The Colosseum is open all days with the following hours:
Last entrance 1 hour before the closure
The Colosseum is closed on 1st January and 25th December
Due to coronavirus, the Colosseum is closed until April 3rd
At the box office the tickets' price are:
The tickets purchased can not be moved to another date or reimbursed
Rome City Pass
The Rome City Pass from Turbopass is your low-cost all-in-one ticket. Get free entry to Rome top attractions and skip the lines at some of the most popular and busiest sights in Rome.
The Rome City Pass includes:
Admission for groups and schools
Groups: Reservationi is mandatory for groups of a minimum of 14 to a maximum of 50 participants, including the guide.
If there are free tickets in the group, they must be requested from the call center or directly at the cash desk on the day of the visit, where the booking fee will be paid.
15 minutes delay beyond the booked time is allowed. In case of a longer delay the group will not be able to access the monument, the reservation will not be refunded and you can proceed to a new purchase according to availability
Call center for groups: +39.06.39967450 (Mon-Fri 9 am-1pm and 2 pm-5pm, Sat 9 am-2pm)
Schools: Also for school groups the maximum limit is 50 participants and the reservation is mandatory, with ticket collection at one of the Colosseum's booked ticket offices, Arco di Tito, Foro Romano.
For schools coming from the EU the reservation is free and the entrance ticket is free upon presentation, on the school's headed paper, of the list of names of the students and accompanying teachers, divided by class and signed by the head teacher.
For non-European schools, the reservation is on payment and they must present a declaration of access from their home institution to verify their identification as a school group. Only those under the age of 18 with a valid ID will be able for the free access.
In the event that school tickets are erroneously booked instead of group tickets or if the required conditions / documentation are no longer available, it will not be possible to access the monument and it will be necessary to purchase the correct entrance tickets, subject to availability.
Call center fro schools: +39.06.39967200 (Mon-Fri 9 am-1pm and 2 pm-5pm, Sat 9 am-2pm)
Booking online
Rome Cards Pass
In order to visit the Colosseum and the other monuments of Rome in the simplest way, there are three cards that allow you to avoid queues and the free use of means of transport:
The Rome Tourist Card includes:
Buy
The Roma Pass instead is the tourist-cultural card of the Capital that offers tourists:
Moreover, at the Colosseum, Castel Sant'Angelo and Capitoline Museums, Roma Pass holders have direct access to the security check point, without going to the ticket office.
NB : in the event that the holder of Roma Pass 72 Hours or Roma Pass 48 Hours is accompanied by a person entitled to gratuity and therefore not in possession of the card, or wants to take advantage of reduced admission after Once the security check has been completed by the access reserved for GROUPS, the Roma Pass holder will be able to pick up the free ticket or buy the reduced ticket at the dedicated "group / booked" counter.
From 1 March, it is mandatory to book the time entry, which can be done on this page
Private tour in the Colosseum
A stay in Rome is unthinkable without a visit to its most iconic building, the Colosseum, and the adjoining Palantine Hill and Roman Forum, a circuit that attracts thousands of visitors every year.
Make the most of your visit to the cultural, political and commercial centre of ancient Rome with a knowledgeable guide and a private tour.
The 3-hour walkabout doesn’t rush you through this gripping piece of history and will take you past the queues at the entrance, right into the Colosseum’s past of gladiator fights, executions and animal hunts.
Enjoy lively explanations of what happened behind the scenes and discover how the underground theatrical system worked.
Continue your tour to Palatino Hill, the most ancient part of the city. Follow your guide through the centre of the old Rome, around the ruins of once majestic palaces, where wealthy patricians and emperors lived. Standing on Palatino Hill, enjoy the panoramic views over Circus Maximus, Rome's 600 metres long stadium and venue for spectacular chariot races.
The private tour ends with the Forum Romanum, the centre of daily and political life in Rome, where processions, elections and public speeches were held, criminals trialled, and commerce conducted. Let your tour guide explain what life was like in Rome's heyday and bring the past alive for you.
Info & bookings
The Colosseum free
Free admission to the Colosseum (through production of a document certifying the following conditions):
The Colosseum is free for all on the first Sunday of every month