Underground & Roman Forum (max 6)

About This Experience

Groups on this tour are limited to six participants, the same number the park allows a guide to take into the underground, so the whole group can go down together. The listing sells an underground option and arena options, and the arena ones are labelled No Underground. Book the option called Colosseum Underground and Roman Forum, Max 6 Guests, at $200 per person.

On the underground option you start in the hidden chambers below the arena, where animals waited in cages before being lifted up. The second half is a guided walk through the Roman Forum along the Via Sacra, past the Temple of Saturn, the Arch of Titus and the House of the Vestal Virgins.

When we checked in November 2026, the first free underground date was about eight weeks out, while the arena options had space within days, so check the underground calendar first. The listing also asks that friends travelling together book in one reservation; separate bookings can end up in different groups even at the same time.

Rated 4.7/5 from 1,600+ reviews. Many recent reviewers call the underground the best part, while some low-star reviews describe a hand-over to a second guide at the Colosseum, unclear radios, or the order of the visit being switched to Forum first. For a tour that adds the Palatine Hill, look at the featured small-group tour.

Highlights

• Start in the hidden chambers below the arena on the underground option
• Go down with the whole group: six guests is within the park's underground limit
• Walk the Via Sacra, the main street of the Roman Forum
• See the Temple of Saturn, the Arch of Titus and the House of the Vestal Virgins
• Hear how senators debated and emperors ruled from a licensed guide

What's Included

• ✓ Licensed tour guide
• ✓ Colosseum underground admission on the underground option
• ✓ Headsets so you can hear the guide
• ✓ Guided tour of the Roman Forum along the Via Sacra
• ✓ Group limited to six participants

Not Included

• Underground access on the options marked No Underground
• Transport
• Food
• Gratuities

What to Bring

• Original passport or ID card for every traveller, children included
• Closed, comfortable shoes with grip
• Water, especially from May to September
• A small bag only (max 30 x 40 x 15 cm)
• Sun hat and sunscreen for the open Forum and Palatine

Good to Know & Caveats

• Only the option named Colosseum Underground and Roman Forum, Max 6 Guests includes the underground. The arena options are marked No Underground.
• Give full names exactly as on each traveller's documents when you book: the operator does not allow name changes afterwards.
• Bring the original passport or ID card of every traveller. The operator mentions copies, but the Colosseum issues tickets in each visitor's name and can refuse entry if the original does not match.
• Book your whole party in one reservation. Separate bookings may be placed in different groups even at the same start time.
• Some reviewers were handed to a second guide for the Colosseum part, and some had the Forum first. Several mention radios that were hard to hear.
• Be at the meeting point at the time the operator gives you. The park asks underground ticket holders to arrive 30 minutes before their entry time and does not admit latecomers to the underground.
• Heavy rain can close the underground and the arena at short notice: the park shut both on 12 February 2026 and closed the underground for a morning on 8 October 2026.

Meeting Point

The listing has two meeting points, one per option type. Your confirmation gives the address for the option you booked; the operator asks you to look for a How is Italy sign.