Tour details
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Prices (admission fees included)
Adults (18+): 199€
Children (7-17): 99€
Infants (0-6): Free
About our Rome Day Tour: the Vatican and the Colosseum
Are you ready for an unforgettable adventure through the heart of Rome? Book this combined experience and start your day with a guided tour of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. The tour starts early so you can enjoy the Vatican Museums with fewer people.
For three hours, you will explore collections that contain masterpieces by artists like Raphael, Michelangelo, and Caravaggio. The highlight will be the Sistine Chapel, where you can get an up-close view of the iconic ceiling painted by Michelangelo. Finally, you will visit St. Peter’s Basilica, where you can admire its interior, including Michelangelo’s famous Pietà.
In the afternoon, we embark on a journey to the glorious past of ancient Rome with a visit to the Roman Colosseum to explore this majestic amphitheater. Here, you will discover the stories of gladiators and spectacles that once filled this colossal monument with history. On this tour, you’ll be one of the few visitors allowed to step onto the Arena floor.
Afterwards, you’ll ascend up the slopes of the Palatine Hill, where according to the legend Romulus founded the city. To put an end to your day in Rome, you’ll walk through the Roman Forum, hearing stories that tell you about the past splendor of these ruins that once were the center of the mightiest city in the world.
The Vatican Museums and the Colosseum sell out fast: book early to secure your spot!
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Why Choose Our Rome Day Tour: the Vatican and the Colosseum
- Make the most of your time and explore Rome’s top attractions in one day, with guaranteed fast-track entry to St. Peter’s Basilica.
- Save money by choosing the full-day tour instead of booking separate morning and afternoon tours: while the combined cost is 218€, this all-inclusive option is only 199€.
- The Vatican Museums and the Roman Colosseum can get very crowded, but we handle all the reservations to guarantee you a spot at both.
- Unlike most tour companies that offer groups of up to 30, we keep our groups small. This ensures a more personalized and comfortable experience with better interaction with the guide.
Key information
| Meeting Morning | Giuly’s Café on Via Santamaura Your guide will be carrying a sign with a The Touring Pandas logo. |
| End point | Saint Peter’s Basilica | Meeting Point Afternoon | Snack Bar Illy Your guide will be carrying a sign with a The Touring Pandas logo. |
| End point | Piazza del Colosseo, 1. |
| Departure Time | Open our booking calendar to check daily availability
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| Duration | The Rome Day Tour lasts approximately 8 hours |
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| Dress code at the Vatican premises | All visitors are required to wear clothes covering knees and shoulders. The staff at the entrance may prevent visitors from accessing if their outfit is not appropriate for these religious environments. In those cases, no refund is applicable as this is out of our control. |
Cancellations and amendments
Due to the strict cancellation policies on the Vatican Museums tickets, you can cancel your tour but the following cancellation fees will apply (based on calendar days starting at 23.59 on the day before your tour):
-Up to 15 days before the tour: 25% cancellation fee
-Between 14 and 8 days before the tour: 50% cancellation fee
-7 days or less before the tour: 100% cancellation fee
Reschedules may be possible with a 25% reschedule fee, subject to availability.
Make sure to arrive at the meeting point 10 minutes before departure. Latecomers and no-shows don’t get a refund.
For more details, check our terms and conditions.
Itinerary
Our meeting point is just a few meters away from the access point to the Vatican Museums. Meet us in front of Giuly's Café, a quiet spot 5 minutes away from the Ottaviano Metro station (line A).
Be prepared to stroll through the corridors of the Vatican Museums surrounded by paintings, sculptures and artifacts from across the globe. From Egyptian mummies to Raphael's frescoes, the Pope's collection welcomes visitors from all over the world.
At the end of your itinerary through the Vatican Museums, you'll reach the Sistine Chapel. Before accessing the room, your guide will prepare you to take in one of the biggest and most important works of art on the planet.
After the Sistine Chapel, your guide will lead you around the museums to join a special line with fast-track access. Thanks to this, you will skip a line that usually takes between 1 and 2 hours of waiting.
Finally, be ready to explore the center of the Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica, in the company of your guide. After a good dose of art at the museums, it's time now to take in some of the best of Renaissance architecture (and yes, even more art!).
After visiting St. Peters Basilica, you will have two hours of free time to have lunch and commute to the afternoon meeting point.
Our tour starts at the Snack Bar Illy, on Largo Corrado Ricci, 30. Here you can get some refreshments before the tour starts.
The terraces of this avenue offer outstanding views of the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill. Here your guide will make an introduction to ancient Rome.
Few monuments in the globe are as impressive as Rome’s Colosseum. After almost two thousand years, this amphitheater still stands to marvel at the millions of people that visit it every year.
Walking through the Roman Forum, you may have the feeling that an earthquake just shook the foundations of ancient Rome. This used to be the heart of ancient Rome political and institutional life, which set the basis for Western modern democracies.
This is the actual spot where the history of Rome began. According to the legend, it is in this hill where Remus and Romulus were fed as babies by the capitoline wolf, and where later Romulus founded the city in the year 750 BC. Not only Romulus, but then many great emperors built their houses on this hill in the center of Rome, where we can still appreciate their remains.