The Colosseum is open all days with the following hours:Last entrance 1 hour before the closure
The Colosseum is closed on 1st January, 1st May and 25 December
Bought on site, the ticket prices are:
The ticket is valid for 2 consecutive days for an entrance to the Colosseum and an entrance to the Roman Forum / Palatine, and can be used until 31.12.2019.
The tickets purchased can not be moved to another date or reimbursed
Useful informations
The ticket for the Colosseum is valid for 2 consecutive days from the first use, it also allows entry to the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill and can be used by 12/31/18.
The entrances to the Coliseum, located along Via dei Fori Imperiali are equipped with ramps.
The ground floor is accessible Amphitheatre while the first floor is accessible by lift.
two wheelchairs are available, one for the ground floor and the first floor.
For safety reasons, all visitors are subjected to controls.
The Colosseum and 'forbidden to introduce camping backpacks, large bags and suitcases / trolleys, while will be introduced to backpacks of medium and small size, which must be submitted, like any other stock, to check with metal detectors.
For security reasons, the Colosseum can accommodate up to 3,000 people at the same time and, when accessing the site, all visitors and their luggage will be subject to controls.
For this reason, in accessing the site, there may also be a slowdown for reserved visitors
For all information contact the official ticket office at this number: +39.06.39967700
Admission for groups and schools
Groups: From 1 July 2017 it will be compulsory for groups to pre-pay 14 full tickets at the time of booking. In the ticket office, then, in case there were additional participants to the 14 already prepaid, you will have to buy both the tickets and the booking rights from the 15th person onwards (up to a maximum of 50 people).
For better use of the monument, groups will not be able to receive individual tickets. You will also need to go to the ticket office 30 minutes before the time booked to complete the ticket booking
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
Schools: Schools are also required to book the access round and the group can not exceed 50 units.
For EU schools, the entrance fee is free of charge upon presentation, on the school's letterhead, of the list of pupils and accompanying teachers (free of charge for one escort for every 10 pupils)
During the first Sunday of the month, group booking service can not be purchased online but only on site (at colosseum booked crates) on the day of the event
Info & Bookings for School Groups
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
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
Audio guides and video guides
The audioguide € 5.50 and has a duration of 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Available languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Latin, Portuguese.
The videoguide instead costs € 6.00, takes 45 minutes and is available in the following languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese