Colosseum/Forum/Palatine hill combo tickets

Does anyone knows when Coopculture will open the Full experience guided tours of the colosseum for October 2021?

We are going to spend several days in Rome in the first half of September. We aleady booked the tickets to Colosseum and Vatican Museums, whicha re the most popular. We decided not to go to Galeria Borghese (due to time restrictions they impose).

On website of many other attractions (e.g. Caralla Baths, Capitalini Musea) it is said that one should book in advance. However, is it really necessary, or one may just buy tickets in the ticket office and enter? We would like to have as much flexibility as possible.

I am the proud new owner of passes to the Colosseum/underground/English tour with Palantine hill, etc. Thanks, Trip Advisor Forum super-helpers!

Now - as for the additional 'S.U.P.E.R.' sites which are also included in this ticket; the Parco Colosseo app says that many are 'closed to the public'. Does that mean - they're still closed on account of covid? Or that they are, as usual, closed to those who don't have tickets?

I also found a list of the sites included and compared it to the list of those closed. It would appear to me that the House of Livia and the House of Augustus may be open. But - there's no way of booking times for them, so I'm not sure.

Thoughts on this interesting topic?

Hello,

I am in Rome next week, and would like to visit the olimpico stadium. I can't find a guided tour anywhere on the internet, is there anything like it anywhere on offer?

Or is it possible to enter the stadium without a guide. Unfortunately next week there are no matches :(

Of course we will drive around ourselves but I find you miss things...I have italianna.com and Daniela Maracine as a contact. Are there any other tours you have taken you would recommend?

Thank you for your advice on my previous post. We have changed our travel plans a little bit and plan to spend 1 full day in Rome before heading down south and would love advice on how to perfect our first time in Rome. We will be arriving at Fiumicino at 5pm on July 28 and will get our rental car at the airport. We will be then driving to Rome and staying at a hotel about a minute away from the Colosseum and plan to leave the car at an overnight car park. Unfortunately, Colosseum will be fully closed on July 29, so we plan to visit on July 30 before leaving, hopefully. Here is what I have planned so far for the day of July 29 (hopefully everything is within a walking distance)

-Starting off our walk from our hotel near the Colosseum to the Piazza Venezia

-Trevi Fountain

-Pantheon, Piazza Navona

-Spanish Steps

-Castel Sant’Angelo

- Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel

-St. Peter’s Basilica

I have a few things we need advice on:

1) What is the best way to get around Rome, should we stick to walking? Should driving around with our rental car be avoided at all costs?

2) Please suggest any restaurants or cafes that you have beloved on Rome trips that we must absolutely visit.

3) Any other tips or places we should include on our itinerary.

We plan to leave Rome in the morning of July 30.

I am a bit lost to what we should do as my parents are not avid walkers but it is very difficult to decide what to do in the limited time we have there. Any advice would be appreciated.

Hello!

I just rescheduled my cancelled trip to Oktoberfest and rebooked for December at the Carpediem Roma Golf Club outside of Rome at Via Di Marco Simone 80, Guidonia Montecelio, Roma(RM) Italy. If anyone has been there or knows the area, I would appreciate some advice on whether I would need to rent a car, use taxis, or the train for the week.

As an example, I used Google Maps for directions for the Coloseum, and the train looked reasonable but about 4 km away. I visited Rome once 25 years ago with a tour group but want to be more self-guided this trip.

I mostly plan on visiting Rome for the full duration of the week, but will book an additional night on each at a hotel that provides shuttle to FCO so the airport transportation is not a factor.

So here are some of questions for anyone that can answer:

1. What is the best transportation option?

2. Anything around the area that I should see or do?

3. Are there any grocery stores in the area to stock up my kitchen in the condo?

4. Any advice for single traveler, besides the obvious, in Rome?

5. Any cooking schools or classes that might offer a single day or several hour class?

6. Best things on a budget is always welcome!

Thank you all!

Hi, I'm planning on visiting Venice and Rome in September, assuming the Covid situation permits. Since I'll be solo travelling, I'll be using a lightweight tripod with my phone mounted on it to take pictures of myself. I don't have a fancy camera and I'm pretty happy with the picture quality of my phone (Google Pixel) so I always just use that combo.

I've heard that pickpockets are pretty common in Venice and Rome so I'm wondering if it's okay to put my phone on a tripod and stand about 3-4 meters away to take pictures of myself with it. How big is the risk of someone stealing my phone while it's on the tripod?

In 2016, I took the Colosseum Underground and Third Tier tour.

I just read the headline: "Colosseum opens its underground for the first time in its history", and that "...this is the first time in the monument's history that the public has ever been allowed in."

Does anyone have information on whether this is available to book as a tour?

I'm so very excited.

Hi,

I am trying to buy tickets on the high speed train from Rome to Florence in late November, but it appears as though they aren't running. I can buy a ticket for a high speed train up until November 2, but after that date, all of the non-stop options are either 3h 45 mins or just over 4 hours. Does anyone know why this is the case? Are high speed trains not running in after October? Is this a COVID thing? Am I trying to buy my tickets too early? Thanks!