Attractions & guided tours

Colosseum and Roman Forum Small-Group Tour with Local Guide

Rome, Italy

from 3747 reviews
4.4/5
Free Cancellation
Language: English , Italian
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: 3 Hours
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Guided Tour
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Group Tour

Do this because

You'll explore two of Rome’s top tourist attractions, the Colosseum & Roman Forum, on this guided tour
Visiting a UNESCO World Heritage site reveals centuries of Rome’s rich history and architecture
Discovering Rome's authentic cobblestone streets while exploring the vibrant city centre is a must-do activity
You'll admire the Roman Empire’s former glory at the iconic Roman Forum and surrounding ruins
You'll get an intimate experience with a small group of up to sixteen participants

What to expect

They say "All roads lead to Rome" — and it certainly does seem like it, with how many visitors the city attracts each year. Much of Rome's tourism concentrates around the famed Colosseum and Roman Forum, two of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. During this comprehensive small-group tour, you'll get the chance to see these wonders of ancient Rome in a unique, thorough, and convenient way — with a local guide who will highlight the most important facts and stories about the landmarks for you.Step into the Roman Forum, the largest inner-city archaeological area in the world....
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What's included

3-hour small-group tour
Friendly and local guide
Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill entrance
Headset (for groups of more than 6 people)

What to remember

Accessibility:

Not suitable for wheelchairs

Know in advance:

When you choose the guided tour, please be aware that the admission fee for the Colosseum Archaeological Area is €18 for adults, while children under 18 years of age receive complimentary entry. The rest of the guided tour fee encompasses various services, including the expertise of a professional licensed and local guide, provision of radio guides (if necessary), customer support, reservation fees, and other related amenities
The venue requires to provide the name and surname of each visitor; this information is mandatory for booking and entry to the Colosseum and the Archaeological Area of the Roman Forum. If this requirement isn't met, it will not be possible to enter the venue
The name provided during booking is final and cannot be changed as per Colosseum rules. To enter, each participant must present an identity document matching the booking name
You will visit in a small group of up to 16 people. The small-group size gives you a personalized experience
The provider is not responsible for any inconvenience caused by the closure of the Colosseum and Roman Forum because of strikes, union meetings or bad weather
Reduced-price entries (Child 0-17) can only be purchased alongside a standard-price entry

Provider

Musement S.p.A.

Booking Fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation Fee

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins

Where

Piazza del Colosseo, 21, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy
Meeting point:
Meet your guide between the green newspaper stand and the fountain, to the right side of the metro station B Colosseum exit, on Via dei Fori Imperial. Please show up at the meeting point at least 10-15 minutes before entrance time.
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Based on 100 reviews from verified customers
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Anonymous

October 2025
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Agnes was our lovely tour guide, very knowledgable and polite, she took the time to answer questions and showed us so much more than just the colosseum. Cutting through most queues and making it a smooth day out. We would highly recommend.
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Anonymous

October 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Maria our guide was very good and gave us so much information about the history of the collosseum, the forum and palatine hill. She made sure we all had time to take photos. We were give a headset at the beginning of the tour to hear her. We definitely recommend this tour if you go to Rome
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Linda

October 2025
From Sweden
Traveled as As a couple - 32 years old

Great

Vår guide Manuela var helt fantastisk!! Hennes organisatör dök aldrig upp så hon fick ta hand om oss själv och det gjorde hon verkligen. Enda, ENDA anledningen till att jag inte satte 10 p på allt var att sätt blev försenat pga att denne "medhjälpare" inte dök upp. Manuela var perfetto!! Så kunnig, så rolig och omtänksam mot de kunder som hade svårt att röra sig. Vilken underbar dag!
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H. Wolk

October 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 28 years old

Excellent

De reisgids Emanuela was echt geweldig. Ze kon alles vertellen over de geschiedenis daar en was erg vriendelijk en enthousiast.
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I. Kowaschik

October 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Excellent

Die Führung war sehr interessant und kurzweilig. Uns hat es sehr gut gefallen. Nur schade, dass TUI keine deutsche Führungen anbietet.
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60y

September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Average

Gids in het Engels (Italiaanse) was nauwelijks verstaanbaar. Heel slecht Engels.
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Anonymous

September 2025
From United Kingdom

Excellent

We had a wonderful tour guide who sounded genuinely interested in all the incredible information she was sharing with us. Great experience!
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Anonymous

September 2025
From United Kingdom

Excellent

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Anonymous

September 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

The tour was both very fun and informative. Also, our tour guide was full of energy and made the experience something I will always cherish.
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Richard

September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

Excellent

Eddy the guide was fantastic, engaging and genuinely interesting. It was a great experience which he brought to life with his personality.
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Anonymous

September 2025
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Our tour of the Colluseum with Maria as our guide was brilliant. She was so informative and knowledgeable. I will definitely return to Rome and visit the Colluseum again.
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edgar

September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 35 years old

Excellent

Geweldige gids, Eddy. Zeer enthousiast en weet door zijn archeologische ervaring veel te vertellen.
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Anonymous

September 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Thoroughly enjoyed the tour and hearing the history. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and I enjoyed seeing the photos she shared of what the ruins looked like back in the day. We were shown around alot of the grounds and didn't have to wait. Thank you for a great experience!
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Anonymous

September 2025
From United States of America

Average

Agnes our guide was nice and very knowledgeable but unfortunately we were not provided with ear pieces to hear her and she was very softly spoken. Her command of the English language wasn’t great and she kept speaking with her back to us so we had no hope of knowing what was going on.
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Mateo

September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 2 years old

Excellent

kleine groep, communicatie- toestel kan wel iets beter
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Helen

September 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 36 years old

Excellent

Sylvia was a very knowledgeable guide, made the tour interesting, very happy to answer any questions, gave time for photos
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Anonymous

September 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Tour guide was brilliant we learned a lot it was an excellent experience.
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Anonymous

September 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Was a really good experience head pieces worked really well this time better than the ones used in the Vatican tour. The place is amazing the tour itself was well managed from the time we got to the meeting point easy instructions and the tour guide knew her stuff and didn’t rush us.
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Emma Jane

August 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 33 years old

Poor

Instructions for meeting point unclear. Email refers to 20 Piazza del Colosseo and another in small print to Via del Fori, ref to meeting by a fountain yet there wasn't a fountain. Contact number for tour guide on booking email is wrong. Location for '20 Piazza del Colosseo' on Google Maps different to the actual location. Arrived at Colesseum in good time, tried to call well ahead of departure time (contact no & Tui) found correct meeting point 10 minutes late but tour had left, missed R Forum
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Anonymous

August 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

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Anonymous

August 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

A great tour. Valeria was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic bringing the tour to life.
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Anonymous

August 2025
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Had a fantastic time looking round the Colosseum. Experience was made better by the excellent guide who provided an excellent commentary and made the whole experience come to life. Well worth the trip
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Betina

August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as Alone - 20 years old

Great

Guiden, Valeria var fantastisk. Hun er utdannet arkeolog. Hun fortalte å viste med hele seg og med mye innlevelse. Fantastisk personlighet. Jeg hadde også henne som guide på 3 timers Nat Geo tour. Det var ingen andre påmeldte, så vi 2 gikk å snakket mye sammen mens hun igjen fortalt med stor innlevelse. 10/10. ??
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Dan

August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 36 years old

Excellent

The tour guide was great. So much information with huge enthusiasm. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I think the information that you must have photo ID with you to get in could be made clearer. It is on the voucher but I must admit we took ours because we always carry it.
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Anonymous

August 2025
From United States of America

Great

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Anonymous

August 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Nicole was a fantastic guide, very informative and very caring of each of her guests. Very easy to locate the team at first and a pleasurable experience throughout.
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Linda

August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 30 years old

Poor

Vi är besvikna då vi inte fick besöka colossuem med vårat förbokade och betalda besök. Vi var i tid till den plats som anvisats och följde de instruktioner vi fått. Bad om hjälp av guider på plats men ingen kunde hjälpa oss för ingen visste vilken lokal guide vi skulle vända oss till. Vi visade vår voucher och förklarade att vi köpt via er Tui. De skakade bara på huvudet och att vi behövde biljetter..
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Els V.

August 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 39 years old

Excellent

Fantastische gids (Eddy). Was zeer entertainend and gaf veel informatie. Zeker een aanrader deze tour en gids. Wel spijtig dat we niet ietsje langer in Colosseum konden blijven.
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Anonymous

August 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

The tour guide was wonderful, it was nice going in a small group as it gave the guide time to answer questions and take photos for us! She really kind the tour was a little bit long for the summer heat but where she could the tour guide found shade near what she was giving us the history on.
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Anonymous

August 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Thoroughly enjoyed our tour, extremely informative and a delightful guide. Thank you
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Andreia & Richard

July 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 17 years old

Excellent

We had Eduardo (Eddy) and he was lovely and funny, witty and very experience Archeologist!! Me and my partner absolutely laughter alongside him and whenever we asked questions he answered without any problem. We loved the 3 hours walk which was amazing. Small group. We recommended this tour 100%
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Anonymous

July 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Fantastic tour! Our tour guide was brilliant and her knowledge was outstanding. We would recommend this tour.
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Alexandra

July 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 6 years old

Excellent

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Anonymous

July 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

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Mrs F

July 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 36 years old

Poor

The guide was knowledgeable but spoke so quietly and had no presentation skills at all that we couldn’t hear or understand her. She was clearly good with the information but couldn’t convey that to us. We gained nothing from this trip apart from Speedy entry.
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Anonymous

June 2025
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Excellent tour, small group was a massive help , tour guide was amazing and so knowledgeable, thankyou
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Anonymous

June 2025
From Italy

Excellent

Guida super e posti meravigliosi. Da rifare
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Gabriela S.

June 2025
From Germany
Traveled as As a couple - 53 years old

Excellent

Sehr freundlich und kompetent. (Emanuela) Super Fachwissen. Sehr zu empfehlen. Nichts zu beanstanden.
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Bernhard S.

June 2025
From Germany
Traveled as As a couple - 48 years old

Excellent

Sehr freundlich und kompetent. (Emanuela) Sehr zu empfehlen. Nichts zu beanstanden.
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Anonymous

June 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Amazing tour and guide was so insightful and knowledgeable. There was no lingering or messing about, from start to finish, brilliant. Would highly recommend.
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Anonymous

May 2025
From United States of America

Great

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James

May 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 33 years old

Excellent

Excellent tour with a very patient, knowledgeable and experienced guide. Could have spent the whole day in the Forum.
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Anonymous

May 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

It was a small group of 6 and the guide was excellent with great knowledge. 3 hours sounded like it could drag, but it felt the complete opposite and was exactly the right amount of time.
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MSW

May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 33 years old

Excellent

Our tour guide was absolutely outstanding, Her passion for history along with knowledge and enthusiasm really brought the Colloseum and Roman Forum to life. We learnt so much that we wouldn't have known without her as our guide. She was brilliant. Hope this gets fedback to her ( 9am tour Saturday 10th Mat)
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Anonymous

May 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Great tour. Our guide was so knowledgeable, she brought the place alive with her visualisation. We really enjoyed our visit to the Forum & Colosseum Thank you
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Liana

May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as Alone

Poor

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Kk

May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 30 years old

Great

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Anonymous

May 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

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Ann & Thibeau

May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 9 years old

Poor

Helaas hadden we pech met onze gids: ze sprak niet vlot Engels en bracht haar verhaal zonder veel enthousiasme. Tegelijk zagen we andere gidsen in de buurt die goed verstaanbaar waren en een boeiend verhaal vertelden. Het voordeel van voorrang bij de wachtrijen was wel een groot pluspunt.
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U och M

May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Excellent

Guiden var väldigt trevligt och kunnig, bra berätta och positiv. Hela guideturen var stor behållning.
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monte

May 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 30 years old

Poor

Die Frau die als Guide eingesetzt war, war kaum zu verstehen. Ihr Englisch war ein Kauderwelsch aus Englisch und Italienisch. Sie wusste offensichtlich viele Details über das Kolosseum. Aber wenn keiner ihr Englisch versteht...
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David

April 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 29 years old

Great

The tour is great but just remember to take ID (passport, driving licence). They won’t let you in without it!
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Anonymous

April 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Throughly enjoyed this excursion with a lovely guide who was very knowledgeable. We were very grateful for her help when we were refused admission because we didn’t have our passports with us but after much discussion between her, ourselves and the official we were finally allowed in
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Ira

March 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as Alone - 50 years old

Excellent

Guide ist sehr kompetent und hat sehr viel Hintergrundwissen vermittelt. Intime Gruppe von 5 Personen, sind sehr zügig an Warteschlagen vorbei gegangen. Verbesserungswürdig ist die Beschreibung des Treffpunktes und die Erkennung des Guides bei den Menschenmengen, die dort ebenfalls warten.
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jnb

March 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 53 years old

Excellent

ganska dyr rundtur, guiden bra och engagerad, men lite svår att förstå
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Anonymous

March 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

The guide Valeria was absolutely excellent and full of knowledge which she communicated to us very clearly. It would have been good if the tour had finished inside the Colosseum as we did not have the opportunity to look around on our own nor buy anything from the gift shop.
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The Stubbs

March 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 35 years old

Excellent

Our guide was informative and engaging. Valerie was excellent
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Brian

March 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 60 years old

Average

Site was very impressive and small group perfect Guide should have explained more detail about the ruins how they were built and purposes.
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Anonymous

March 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

Good background information, covered lots of history , friendly guide.
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Anonymous

March 2025
From United States of America

Excellent

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Guidet tur til Colosseum

March 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 29 years old

Poor

Guiden var utrolig dårlig til engelsk og det var meget svært at forstå hvad hun sagde. Hendes viden fejlede ingenting men når hun ik havde sproget var det svært for hende at formidle videre.
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Beth

March 2025
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 39 years old

Excellent

This was the best experience I have ever done! Andrada the guide was the most passionate, knowledgable guide! Her stories brought everything to life human and my knowledge of the Roman Empire is now 100% better than it was 15/10
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Anonymous

March 2025
From Italy

Excellent

Un grande ringraziamento alla nostra guida Valeria, semplicemente fantastica.
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Joeri

December 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 27 years old

Great

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Deb J

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 33 years old

Great

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JH

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 36 years old

Excellent

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Helena

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 28 years old

Excellent

Mycket kunnig & engagerad guide!
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Carpe84

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With friends - 23 years old

Excellent

Eine sehr gute und informative Tour. Die Reiseführerin war sehr kompetent und umsichtig.
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Matthew

October 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 39 years old

Excellent

Our guide Nicole was very knowledgeable and shared this in a clear and friendly way with our group. She answered all our questions and was patient when people wanted to stop and take photos (which you will A LOT on this tour!!!). Definitely recommended 5*
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Hanrausch

October 2024
From Germany
Traveled as As a couple - 38 years old

Great

Der Tourguide war sehr kompetent und hat uns gute Tips gegeben. Gut verständlich-auch für Leute ,die nicht perfekt Englisch können. Leider war die Tonqualität des Headsets nicht besonders gut. Der Preis für die Tour war vergleichsweise hoch gegenüber der Konkurrenz.
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Yasmine

September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 18 years old

Great

Es war eine tolle kleine Gruppe. Das Englisch war gut zu verstehen. Wir hatten genug Zeit, das Colosseum anzusehen, den Palatin und das Forum Romanum. Andratta hat sich Zeit genommen, alles zu erklären und ein wenig mehr ins Detail zu gehen ohne das man sich unter Zeitdruck fühlte. Wir hatten auch Zeit Fotos zu machen und kurze WC - Pausen zu machen. Es hatte viele Moskitos und am abgemachten Treffpunkt hatte es viele andere Tourguides. Wir fanden aber Guide Andratta dann gut.
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D

September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 15 years old

Excellent

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Ashley

September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

Excellent

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Ilka Elbers

September 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as Alone - 3 years old

Excellent

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Merel

August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 20 years old

Excellent

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Anonymous

August 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

The tour guide was excellent, had fantastic English and a good sense of humour. She told us many interesting facts that enhanced our visit. I would definitely recommend!
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Barbro

August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 35 years old

Average

Guiden var flink og faglig sterk, men snakket noe lavt og trenger å øve på engelsken, det ble mye "this is very importent".stemmen ble lavere ved lange setninger og hun var ikke flink til å informere om når vi skulle gå videre og være forkant om når vi skal stoppe og gå til høyre/venstre
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Anonymous

August 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

Our tour was fantastic, Nicola our guide was very informative and interesting, she kept us together and moving to get the most out of the experience. Highly recommended.
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Peter

August 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 32 years old

Excellent

Top gids. Kleine groep, 12 personen. Ideaal voor een bezoek aan het Colosseum.
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J

July 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 25 years old

Excellent

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Anonymous

July 2024
From France

Great

Très belle visite, instructive... Le mode "coupe-file" un bonheur vu la foule dès 9h00 du matin.!!! Et un grand merci à Sylvia pour avoir pris soin de ne pas perdre son groupe. Une vraie guide... Pro et hyper enthousiaste.
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Anonymous

July 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

Ma che bella esperienza! Forse siamo anche stati fortunati perché il nostro gruppo era veramente piccolo, ma la guida, Pamela, è preparata brillante ed empatica. Mio nipote di 10 anni l'ha inondata di domande ed ognuna ha avuto risposta soddisfacente. Organizzazione ottima. Consiglio vivamente.
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Anonymous

July 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

The guide was very friendly and extremely knowledgeable. She was patient and allowed for photo opportunities whilst also providing us with historical context using props to help support her talks.
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A Jordan

July 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 16 years old

Great

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Anonymous

June 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

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Anonymous

June 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

It was a great tour & very informative - very enjoyable
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Anonymous

June 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

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Anonymous

June 2024
From Italy

Excellent

Con le guide ci siamo trovate davvero bene. Si vede che amano quello che fanno e sanno davvero tante cose che ti fanno appassionare anche a te
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Tilly

June 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 23 years old

Excellent

It was a little chaotic at the meeting point but once we found our guide it all flowed smoothly from there. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and really made the experience come to life
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Anonymous

June 2024
From United States of America

Average

For an English speaking tour, the tour guide was hard to understand at times. She kept repeating that everything we were seeing was "important." Although the tour was definitely interesting and we did enjoy seeing all the buildings and sites, it could have been delivered with a bit more enthusiasm
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Anonymous

June 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

The most amazing day !!! Thank you !
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Anonymous

June 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

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Anonymous

June 2024
From Italy

Excellent

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AJ

June 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 35 years old

Great

A

Anonymous

June 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

Esperienza unica, guida eccellente
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Frank

May 2024
From Germany
Traveled as As a couple - 34 years old

Excellent

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Anonymous

May 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

Andres our guide was fantastic, very knowledgeable, very kind and patient. Our tour date was Saturday 25th May @ 9am.
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Anonym

May 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as As a couple - 15 years old

Great

Det mesta var bra ?? Sen hade det kunnat vara tydligare vart vi skulle samlas, eller namnet på guidbolaget. Fick springa runt och leta en hel del och fråga andra guider för att hitta rätt. Sen var det tråkigt att det inte ingick att gå ner på gladiatorarenan.
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Dalomais

May 2024
From United States of America
Traveled as With family - 33 years old

Excellent

The guided tour was definitely the best way to experience the Colosseum. Our guide Valerie was wonderful, full of information and a clear and detailed insight to times gone before.
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Anonymous

May 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable and made sure everyone was looked after. A great morning in the colosseum, the highlight of our trip!!! Would highly recommend

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