- Category
- Architecture, Colosseum, Full-Day Private Tours
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Location
- Rome
This is our full-day archeological tour combining our Roma Antica tour and our Caesar and Empire tour. To assist you in planning your Ancient Rome tour, read our guide How to Tour the Colosseum and Ancient Rome for some helpful tips.
Sites Visited
- Colosseum
- Palatine Hill
- Roman Forum
- Pantheon
- Portico D'ottavia (exterior)
- Largo di Torre Argentina
- Mausoleo di Augusto (exterior)
- Teatro di Marcello (exterior)
Included
- 8-hour private tour with Ph.D. or MA-level historian
- Skip-the-line tickets to the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and Roman Forum
- Morning coffee
Itinerary Details
The tour may be reversed depending on Colosseum ticket availability. Interested in a full-day art orientation tour? Check out our Full-Day Rome Art Tour.
FAQ
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Liz, a native of San Francisco, California holds degrees in architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and Università degli studi "La Sapienza", Rome. She specialized in restoration and urban design. Her restoration projects have brought her to work in direct contact with the rich historical layers of Rome and Italy. She has been leading study walks for Context Rome since its beginning and has lived in Rome since 1988 practicing architecture, researching design and lecturing at university study abroad programs.

Patrizia holds a Master's degree in Medieval Archaeology and has studied at the Vatican and at the University of Aix-en-Provence. Her experience excavating in Rome is extensive, including major work at the Crypta Balbi in the 1990s, arguably the most significant archaeological excavation in central Rome in the last century. She worked for FAI - Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano (Italian National Trust) as Rome's cultural attache for over 20 years. Patrizia is the author of the guidebook to Villa Gregoriana (Tivoli). She is an accomplished teacher and guide whose knowledge of (and passion for) the city of Rome is boundless.

Guido is an archaeologist who completed his graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has years of experience in major digs in Italy and throughout the Middle East, and is a specialist in egyptology. He is a natural teacher, and has been giving detailed seminar walks in the archaeological sites of Rome as well as the Vatican for years.
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