All visits to the Colosseum must be booked and paid online beforehand. It is understandable, as the Colosseum, together with the Palatine (the ticket is valid for both) is the most visited monument in Italy.
Beware: around the monument there are many peddlers who offer guided visits, skipping the queue. Often they are not real professional guides, and their prices sometimes are exorbitant!
Anyone who has been the victim of an illegal secondary ticketing practice may submit a report via the form https://ticketing.colosseo.it/whistleblowing/
For assistance with booking: +39 06 21115843
The Colosseum is open every day all year round, except for January 1st and December 25th.
TICKETS FOR THE COLOSSEUM AND THEIR PRICE (THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF THEM !!)
All visits must be scheduled, i.e. you choose the day and the time of the visit, according to availability. Therefore I suggest that you book your visit timely.
For full info visit the official website here.
MOST COMMON INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
TICKET 24 HOURS
new 24H Only Arena ticket with the following features
valid 24 hours from the first access, it includes entrance and exit from the Sperone Stern side, with visit only to the arena floor; it also includes the Roman Forum, the Palatine, the SUPER sites and the Imperial Forums and the current exhibitions as long as they are valid for 24 hours from the first access stamp.
Full entry: €18.00 – Reduced fare: €2.00 for EU citizens aged 18-until the day of the 25th birthday
Reduced R.A.P. (per gli Amici del PArCo) € 14.00 – Reduced Roma Pass € 11.50
Forum Pass SUPER
Roman Forum-Palatine and Imperial Fora in a single itinerary. One ticket gives you access to the new route, which allows you to visit the archaeological heart of Rome in about two hours: the Roman Forum, the Imperial Fora and the Palatine.
Full entry: €24.00 – Reduced fare: €2.00 for EU citizens aged 18-until the day of the 25th birt
Full experience Underground and Arena
Valid for two consecutive days, it allows only one access to the Colosseum and one access to the archaeological area of the Roman Forum, Imperial Fora and Palatine, including ongoing exhibitions.
Full entry: €24.00 – Full entry and educational tour: €32.00 – Reduced fare: €2.00 for EU citizens aged 18-until the day of the 25th birthday
THERE ARE MORE VISITING OPTIONS, THAT CAN BE FOUND HERE
GUIDED TOURS – FROM €26 SEE DETAILS HERE
GROUP AND SCHOOL GROUPS TICKETS – CLICK HERE – Groups or groups of students of public and public schools of the European Union, accompanied by their teachers, have the right to free admission to the Colosseum Archaeological Park, subject to booking of free admission. PLEASE FIND COMPLETE INFORMATION HERE
FREE ENTRANCE FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 18 from all over the world.
Reduced fare: €2.00 for EU citizens aged 18-until the day of the 25th birthday
FOR INFORMATION ON FREE ENTRY CLICK HERE
FOR FREE ACCESS ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH CLICK HERE
RULES AND REGULATION FOR VISITORS CAN BE FOUND HERE
Please note: for security reasons it is strictly forbidden to enter with backpacks, camping, bulky bags and luggage/trolley. Medium and small size backpacks can be introduced and must be screened by metal detectors, as any other bag. They must be opened and visually inspected by the security.
Due to new security measures it is necessary to arrive at least 30 minutes before the reservation at the ticket desk. For safety reasons the Colosseum can accommodate up to 3.000 people: there could be delays in accessing the site, even for pre-booked visitors.
Now the goal posts have disappeared and a new skate park is there
OPENING HOURS
The Colosseum opens at 8.30 am – The Roman Forum-Palatine area opens at 9.00 am
from 1 to 28 March 2025 – 8.30 am – 5.30 pm
Last entrance at 4.30 pm – The PArCo closes at 5.30 pm
from 30 March to 30 September: 8.30 – 7.15
from 1 to 25 October: 8.30 – 6.30
from 26 October 2025 to 28 February 2026: 8.30 – 4.30
CLOSED ON 25 DECEMBER 2025 AND 1 JANUARY 2026
FREE ADMISSION CLICK HERE
Free tickets for ordinary Colosseum/Roman Forum/Palatine will be available online, without reservation fee, in open mode.The free admission ticket will be linked to the date of visit while it will be open for the entrance time, from the opening time to the closing time of the site access gates.
Holders of the free admission tickets reserved in this way, will be received as usual in the manner provided for eligible persons, and possibly associated with booked full and reduced at a scheduled time
ANOTHER WAY TO BUY THE TICKETS
RomaPass
There are 2 Roma Pass cards: the €58.50 one is valid for 72 hours; the €36.50 one is valid for 48 hours. With the card you have access to the Roma Pass circuit, i.e. 2 museums for the €58.50 one, 1 museum for the cheaper one, discounted rate on all the city museums listed and (very convenient!!) free travel on the whole ATAC city transport network.
Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill are included in the Roma Pass network.
Roma Pass does not allow:
– access to the Palatine Museum and to the other sites included in the SUPER ticket
– access to the Colosseum Arena, Underground and Belvedere.
Roma Pass holders access from a dedicated entrance always accompanied by an authorized tour guide. They cannot be more than 13 PAX.
For Roma Pass holders, the reservation for entry to the Colosseum is mandatory. Reservation fee € 2.00.
If the visitor arrives at the entrance without the Roma Pass ticket, it will not be possible to access the monument, even if the visitor has the reservation.
SERVICES
FOR SANITARY FACILITIES, DEFRIBILLATORS, WHEELCHAIRS CLICK HERE
HOW TO GET THERE
the monument is extremely central in the city of Rome: a few hundred yards from Piazza Venezia, and close to the Forums. On Sundays the motor traffic is forbidden: Via dei Fori Imperiali and the square of the Colosseum are available to bicycles and strollers.
Address: Roma, Piazza del Colosseo
Public transport:
Metro: Line B stop Colosseo
Bus: n. 51, 75, 81, 85, 87, 118