Availability checked 2026-09-28. Official prices from ticketing.colosseo.it, checked 2026-09-28.
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Group
Guide
Private, for your party only
Full tour length
About 3 hours
Suits
Families and single travelling parties
What a private tour includes
A private tour covers the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with a guide who leads only your party. A full tour of the three sites takes about 3 hours.
Families book these because the pace follows the children. The guide can stop longer where they are interested and move on where they are not. The family tour page covers that side in more detail.
A private booking and a small-group tour both give you a guide. The difference is who else is in the group. Check whether each listing prices per person or per party, then compare using your own headcount.
What a private 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 private guide costs well above that, and the price depends on the length, the language and your date. Read the figure on the listing for your day.
Book a private tour
The private listings we could confirm are all on GetYourGuide. We did not find a Viator private listing we could stand behind, so the small-group page lists the Viator alternatives. Keep your confirmation email, and book early enough to fix a problem. One caution on GetYourGuide: visitors have reported being turned away after booking, and tickets that never arrived. Our provider comparison has the detail.
Photo: GetYourGuide listing.GetYourGuide
Rome: Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Private Tour
