At night, when it is illuminated and there are few people, the Colosseum is surrounded by a magical atmosphere and is a marvel, and every year, throughout the summer, it is possible to visit the Colosseum"s basement and the arena floor. even during the night, after closing time, when there is no longer the big crowd of the day.
Visitors will cross the maze of tunnels and passages in the Colosseum"s basement, where the preparations for the shows took place and where the beasts, locked up in cages, were then loaded onto the elevators to get to the arena floor, for the bloody hunting scenes.
On the arena floor, then, crossing a walkway of more than 170 meters, they will be able to admire the bowels of the monument and, with the favor of the night, they will be able to fully relive the atmosphere that enveloped those spaces.
In the summer of 2022, the multimedia reading of the seventeenth-century wall painting, depicting an ideal view of the city of Jerusalem, placed on the arch at the bottom of the Triumphal Gate, from where gladiators and beasts entered faced off on the arena.
Opening hours
It is possible to visit the Colosseum by night every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 20.00 to 24.00 (last admission at 22.30)
The guided tour lasts about 1 hour in groups of up to 25 people
Tour booking
From May to September 2023, RomaSunday 21 May 2023, Circus Maximus
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
30 and 31 May, 2 and 3 June 2023, Baths of Caracalla
Sugar
Monday 5 June 2023, Baths of Caracalla
Venditti and De Gregori
Sunday 11 June 2023, Auditorium Parco della Musica
Samuele Bersani
Tuesday 13 June 2023, Auditorium Parco della Musica
Pet Shop Boys
Friday and Saturday 16 and 17 June 2023, Auditorium Parco della Musica
Mannarino
Saturday and Sunday 24 and 25 June 2023, Stadio Olimpico
Tiziano Ferro
Saturday 8 July 2023, Circus Maximus
Guns N" Roses
Sunday 9 July 2023, Auditorium Parco della Musica
Bob Dylan
Wednesday 12 July 2023, Stadio Olimpico
Depeche Mode World Tour 2023
Tuesday 18 July 2023, Stadio Olimpico
Muse - Will of the people World Tour
Rock in Rome 2023
From 8 June to 22 September 2023, Rome
The most famous rock festival in Italy returns to the stages of the capital with exclusive concerts between June and September 2023.
Lots of music that will bring together lovers of rock and good music in general, from pop, to rap, to indie, to techno and electronics, in the stages of the Capannelle Racecourse, the Auditorium Parco delle Musica, the Roman Theater of Ostia Antica and the Circus Maximus.
Info, tickets and program on the Official site of the event
Womad Rome 2023. The world festival at Villa Ada
From 9 to 11 June 2023, Villa Ada, Rome
The most important "World Music" festival will host artists and performers from all over the world, with a rich program of musical events, activities and exhibitions in order to promote contamination and integration between cultures as a factor of peace and of development.
Villa Ada will thus become a global village that will give space not only to concerts by international and national artists but also to food and handicraft stands to enhance cultures and stories from all over the world. A cultural crossroads that will color Rome with music, art and dance.
In addition to the music, for the entire duration of the event, it will be possible to admire some of the installations created by the Academy of Fine Arts and, a special mention goes to the "Music from the world" project which, through the system of youth orchestras and choirs and children in Italy, will present a choral exhibition proposed by a group of children from peripheral and disadvantaged neighborhoods of Aprilia and San Salvo.
Info and complete program on the website www.womadroma.it
A walking tour through the streets of Rome with the tasting of authentic traditional specialties, such as supplì, pizza or ice cream.
You will meet your guide near Campo de "Fiori where you will taste some local cured meats and wine as well as try one of the most famous street foods in Rome, the supplì and the classic Roman pizza. You will then go to the ghetto, the ancient Jewish quarter of Rome where you can taste the famous artichokes alla giudia to conclude the tour at Largo di Torre Argentina where there are four ancient Roman temples and where you can enjoy a delicious ice cream in one of the 10 best ice cream parlors in Rome.
Info & Booking
Internationals BNL of Italy 2023
From 8 to 21 May 2023, Foro Italico, RomaThe Internationals of Italy are the most important Italian tennis tournament for men and women. They are part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 circuit and the WTA 1000 circuit and are held every year in May on the courts of the Foro Italico in Rome.
And this year a parade of stars at the Forum, from Novak Djokovic to Rafa Nadal, passing through Alcaraz, Medvedev and the blues Jannik Sinner, Musetti, Berrettini and Lorenzo Sonego.
The entry list of this edition, in fact, sees all the first 70 players in the ranking registered at the starting line ATP: from the No. 1 in the standings and reigning tournament champion, Novak Djokovic (6 times winner in Rome) to the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, up to the IBI record holder Rafa Nadal.
The whole program on the official site
Rome Summer Fest 2023
From 6 June to 26 September 2023, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale Pietro de Coubertin 10One of the most important musical events of the Roman summer, which will bring many artists from the national and international music scene to the open space of the Cavea of the Auditorium Parco della Musica.
Among the artists who will perform starting from 6 June 2023: Paolo Conte, Bob Dylan, Pet Shop Boys, Sting, Daniele Silvestri and many others
Journeys through ancient Rome 2022
From 10 June to 2 October 2022, Via dei Fori Imperiali, RomeThe extraordinary multimedia show Journey into the Forums is back, created by Piero Angela and Paco Lanciano, which tells and revives the history of Fori di Augusto and Cesare.
FORUM OF AUGUSTUS
Seated on the special tribune, spectators will be able to return to enjoy an exciting representation and at the same time rich in information with great historical and scientific rigor, accompanied by the voice of Piero Angela and the vision of films and projections that reconstruct the place as it is. presented in ancient Rome.
Show schedule (every evening):
From 10 June to 31 July: 9.15 pm, 10.15 pm, 11.15 pm
From 1st to 31st August: 9.00pm, 10.00pm, 11.00pm
From 1st September to 2nd October: 8.15 pm, 9.15 pm, 10.15 pm
FORUM OF CAESAR
Itinerant tour that then crosses the Trajan"s Forum on a specially built walkway and runs through the underground gallery of the Imperial Forums reaching the Forum of Caesar. Departure near the Trajan"s Column
Show schedule (every evening):
10 June - 31 July: from 9.00 pm to 11.00 pm
1 - 31 August: from 8.40pm to 11.00pm
1st September - 2nd October: from 8.00pm to 10.20pm
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