The Colosseum is Rome!
Is there a more famous Italian monument in the world? Is there anybody that hasn’t heard of it? Its history, its spaces, the atmosphere and emotions it stirs in all those that visit it are the very symbol and essence of this city and its great past.
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Opening days
Every day
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Opening times
Colosseum:
January 1 to February 29: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
March 1 to March 30: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
March 31 to September 30: 8:30 AM – 7:15 PM
October 1 to October 26: 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM
October 27 to December 31: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Forum and Palatine:
January 1 to February 29: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
March 1 to March 30: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
March 31 to September 30: 9:00 AM – 7:15 PM
October 1 to October 26: 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM
October 27 to December 31: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Last admission one hour before closing.
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Extra Opening times
On Friday 29 March 2024 the Park will be open to the public until approximately 2.00 pm, with last entry at 1.00 pm.
- Web Colosseum
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Feature List
- Info line
- Wheelchair accessible
- Downloadable Audioguide
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Accessibility
- The entrances to the monument located along Via Dei Fori Imperiali are equipped with ramps
- The ground floor (first order) of the amphitheatre is accessible to wheelchair users
- The first floor (second order) is accessible by lifts
- Two wheelchairs are available at site, one for the ground floor and one for the first floor
- Suitable toilets are available on site
“It is so vast that one cannot hold the image of it in one's soul”. This is how Goethe described the “Amphitheatrum Flavium”, the most visited monument in Italy, a building with an infinite history that leaves everyone that has the fortune to visit it open-mouthed.
The Colosseum. History
It is 72 A.D. and Rome is ruled by Vespasian, the first emperor of the Flavian dynasty. Work begins on what will become the greatest Roman amphitheatre in history.
It was financed using the proceeds of provincial taxes and loot from the sacking of the temple of Jerusalem (70 A.D.) and took just 8 years to build.
In 80 A.D. the Amphitheatrum Flavium was opened by Titus with 100 days of games during which around 2,000 gladiators and 9,000 animals were killed.
The approx. 70,000 Romans that the arena was able to hold were able to watch venationes (fake hunts and fights between ferocious animals) in the mornings and munera (fights between gladiators) in the afternoons.
The final show at the Colosseum was in 523 A.D. after which the monument was abandoned and used as a quarry. In 1749 Pope Benedict XIV consecrated the monument to Christ and the martyrs.
Visiting the Colosseum
The Colosseum is the symbol of Rome and you can’t say you have visited the Eternal City unless you have stepped inside it at least once. Visiting it is to relive one of the most compelling periods in history. Its exceptional architecture made it the symbol of an empire, its underground structure offers a ‘backstage’ view of Antiquity, and from its summit you can enjoy a breathtaking view of Rome. Here there is no chance of getting bored because this place is a treasure trove of stories, anecdotes and secrets about our past.
An unforgettable adventure awaits you at the Colosseum. A trip around this symbolic landmark of the great Roman Empire is priceless. Our official and authorised guides are ready to accompany you, so what are you waiting for?
Services
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Visits
for individuals with fixed validity by reservation
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Visits
Reservations for Groups
available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish
from Monday to Friday, from 9.00 to 17.00: +39 639967450
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Didactics for schools
Reservation for schools:
available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish
from Monday to Friday, from 9.00 to 17.00: 848 082 408 and from mobile and abroad +39 0639967200
[email protected] - Videoguides available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish
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Audioguide
€ 5.50
available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Latin, Polish -
Bookshop
segue orario d'apertura del monumento
Additional Info
- Reservation required online and by phone also for the same day of the visit.
- Accesses with restrictions: it is possibile to admit (and can be used by individuals or groups of) up to 50 people (included includes adults, children, guides, escorts, etc); to Uderground and the Arena it is possibile to admit (and can be used by individuals or groups of) up to 25 people (included includes adults, children, guides, escorts, etc),
- The passage from the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum to the Imperial Forum area will be open every day from 9.00 to 1hour 15" before closing time
HOLDERS OF THE ROMA PASS
- For Roma Pass holders, the reservation for entry to the Colosseum is mandatory. Reservation fee € 2.00.
- If the visitor arrives at the entrance without the Roma Pass ticket, it will not be possible to access the monument, even if the visitor has the reservation.
- Reserve your entrance
GROUPS
- It is possibile to admit to the Colosseum individuals or groups of up to 50 people (including adults, children, guides, escorts), who will enter every 15 minutes.No one can be added over 50.
- The pre-sale of the admission tickets for individual visitors and groups is bound to a precise time. The reservation is mandatory.
- The guides with groups from 9 people have to use their own whispers. The use of wisper is always mandatory for the visit to the Underground.
SCHOOLS
- Mandatory reservation.
- EU students book the entrance free of charge.
- Non-EU schools pay the reservation fee. Colosseum’s admission tickets will be free only for under 18 students, group members over 18 will have to pay the full entrance fee.
Where
Piazza del Colosseo 1, Roma (RM) | Ingresso presso Sperone Valadier
Transportation
Metro: Line B, stop Colosseo
Bus: n. 75 - 81 - 673 - 175 - 204
Tram: n. 3
Visiting Rules
- Face masks strongly reccommended. Find out more
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In compliance with the provisions of the ordinances of the Ministry of Health of January 31, 2022 and February 8, 2022, we inform you that in the archaeological areas of the Colosseum Archaeological Park from 'February 11, 2022 until March 31, 2022:
- in open-air places remains the obligation to carry at all times the respiratory protective devices and to wear them in case of gatherings or crowding;
- in indoor places the obligation to wear respiratory protective devices remains in force (except for the previously exempted categories - children under 6 years of age and people with diseases incompatible with the use of a mask).
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The visitor, wearing a face mask, must arrive at the Park already in possession of his/her access admission ticket, 15 minutes before the booked access time. At the same time of the purchase, and included in the price of the ticket itself, the visitor will be sent a link to download, on his mobile device, the official App of the Park of the Colosseum, which is essential for the visit of the site. This App, to be activated before accessing the Park, has several functions:
_to communicate clearly and precisely all the procedures to be admitted to the entrance;
_to demonstrate the possession of the access ticket and any services purchased;
_to indicate the routes and the timing to better manage the visit;
_to offer audio content to discover the monuments and areas of the Park. - At the entrance your body temperature will be checked. If a body temperature above 37.5 ° C is registered, you will not be allowed to enter the site.
- Inside the site it will be compulsory to wear personal protective equipment.
- Along the route of the visit will be set up indicators for the distancing
- It is necessary to maintain a distance of 1.80 meters between visitors at all times
- The routes will be accessible through special signs and APPs
- For security reasons all visitors and their luggage shall be screened. To facilitate the security checks please insert any object (including mobile phone) in the bag/backpack or in the tray to be included in the X-ray.
- It is forbidden to enter the monument with bottles, glass containers, alcoholic beverages and spray cans
- Comfortable shoes are recommended
NEWS AND NOTICES FOR VISITORS AND OPERATORS
For the purchase of entrance tickets for the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill for May 2024, we invite you to visit the website of the Colosseum Archaeological Park: www.colosseo.it.
We hereby inform you that Friday 29.03.2024,
on the occasion of the Way of the Cross of the Good Friday the archaeological Park of the Colosseum will be open from 8.30 am until 1.00 pm, with last admission at 12.00 am.
As directed by the Park’s management on Friday 29.03.2024 it will be possible to buy tickets only online. The ticket offices on site will be closed.
The validity of the ticket purchased on 29 March will be extended to the following day exclusively for the visit to the Roman Forum – Palatine.
From Wednesday 20 March to Saturday 20 March included the access to the monuments directly facing the Colosseum square will undergo some changes to allow the necessary works for the filming of the Way of the Cross, celebrated by Pope Francis in the evening of Friday 29 March.
The following will be temporarily closed
- the terrace of the Temple of Venus and Roma from Wednesday 20 March to Saturday 30 March included
- the Baths of Elagabalus from Thursday 21 March to Saturday 30 March included
The cell of the Temple of Venus and Roma facing the Capitol will remain open. It will be accessed from the Museum of the Roman Forum located in the Santa Maria Nova complex.
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From 18 October 2023 the ticket office will open at Largo della Salara Vecchia, for the sale of entrance tickets intended exclusively for non-intermediated individual visitors, until daily availability is exhausted.
The availability of tickets on sale at the ticket offices in Piazza del Colosseo and Largo Salara Vecchia will be doubled.
From 18 October 2023, the obligation to have a nominative ticket will be extended to all types of entrance tickets available on the sales website, at the call center and at physical ticket offices.
At the entrances to the PArCo, the identification document must be kept in sight together with the purchased ticket.
Starting from the 18th October 2023 the Parco archeologico del Colosseo has arranged for the opening of an additional ticket office, located at Largo della Salara Vecchia, for the sale of admission tickets destined exclusively to individual non-mediated visitors, until daily availability is exhausted.
Notice is hereby given that, as of 30 October 2023, tour operators using the B2B channel will be required to enter the name of the users of tickets at the time of purchase, with the possibility of changing it once only, no later than midnight of the third day prior to the date of use of the ticket. Please also note that each operator may purchase a maximum of 500 tickets per day on the B2B channel.More informations
https://colosseo.it/en/opening-times-and-tickets/
Here it is the press release
https://cultura.gov.it/comunicato/25369
exhibition "Gladiators in the Arena. Between Colosseum and Ludus Magnus"
The exhibition can be visited every day, both during the day with the Full Experience Arena and Underground ticket, and during the night as part of La Luna sul Colosseo (Tuesday to Saturday).
For info and tickets: www.colosseo.it
