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Rome in One Day: Low Cost Vatican & Colosseum Tours

4.5  / 51059 reviews
Activity provider:Gray Line I Love Rome
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Rome in One Day: Low Cost Vatican & Colosseum Tours

Activity provider:Gray Line I Love Rome
4.5  / 51059 reviews
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From US$ 128.17 per person

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Explore the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill on a full day among Rome's masterpieces with skip the line access.

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Duration 6.5 hours
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Skip the ticket line
Live tour guide
Portuguese, English, Spanish

Experience

Highlights
  • Enjoy an insightful guided tour of the Vatican sites
  • Skip the ticket lines at all monuments with a reserved entrance
  • Admire Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes
  • Check out the Colosseum and surrounding archaeological sites
Full description

Skip the ticket lines to enjoy the highlights of Rome and the Vatican with a day of tours led by friendly, expert guides. The tour begins in the morning at the Vatican, where your guide will lead you on an insightful journey through its iconic sights and artworks. Visit the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo's frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Leaving Vatican City, head for the Colosseum in the afternoon to tour the Roman Empire's largest amphitheater. Then visit the archaeological sites surrounding it, including the Palatine Hill and the Roman Fora, where the ruins of some of the City's ancient government buildings can still be seen. After taking this tour, you will boast a comprehensive knowledge of Rome's history and culture. Do not miss out on this great opportunity.

Includes
  • Tour headsets to better hear the guide
  • Reservation fees
  • Expert local guide
  • Exclusive skip-the-ticket-line access as per official Vatican partner
  • Transport
  • Food and drinks
Not suitable for
  • People with mobility impairments

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Meeting point

For the Vatican tour: Meet in the middle of Piazza del Risorgimento, the square in front of the Bar L’Ottagono, 400 meters from the metro stop Ottaviano. This tour starts at 8:30 AM. For the Colosseum tour: Meet at the Arch of Constantine, near the Colosseum. Look for staff members with pink "I love Rome" logos. The Colosseum tour start time varies, depending on the season: Low Season 1:30 PM ( Until March 31, 2023 and from October 29, 2023, to March 31, 2024) High Season 2:30 PM (from April 1, 2023, to October 28, 2023) In case of emergency, please contact the Gray Line - I Love Rome office: rome@grayline.com +39 06 474 2501 (6:30 AM to 8:00 PM every day) +39 348 8112027 (WhatsApp only)

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Important information

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card

Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • Weapons or sharp objects
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Short skirts
  • Sleeveless shirts
  • Professional cameras
  • Umbrellas

Know before you go

  • Visitors must be dressed appropriately: no sleeveless blouses, no miniskirts, no shorts,and no hats are allowed
  • All visitors must pass through airport-style security.During high season the wait at security may be up to 30 minutes
  • No umbrellas, trolleys, large bags, or tripods are allowed into the museums
  • Depending on the size of the group,the tour may run in 1 language or 2/3 languages.In bilingual/multilingual tours, you will hear your language through a headset, and it will go automatically mute while other languages are spoken
  • The Basilica may be closed without prior notice. The visit inside St. Peter's Basilica is substituted by a visit to the Vatican Library as on Wednesday morning tours due to the Papal Audience
  • Those with a pacemaker will need to show a certificate, otherwise, you may not be admitted without screening
  • The customer agrees to follow only the guide assigned, is not permitted to add external guides to the group after the tour has been purchased.

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.5 /5

based on 1059 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.6/5
  • Value for money
    4.2/5
  • Service
    4.4/5
  • Organization
    4.3/5

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Had a great tour. Vatican was great but booked this tour mainly for Sistine chapel Michelangelo painting only to misunderstand from the guide. She told us to meet inside in 20 minutes so we did only to find her then she said let’s go. We never stayed to look! What!? You should’ve been clear that the 20 minutes was our chance to look not for bathroom break for everyone! So disappointed! Missed the only thing I wanted to see. Our coliseum tour, was great as well. Mateji was a great guide. I love he ended in the coliseum so we could take it all in a little longer.

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September 27, 2019

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Jordan Verified booking

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This is a very amazing tour! It's very long, so make sure to take a proper rest. It started in the morning in the Vatican Museum, moved to the Sistine Chapel and concluded in Saint Peter's Basilica. This tour took around 3.5 hours. We had a break in the afternoon, left by ourselves to wonder around and have lunch. We met at the Colosseum in the afternoon. The Colosseum tour started in the structure, moved to the Palestine Hills, and concluded in the Roman Forum. This took around 3 hours.

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August 31, 2019

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Olga Verified booking

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Actually really enjoyed this. The guide at the Vatican was probably my favourite, he was quite funny! We saw all the main parts and he was incredibly informative without rambling. The break between the Vatican and the colosseum gave us enough time to go find somewhere for lunch and catch the metro to the next stop. Only part I didn’t like was that the second tour seemed to be less organised, we had to sign in again and get sorted into another group and then wait for late comers to come and fill the group to the max. Went on one of the hottest days of the summer so wasn’t a fan of standing in the sun that long! Second tour guide was very professional, unfortunately i think we all lost interest during the roman forum because it was just so hot, but it was honestly really worth it. We all learnt something new that day! If you don’t use one of these tours please expect to be stood in a queue for HOURS. The queue for the Vatican was a mile long. Literally. So glad we did this!

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August 17, 2019

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