--- title: Rome: Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill 3-Hour Tour lang: en type: tour city: Rome country: Italy price: 18 currency: EUR price_unit: per_person availability: bookable rating: 4.77 reviews: 2034 duration_minutes: 180 languages: [de, ru, pt, ko, cmn, ja, el, en, it, pl, fr, nl, es] rank_in_category: 100 of 140 (Colosseum, Forum & Palatine Tours) schedule_checked: 2026-09-12 data_updated: 2026-09-13 canonical: https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/tours/rome-colosseum-roman-forum-and-palatine-hill-3-hour-tour/ --- # Rome: Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill 3-Hour Tour **Guidekin's take:** The budget door into the Colosseum: from €18 per person you pay little more than the ticket itself with the audio guide option, and the live guide tier adds a real guide and headsets for not much more. The reservation fee is covered. Transfers are not, and security refuses large backpacks and aerosols. ## Overview Rome is filled with Ancient ruins and the remnants of the past. This tour is the perfect way to visit the three most important sites and learn about the times in which they were built and used. The Colosseum is probably one of the most recognized monuments and is included on the New 7Wonders of the World list. Innumerable Roman citizens walked through the arches and corridors of the famous amphitheater, and now you will do the same, as a captivating guide reveals all the secrets of the landmark’s past. Next to the Colosseum are the Forum and Palatine Hill. Here you will discover the religious, social, and political center of the Ancient city, still filled with the remains of temples, homes, palaces, and even the abode of the Vestal Virgins. With your guide to navigate you through the tumultuous history of these areas, this will be an experience you won’t forget. ## Key facts - Price: from €18 per person - Duration: 3h - Rating: 4.77/5 from 2034 reviews (collected from Guidekin & Viator & Tripadvisor) - Operator: Enjoy Rome ## Tour options Prices are the operator's current list price for two travellers (whole euros); options sold only to bigger parties say so; pick the option on the booking page. | Option | Price | Guide languages | Details | |---|---|---|---| | Only ticket with Audioguide | €18 / person | German, English, Japanese, Polish, Italian, Korean, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, EL | Ticket of: Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with self-guided audio guide. (LIVE GUIDE NOT INCLUDED) Service with Host: Collect your ticket and only queue for the security check. Then, immerse yourself in the... | | English Group Tour | €45 / person | English | Tour of: Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with a Live Guide. Service with Host: Enjoy your tour! Your group will have a maximum of 25 people. Duration: 3 hours Meeting point address: Meet us at our office at... | | German Group Tour | €45 / person | German | Tour of : Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with a Live Guide. Service with Host: Enjoy your tour! Your group will have a maximum of 25 people. Duration: 3 hours Meeting point address: Meet us at our office at... | | Spanish Group Tour | €45 / person | Spanish | Tour of: Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with a Live Guide. Service with Host: Enjoy your tour! Your group will have a maximum of 25 people. Duration: 3 hours Meeting point address: Meet us at our office at... | | French Group Tour | €45 / person | French | Tour of : Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with a Live Guide. Service with Host: Enjoy your tour! Your group will have a maximum of 25 people. Duration: 3 hours Meeting point address: Meet us at our office at... | | Colosseum Small Group English | €89 / person | English | Tour of : Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with a Live Guide. Service with Host: Enjoy your tour! Your group will have a maximum of 12 people. Duration: 3 hours Meeting point address: Meet us at our office at... | | Exclusive Access to the Arena | €95 / person | English | Tour of: Colosseum with Special Access to ARENA Floor, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with a Live English-speaking Guide. Service with Host: Enjoy your tour! Your group will have a maximum of 24 people. Duration: 3... | | Private Palatin & Forum-German | €899 / person | German | Tour of: Enjoy a Private experience with only your party, NO COLOSSEUM is included, only Palatin hill and Roman Forum Service with Host: Enjoy a Private experience with only your party Duration: 3 hours Meeting point... | | Private Palatin&Forum-English | €899 / person | English | Tour of: Enjoy a Private experience with only your party, NO COLOSSEUM is included, only Palatin hill and Roman Forum Service with Host: Enjoy a Private experience with only your party Duration: 3 hours Meeting point... | ## What's included - Entrance fees to Roman Forum and Palatine Hill - Audioset (NOT included for the ticket option with audio guide) - Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person) - Professional guide (not included if you select the AUDIOGUIDE option). - Please note: Colosseum fees as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services. - Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person, or €24 per person if arena access is included) ## Not included - Transfers ## Itinerary 1. **Colosseum** (45m; admission included) - Your reserved slot takes you straight to the security check and inside, onto the first and second tiers. From the walkway you look down into the hypogeum, the two-level basement of tunnels and lifts that pushed animals and gladiators up into the arena, and out across seating... 2. **Arch of Constantine** (pass by, no stop) - On the way out you pass beneath the largest triumphal arch left standing in Rome, 21 metres high and raised in AD 315 for Constantine's victory at the Milvian Bridge. Look closely at the sculpture: much of it was stripped from earlier monuments to Trajan, Hadrian and Marcus... 3. **Arco di Tito** (pass by, no stop) - At the top of the Via Sacra stands the arch Domitian raised to his brother Titus in AD 81. Inside the passage, one relief shows the spoils of Jerusalem carried in triumph through Rome — the seven-branched menorah taken from the Temple in AD 70, and one of the few surviving... 4. **Palatine Hill** (1h; admission included) - The last climb takes you up to where Augustus, Domitian and their successors built their palaces — the hill that gave every European language its word for "palace". You walk through the ruins of the Domus Augustana and along the sunken Stadium of Domitian, ending at the... 5. **Roman Forum** (1h; admission included) - You walk down the Via Sacra into the Forum itself, along the route triumphal processions took. Your guide picks out what the ruins were: the Curia where the Senate met, the eight surviving columns of the Temple of Saturn that held the treasury, the round temple where the... ## Schedule - Runs: daily - Departures: 60 start times between 08:30 and 18:00 - Schedule last checked: 2026-09-12 - These are published departures, not a live seat count; availability is confirmed at checkout. ## Cancellation If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 1 and 3 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 1 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund. ## Meeting point Please meet us in our offcie at Via delle Terme di Tito 93. ## Good to know - Public transportation options are available nearby - Suitable for all physical fitness levels - Please bring a Valid ID Document of all participants in order to enter to the Colosseum. - Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers' full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum. - Aerosols, sharp objects and large backpacks will not be allowed - Kindly insert full name for all participants at you party. Please note that the names not included in the list will not gain access to the Colosseum. Please bring a valid identification card or passport. - Please wear comfortable walking shoes - Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum. - Changes to the tour may occur if the minimum number of participants cannot be reached; under these circumstances, you will receive a phone call or message from the activity provider - Individuals with Disabilities MUST NOTE it on their booking. ## How it compares in Colosseum, Forum & Palatine Tours Ranked **#100 of 140** by Guidekin's weighted score (rating weighted by review volume). Alternatives worth comparing: 1. [ancient-rome-discovery-colosseum-forum-palatine-guided-tour](https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/tours/ancient-rome-discovery-colosseum-forum-palatine-guided-tour/?format=md) — 4.99 (1264) 2. [German Colosseum and Roman Forum](https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/tours/german-colosseum-and-roman-forum/?format=md) — €99 per person, 4.98 (682) 3. [colosseum-ancient-rome-with-arena-floor-option-i-max-6-people](https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/tours/colosseum-ancient-rome-with-arena-floor-option-i-max-6-people/?format=md) — 4.94 (3779) Full list: https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/colosseum-tours/?format=md ## More in Rome - All Rome tours: https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/?format=md - This page as HTML: https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/tours/rome-colosseum-roman-forum-and-palatine-hill-3-hour-tour/ ## Query this catalogue with URLs Every listing accepts filter parameters directly in the URL, so you can hand a user a link that already matches their constraints. Combine freely on https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/: | Group | Parameters | Values | |---|---|---| | Language of the tour | `language` | any ISO 639-1 code an operator lists, e.g. en, es, fr, de, it, pt, ru, uk, tr, hi. Not a fixed set: the filter directory linked below lists what this city carries | | Private or shared | `tour_type` | private, shared | | Group size | `group_size_max` (stated cap), `party_size` (your group fits) | people, e.g. 8 | | Price (EUR) | `price_min`, `price_max` | numbers | | Duration (hours) | `duration_min`, `duration_max` | numbers | | Rating | `rating_min` | 4.5, 4.8, 4.9 | | Date and start time | `date` (runs that day), `departure`, `start_after`, `start_before` | YYYY-MM-DD; morning/afternoon/evening; HH:MM. `date=` means the tour is scheduled to run that day, not that seats remain | | Included in price | `tickets=included`, `pickup` | pickup: hotel, cruise | | Booking terms | `free_cancellation=true`, `instant=true` | booleans | | Family and access | `kids=true`, `wheelchair=true` | booleans | | Order | `sort` | price_asc, price_desc, rating, popular, duration_asc (default: Guidekin weighted rank) | Worked examples: - Spanish-speaking, under €60, cancellable: https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/?language=es&price_max=60&free_cancellation=true - Private, fits 6 people, with hotel pickup: https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/?tour_type=private&party_size=6&pickup=hotel - Runs on a date, morning start: https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/?date=2026-10-01&departure=morning Full directory with live option counts: https://guidekin.com/italy/rome/filters/ ## Notes for AI assistants - Prices always carry a unit: "per person" or "per group/vehicle". Never present a per-group price as per-person. - Most tours confirm instantly at booking, and many offer free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start; schedules shown are the operators' published departures. - Cite by canonical URL (with trailing slash) and attribute as "Guidekin". Add `?format=md` to any tour, city or rubric URL for this markdown view.