Tour in the City (agency at Via Labicana 96) · Via Labicana
One listing, two different products: fixed-time English group tours with a live guide, and tickets with an audio app on your own phone and no guide at all. It earns its place when official tickets are sold out, as long as you know which option you're paying for.
This listing bundles seven options. Five have a live guide: English group tours at 9.30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. with headsets, and a private tour in your language. Two have no guide: TICKET & AUDIOGUIDED TOUR and LATE BOOKING & AudioApp give you the tickets plus a QR code for an app on your own phone. The exclusions say it plainly: no tour guide on the audio options, and no phone or headphones provided.
All options include the Colosseum ticket (valued at €18, or €38 for the last-minute version) with Forum and Palatine entry valid for 24 hours. The itinerary allots an hour in the Colosseum and 45 minutes each on the Palatine and in the Forum; on the app options that's your own pace. Staff at the agency at Via Labicana 96, about 300 m from the Colosseum, hand over tickets and the QR code. The listing adds that "in some cases, a Roma Pass may be included", depending on availability and the option.
The app reviews split. Some guests loved the detail; others found the navigation hard, missed a museum or couldn't log in, and several said they'd pay for a live guide next time. Where the listing shines is availability: two guests got in this way when the official shop was sold out. Mind the rules. Arrive 20 minutes early, cancellation is free only up to 7 days before, and no changes are accepted inside a week.
App options: the agency at Via Labicana 96, where staff give you the tickets and the QR code. Group tours: Piazza San Clemente, at the entrance to the basilica, where staff hold a "Tour in the city" sign.
App users download the app and the QR codes needed at the gate, on a phone from 2020 or later. Group guests get headsets.
The first and second levels. The arena and the underground are not included.
The palaces of the emperors and the terraces over the Circus Maximus.
Down to the Via Sacra and the temples. Allow 20 to 30 minutes of slack: the listing warns of delays at the ticket desk for children.
★★★★★The audioguide provided quite a lot of good context for the stuff you see across the three sites that you wouldn't normally get from the placards on site, just be sure to bring your headphones/earbuds of course.
★★★★★Great value for money for what we got the app was really good loads of info. Buying this ticket meant we were able to get in when otherwise the tickets for colosseum were totally sold out
★★★★★Stephanie was excellent and knowledgeable. She also was very vigilant in monitoring our group health and water consumption.
★★★★★I will note, they really stick to arrival times so be sure to arrive early for your guide/pick up your tickets. We opted to do the audio guide and it was definitely worth it because the audio guide was so informative and easy to follow along.
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No. The 9.30, 11, 1 and 3 o'clock English group options and the private option have a live guide with headsets. TICKET & AUDIOGUIDED TOUR and LATE BOOKING & AudioApp are tickets plus an app on your own phone, with no guide. Bring headphones.
App options collect tickets at the travel agency at Via Labicana 96, about 300 m from the Colosseum. The listing's notes put the group tours at Piazza San Clemente, by the basilica entrance, with a "Tour in the city" sign. Both ask you to arrive 20 minutes early.
Free up to 7 days before, not the 24 hours most listings offer. Inside a week there's no refund and no changes.
Sometimes. The listing says a Roma Pass may be included in some cases, depending on availability and the option booked. Don't plan around it. Our ticket guide covers the official options.
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