should have been a great experience ruined entirely. 1 star.
Was great for last minute tickets. Little slow to get the tour started and difficult to find the meeting point. Very helpful and kind tour guide. We had a blast!
Company is professional, there was a mix up with ticket purchase and they explained the situation. They adjusted the tour to our needs. Small group was best part.
Great people, very knowledge, very much worth the fee. Perfect way to cut the line, learn about the place, and to get help acquiring tickets. Múltiple languages available; I'm very grateful with the staff! Thank you!
It was ok. We couldn’t find where to get the ticket at first. We booked for 3pm, but then had to walk for the tickets, which didn’t let us in till 4.30pm. We then just wandered around and meet up again at 4.30pm. The group was far too big. The guide was excellent though.
Thank you guys it’ wos nice experience thank you codino for evrythink thank you maria for the tour tour .we wucup erlay but it worth
The disorganized tour. Listening to one tour guide argue with the other tour guide. Having to wait for the ticket box office to open even though we were told to be there at 8:15. The time stamp on our tickets was 9:50. We were told to enter another gate and had to enter without a guide and given no instructions on how/where to find guide. After waiting around for another 20 minutes or so, we finally called the number on our confirmation so the guide could come meet us. After all that, we listened to about 20 minutes and just left. Worst tour ever. And we paid $128 for their horrible service, and on top of that we had to pay the 32.00 admission fee. A decent company would realize that a refund is in order.
Very messy and disorganised at the meeting point. Took far longer to get in, than expected. The group size was far too big. Not worth the money charged
Cudino was lovely at Point tours . Very friendly and understanding. Unfortunately there was a bomb threat which delayed entrance to Colosseum, we had a flight to catch and could not wait. He was very understanding and helpful. Thank you for being so kind!
I never write reviews - this is my first one ever. Generally I am an easy going individual that can find positives in almost any situation. Unfortunately, outside of the colosseum (which was incredible), this was by far the worst tour of my life. For starters the tour was to begin at 8:15 and we were supposed to meet at a specific location. My wife and I got there at 8:03 and the tour group left without us to go to the “secret-ticket” line to get tickets. Mind you, the event we booked made it seem like the tickets were purchased when we booked the event. Not true. You are paying to go to this secret ticket line and have a tour guide (average wait time here is 1-3hours vs normal line of 3-5 hours). After tracking this line down we sat in line for a hour and half. Normally this would not be an issue but we specifically paid for skip-the-line passes for this event. Between these two events it became apparent this was not the event we thought we signed up for. Next, was the matter of fact of actually paying for the tickets. As mentioned above we were under the impression the tickets were included in the purchase price - but they are not. (On the website, it explicitly said that the tour and tickets were included in the purchase price.) As we got to the front of the line we found out you need a passport or ID to buy the ticket. This information was provided to us in a separate email in a fine print section. From the booking it was not listed or have I ever had to provide this information on other tours. So, I had to go back to the hotel and get our information. Once I got back and got the tickets our group finally got to go to the colosseum. But, again another issue came up. Because the group was scattered throughout the line everyone had different entrance times. Because of this we had to wait an extra 30 minutes so everyone could go in together. Because of this we did not enter the colosseum until about 3 hours after our scheduled time. The tour itself was okay? I am a bit of a history nerd, so I do know a little more about history than the average individual. But, I do not feel like I learned anything interesting or unique on this tour. Very generic information and about halfway through my wife and I gave up and separated from the tour to just adventure colosseum on our own. I under no circumstances recommend this tour. A lot of us on the trip felt manipulated and feel as if we bought something else entirely. The booking was massively overbooked, the staff were incredibly unorganized, and the listing is not faithful to what you actually have to do.
This was the most unorganised tour we have ever been on. We and everyone who was with us felt completely ripped off by the chaos that we faced. At the end we all had no choice but to laugh about it because it was so bad. We ended up stand in line for 2 hours before going into the colleseum, so the whole “skip the queue” is misleading. We had the worst experience possible in a tour guide. When we got inside, we and 10 of us couldnt find our tour guide, so walked around for 30 mins by ourselves until we saw them again. Terrible experience.
The tour was supposed to start at 8:15, we entered the colosseo at 10, they didn’t have enough radios for the tour guide. The “pointours” organizers had absolutely no organization we saw several people who asked for a refund right there. Also the description of the tour is misleading, you have to buy your own ticket and the group was much larger than they said it would be. Dont waste your money on point tours. Plus we didn’t skip any line
The tour itself was okay. We got access to everything on time and got to learn about the history from our guide. However, the operation was pretty sketchy. We were told to arrive at 2:30 for a 3:00 tour. The meeting spot was very overwhelming, with “agents” everywhere approaching you and sending you from person to person. We actually arrived at 1:30 and were thrown into an earlier group, which was fine even though we were okay waiting. The whole thing appeared a little disorganized, with agents running around frantically, trying to fit more people into all the groups, handing off radios, etc. Then, we had too many people and they had to find another tour guide to help us all get in. Not to mention the sketchy way we had to pay for the whole thing. I was pretty uncomfortable at first but was relieved when we finally got in. The tour itself was fine and the guide was knowledgeable, even though he must have said “bulls***” over 50 times in his descriptions. Might try to find a different tour if we come back.
Tour guide was excellent and informative. It was great to be able to skip the queue. We got an in-depth explanation of Ancient Rome and the colosseum. There were some issues with our booking but the team were very communicative and sorted it efficiently.
Amazing tour! Sam was great and funny. We learned a lot. Thanks for making our first day memorable……………………………………………..
Meeting point instructions were not good. It was a struggle to find our tour guide but after a phone call we were put in a group that was getting started. Tour guide was very knowledgable but was difficult to understand at times. It was a good experience.
We were excited to visit the Colosseum, and our tour guide was a local with a lot of history. However, she quickly got off the path of telling us the history of the area with too many stories about herself and growing up in the area. Her use of a children's book that looked to be as old as the Colosseum itself was tacky. After two hours of walking hallways around the perimeter of the Colosseum, we were finally able to see the arena itself and explore the inside of the ancient place on our own. This was extremely disappointing as we encountered many guided tours with the guides showing others around the entire inside of the Colosseum. You are better off getting a skip the line ticket and doing it yourself! Do NOT recommend.
I don't have enough compliments to give to Barbara for such an amazing experience! This woman is rich with information, charisma and stamina. There was a little hiccup with the scheduling, but such a tourist-packed attraction is bound to have some issue. But the attentive staff more than made up for this. I would highly recommend. This is an experience I'll never forget. Did I mentioned that Barbara is absolutely amazing? Great great great guide. Hope she's always blessed.
Absolutely mesmerising! Well worth a visit. Not overly crowded and there is also lifts should you not be able to use the stairs.
Highly recommended! The guides on site are very organized, hard-working and very friendly. Sarah who led the tour of the Colosseum was fantastic.
Great way to see colosseum with tour guide in short period of time. Wonderful way to finish at the forum to explore on our own
If there was an option for zero stars, that's what this would receive. There is no reason to do business with Pointours. We arrived 30min early at the specific meet up spot for our 4pm tour. At 3:55pm, the Pointours rep arrived in a frantic tizzy, claiming that the Colosseum had cancelled our tour at 4:00pm but that he could arrange for another tour at 4:45pm, but really that meant maybe getting inside by 5:20pm. Oddly, it was only Pointours that was affected by this mysterious cancellation as all of the other 15 tours that met at the same place, run and organized by different companies, all managed to have their 4:00pm tours leave on time and get access as planned. Pointours rather obviously tried to consolidate tours because they didn't want to spend money on two different tour guides. There were a total of eight people scheduled for tours at 4:00pm and 4:30pm, none of whom actually got to experience the tour. A complete scam.
Nice trip ... nice tour ... very good price ... excellent experience ... easy to find tickets ... thank you CODINO
I visited Rome with my bestie and we had one of the best experiences so far👌🏻They made our trip really memorable!! It was well organized, punctual and flexible !! Our guide was highly motivated and helpful)) Highly recommended!
We went as a group of friends to the colosseum in july and it was an amazing experience .The guide was very informative ,she was just adorable. She spoke very well English and was super passionate .My friends and I really enjoy the walk through this historical monument .We felt like we travelled through the time .I highly recommend it .It was worth the try
I had a lot of fun during the tour, I met lots of people and madeba lot of lovely friends, I enjoyed the monuments and the views 10/10 😊 👏 ♥
It was a very satisfying tour with such a lovely experience that I really enjoyed each moment I passed during it 💯
It was a good experince, we enjoyed a lot and we passed 60 minutes rich of roman civilisation history
I recommend you to visit this beautiful historical place "the colosseum" , i want to thank our guide for his efforts and for all the answers and for all the information Rome see u again
We are so happy to have found this agency to arrange our holiday #colosseum Thank you very very much
It's an amazing tour I really enjoyed and I love how the guide is very helpful and friendly.thank u very much ❤️👌
Rocomend ,we enjoyed Me and my family to day in colosseo with our professional guide tour Ariana answer all our children question maiking them comfortable to make another question,and fanlly this is not last time for Rome 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Good organised with guide tour Colosseum amazing tour we enjoyed and we discover lot of interesting story thank you codino
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