Crown Tours · Colosseo metro
Crown Tours checks you in at its own office above the Colosseo metro, then a guide takes you through the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine in 2.5 hours. Pick it if you want all three with the fairest share for the ruins: 45 minutes each in the Forum and on the Palatine.
Crown Tours runs a check-in office at Via della Polveriera 13, a short climb above the Colosseo metro, with purple flags outside and staff in purple T-shirts. You check in, get a headset and walk down with a licensed guide. The itinerary gives an hour in the Colosseum, then 45 minutes in the Forum and 45 on the Palatine. That's the most even split among the big combos: City Wonders gives the Forum 30 minutes.
Options come in English, Spanish and French: a group tour, a small group, Colosseum with Arena, and private Arena tours. Only the Arena options go onto the arena floor. The others stay on the first and second levels, which is the standard Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine ticket (€18 plus the €2 fee, both itemised in the listing). The order of the three sites follows your Colosseum slot, and in July and August the visit is held to 2.5 hours because of the heat.
The reviews are mostly about guides, and mostly good. Read the complaints anyway. On the Rome Marathon day in October 2026 several groups never met a guide; one guest's tour ran past 3 hours; another lost the Palatine when the authorities cut the visit short. And the walk from the office to the entrance is longer than people expect, which matters if you walk with a cane.
Go up to the terrace above Colosseo metro, cross the footbridge and walk up the road on your left. Purple flags mark the office. Bring photo ID.
The guide hands out headsets and leads the group down to security. Late arrivals may not get in.
The first and second levels; Arena options walk out onto the arena platform.
The Via Sacra, the Senate house, the temples and the House of the Vestals.
The imperial palaces and the terraces over the Forum and the Circus Maximus. The order can flip.
★★★★★We had 12 people in our group and as someone who has done plenty tour groups, get the small group tour. It is worth it! [...] You do need to arrive early, they start ON TIME.
★★★★★It was a long walk from our check in point to the entry point. Since I walk with a cane we did get left behind but we're able to catch up at the entry to Palatine Hill. [...] As a retired history teacher, I strongly recommend a guided tour like this one over trying to do it on your own.
★★★★★Tour company easy to find and well organized. Tour guide was very knowledgeable and repeated important info. Pace was a little hectic but tour guide stopped often for head count and to allow for photo opportunities.
★★★★★Matteo was informative and engaging right from the start. No regrets! The tour earpieces were very helpful and I wish all tours required them:)
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About 45 minutes, plus 45 on the Palatine and an hour in the Colosseum, according to the itinerary. The order changes with your Colosseum slot.
Only on the options with Arena in the name: Colosseum with Arena in English or Spanish, and the private Arena tours. The group and small-group options use the standard €18 ticket, which covers the first and second levels.
Via della Polveriera 13. From the terrace above Colosseo metro, cross the footbridge and walk up the road on your left; staff in purple T-shirts wait by the purple flags. A guest called it "tucked away on a side street", so leave a few extra minutes.
No. The listing says it isn't, and doesn't recommend it for travellers with back problems. Strollers are fine. For step-free routes into the Forum, see our entrances guide.
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