Tickitaly reviews: After-dark tours of The Colosseum

SA, United States
2nd May 2019

This was a really nice tour, especially without all the crowds, but a bit more of the actual dungeons aspect of it would have made it much better.

MK, Canada
23rd Jun 2018

Tour great - but had difficulty locating meeting point

AV, United States
9th Sep 2017

The tour guide was extremely good. She gave us a fantastic overview from the meeting point up to Colosseum. Then we were handed over to a guide from the Colosseum. She could have brought to life the events that took place there. She repeated dates etc but missed the human stories behind the Colosseum. We were also expecting to see more of the underground. We went downstairs and walked around it (I think that is all that is allowed.) "Underground" does not add a lot to what you see from above.

KE, Italy
31st Jul 2017

A bit more time at the Colosseum would have been nice. We didnt get a chance to look at the exhibits on the 2nd floor, just rushed through to finish. Our guide was still amazing.

ML, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
11th Jul 2017

This was a great tour, as the colosseum was only open to tours it was very quiet and you could see a lot more. Only thing is I would say you still need to go back at least to the outside during the day just so you can see how it looks when it's not lit up.

MC, United States
30th Jun 2017

Wonderful guide and very informative tour. We appreciated the background on the ruins just in front of the Colosseum. The instructions on the meeting point need to be more clear - perhaps tell participants that it is just across the side of Piazza Venezia (everyone's instinct is to go closer to the Colosseum and if you are not familiar with the monument it is not easy to find). We asked a gladiator and he pointed it out to us!

DG, United States
18th Jun 2017

The tour itself was awesome. We were supposed to be 15 minutes early, and everyone was, except for the guide which made us all really nervous. Once he arrived though he was very informative on the way to the Colosseum and the tour was really interesting. I'd recommend it to anyone.

EP, Canada
25th May 2017

There was no sign indicating the meeting point - we had to ask a few people to make sure we were in the right area. Tour guides were great.....just thought it would have been better to see the dungeon during the day....night tour was a little dark.

MC, United States
17th May 2017

It was a very neat tour. Wish the group had been a little smaller

KI, United States
16th May 2017

The nighttime tour was wonderful, but, unfortunately my headset did not work and there was no replacement available.

CD, Cayman Islands
15th Sep 2016

The Tour guide should be there 30 min. prior because people who arrived early were not certain that they were in the right line or sport to meet Tour guide? If I remember correctly, our voucher had to be redeemed inside for the entry ticket? Perhaps this step can be changed?

EL, Canada
31st Aug 2016

The tour was extremely informative. The brief walking tour from Roman forums to Coliseum was nice. Our tour guide Michela was friendly and insightful. I did find the tour to be a bit rushed from the coliseum tour guide since there were other private tours behind us. But this was no fault of tickitaly.com. We really enjoyed booking with tickitaly and had a great experience. Luckily, we did not trust the negative reviews. Thanks TickItaly!

HM, United States
12th Jun 2016

The meeting point was very confusing for someone not familiar with the area. Wonderful to be in the colosseum with so few people.

FM, United States
7th Jun 2016

Our tour guide was very informative. The only thing we did hope for is a little more going through the dungeons. Other than that the tour was great.

GW, Australia
6th Jun 2016

Good experience just disappointed couldn't visit floor of Colosseum, but through no fault of ticket company - there was an event planned for Friday July 1st.

KA, Australia
14th Apr 2016

Our night visit to the Colosseum was very enjoyable and informative and I would recommend it to other travelers

WJ, Australia
16th Aug 2015

This tour was fantastic! We had a very knowledgable guide who gave detailed descriptions of what the colosseum would have looked like and how it was made, she gave a detailed history of the activities undertaken there as well as how the structure of the colosseum (particularly the underground component) and outer surrounds of the grounds were cleverly designed to serve the games, out of site from the public eye. The tours were planned very well so that only one group was in a certain section of the colosseum at the one time. This made the tour feel quite personal and intimate - like you were the only ones there. Having an Italian guide speak English was great, but sometimes it was hard to hear her (a combination of her strong accent, talking quickly and also in amongst a group of about 20-25 people) so you had to stand close and listen well to hear the stories. Overall though 8/10.

CH, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
10th Aug 2015

We really enjoyed our visit, disappointed we could not visit the dungeons due to rain, so not sure whether the cost we paid reflected our visit due to not being able to access the dungeons.

PvdH Geldrop, The Netherlands
10th Jul 2015

Really good experience! It seemed that we were the only persons in The Colosseum! In the tour the guide told in his typical English (with Italian accent) the whole story of The Colosseum! I would advice everyone to do this tour!

JB, Germany
5th Jul 2015

We all had fun