Availability checked 2026-09-28. Official prices from ticketing.colosseo.it, checked 2026-09-28.
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Line
Standard
Guide
Live human guide
Languages
At least 6
Full tour length
About 3 hours
What a guided tour includes
A guided tour covers the same three sites as standard entry: the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. The difference is the person leading you. A full tour of all three takes about 3 hours.
Shorter formats exist. An express guided tour of the Colosseum alone runs about 1 hour. It suits a tight schedule, though you then explore the Forum and Palatine Hill yourself.
The Forum and Palatine Hill part of the ticket stays valid for 24 hours. Weighing a guide against the plain ticket? Skip-the-line versus guided tour sets the two side by side.
Languages
Guided tours run in at least 6 languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Portuguese. The official site sells in English, Italian and Spanish only, so a reseller is the way in if you need French, German or Portuguese.
Pick the language at checkout and confirm it on the listing before you pay. One documented GetYourGuide case sold tickets as English speaking when only Spanish audio was available.
What a guided tour costs
The official adult price is about EUR 18, plus a booking fee of about EUR 2. Under-18s enter free, and visitors aged 18 to 25 pay about EUR 2.
A guided tour costs more than that, because the guide is part of the price. It varies with the language, the group format and the date, so read the figure on the listing for your day.
Book a guided tour
All three listings include a guide and entry to the three sites. Check the language and the meeting point on each before you pay. One caution on GetYourGuide: visitors have reported being turned away after booking, and tickets that never arrived. Our provider comparison has the detail.
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Rome Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill Tour
