Colosseum,Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel in One Day Guided Tour

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Value your time and get the best of Rome’s highlights with this whirlwind full-day tour. This tour, tailored to travelers within a short time frame, combines the main features of the Colosseum and Vatican City with the privilege of a unique skip-the-line entrance and official professional guides!
Discover the original settlement where it’s supposed Rome was founded; admire some of the most significant ancient ruins still existing and get amazed by stories about the thrilling games performed inside the Colosseum.
Take a little break and meet us again directly at the Vatican, where you can admire one of the most significant collections of art in the world.
Here you’ll find the leading representatives of Italian art and incredible masterpieces like the “Last Judgment” by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.
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Visit Rome’s symbolic monument with a tour that makes it easy and fun for all ages. Learn about the amphitheater’s history from a guide with an art and archaeology background.

Learn about the spectacular games and bloody battles that were held inside. Hear about the techniques of construction invented by the Romans, the incredible ability of the gladiators, the violent fighting between exotic animals and the high level of technology achieved by Roman engineers to built the Colosseum.

Walk around the first tiers and reach the arena to learn about the trapdoors and all the mechanisms used to animate the games. Your guide will keep you entertained with stories of sea-battles, the cages where lions were kept before the games started, the rooms in which gladiators were waiting before they reached the arena, the executions, and the excitement of the spectators attending the most spectacular, fantastic, and expensive games in human history.

After the Colosseum guided tour, you can join some free time. Take a break before starting the second part of your tour. You can enjoy a traditional lunch in Rome city center (not included). We’ll meet you again at our office in Via Leone IV 6 by 1:30 pm, where your guide will be waiting for you eager to discover the most exciting museum worldwide: the Vatican Museum.

Let’s get into the history and secrets of the Catholic Church and hear about the rivalry between the Renaissance artists. 

Discover the treasures hosted by one of the largest and most-visited museums of the world enriched by a huge number of masterpieces collected through time.
Admire the best of the ancient world visiting the Greek and Roman sculpture section. A collection of classical art masterpieces where admire the beauty of several sculpture groups, as for example the statue of Laocoön and His Sons that is one of the most famous ancient sculptures.

Enjoy a spectacular panoramic view of the Vatican Garden

and much more …

Pass along the Chandelier Gallery, named by the several marble chandelier decorating this section.

Be astonished by the elegant Tapestry gallery, wallpapered by the finest tapestry worldwide, realized by Raphael’s disciples.

Visit the Maps Gallery, a complete exhibition of maps representing Italy as it was seen by cartographer in 1581.

Admire the major representatives of Italian art such as Leonardo, Perugino, Beato Angelico, and many more

Towards the end of this tour you will visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece: The Last Judgement.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• The order in which the sites are visited during the tour can vary
• Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers’ full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
• To get inside the monuments it used group ticket and not individual one. It cannot be asked just the ticket entrance.
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
• Child discount is applied only with a valid ID card
• Security checkpoint and the payload capacity might delays the access to the site, even for pre-booked visitors.
• The activity can suffer 20/30 min variation due to organizational resons
• For security reasons all visitors and their luggage shall be screened
• To facilitate the security checks please insert any object (including mobile phone) in the bag/backpack or in the tray to be included in the X-ray
• Forbidden objects inside the monumets: bottles and glasses containers, alcholic beverages and aerosols, backpacks, camping, bulky bags and luggage / trolley
• Can be introduced medium and small size backpacks to shoulder, which must be checked, as any other bag, with metal detectors, opened and visually inspected by the Urbe Security Institute, responsible for the entrance inspection
• Please notice that the Colosseum Administration, which depends on the Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities has the faculty to close the Colosseum, or parts of it, with or without notice, for events, strikes, heavy rain, or any other reason. In which case, we will offer an alternative itinerary as it seems fit and offer a partial refund
• Note: tour will not operate on religious holidays
• Activity not recommended for people with motor lag
• No change on a booking can be accepted after 24hrs to the starting time of the tour. In that instance, no refund will be issued.
• For the safety of all guests, the tour operator reserves the right to refuse service to passengers who are intoxicated or show signs of intoxication. If, as a result, your tour is canceled, you will not be entitled to a refund.
• PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED
• STARTING TIME AND THE SEQUENCE OF THE SITES INCLUDED IN THE TOUR CAN VARY DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF TICKETS
• Every refund request MUST be done within and not later than 48 hours from the day of the tour
• Customers have a mandatory meeting time stated 20 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time due to managing and organizational reasons.
• Vatican Museum and Colosseum time of the tour might change according to the availabilities
• Meeting points, Times and Daily schedules can vary depending on availability and opening days of the sites visited

• Colosseum & Vatican English
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  English Tour: English guided tour of the Colosseum and the Vatican Museums.

• Colosseum reservation fee (valued at €2 per person)
• Vatican Museum guided tour
• Colosseum entrance ticket (valued at €18 per person)
• Please note: Colosseum fees as above. The remaining cost of the experience covers other services.
• Headsets
• Colosseum Roman Forum guided tour

• Food and drinks
• Hotel pickup and drop-off
• Transportation to/from attractions

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You must provide a valid photo ID to enter the Colosseum (ID, Driver’s License, Passport) Security will prevent you from entering the site if the information provided is not accurate and/or doesn’t match the one on your ID.

Due to a strict entrance time, there is a mandatory meeting time of 20 min before the tour starting time. Late arrivals cannot join the tour and won’t be entitled to get a refund.
Please be advised that monument capacity regulations and security may delay the tour departure, especially on national holidays and events. Please expect to wait 20-30 minutes to clear security. The actual departure time can differ up to 30 minutes from the one selected.

Colosseum Meeting Point Directions: Via Delle Terme di Tito, 72 at 9:30 am – depending on which one you chose at the time of booking.
The meeting point is in front of the “Oppio Caffe” on Via delle Terme di Tito on the corner of Via Nicola Salvi next to the park entrance. The guide will have a sign with “Tour in the city” on it.

Vatican Tour Meeting Point Directions: Via Sebastiano Venierio, 21. The meeting time is at 2:00 pm. The tour departs at 2:15 pm.

STARTING TIMES
Effective starting times may change. We will confirm it some days prior tour departure date.

PLEASE NOTE:
• Forbidden objects inside the Colosseum: bottles and glasses containers, alcoholic beverages and aerosols, backpacks, camping, bulky bags, and luggage/trolley, selfie sticks
•Knees & Shoulders MUST be covered for both men & women in the Vatican Museum
•Saint Peter Basilica’s visit is not included in your itinerary.

We inform you that even if you have skip-the-line tickets, access to archaeological areas or museums may be subject to delays beyond our control.

Every refund request MUST be done within and not later than 48 hours from the day of the tour

Please be advised..

• This Tour is Provided by Tour In Rome by Tour in the City.
• Tour Timezone & Starts at Europe/Rome.
• Mobile or paper ticket accepted.
• All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
• This Tour is Rated 3.5 Stars based on 9 valid reviews on VIATOR.
• Minimum 1 Travelers is required to book.
• Maximum 15 Travelers is accepted for booking.