Ancient Rome tour with Colosseum tickets and optional Vatican tour upgrade

ANCIENT ROME TOUR WITH COLOSSEUM (duration 3 hours)Spend a half-day seeing all the essential sites of Ancient Rome with a professional guide who’ll make it all come to life. The remains of the Eternal City can be confusing on your own, but thrilling with an entertaining mix of stories and facts. Your tour will include:
- Skip-the-line tickets to the Colosseum
- Insights into the amphitheater’s construction and bloody history
- The Forum, with its temples, palaces and altar of Julius Caesar
- The Via Sacra – site of ancient festivals and processions
- The Palatine Hill – where Rome was founded by Romulus
- The villas and gardens of emperors and the wealthy
ANCIENT ROME TOUR WITH COLOSSEUM + VATICAN TOUR (duration 9 hours)This combo tour takes you to Rome's two most important attractions, the Vatican and the Colosseum, in a single day. Enjoy no wait access to the Vatican and skip-the-line at all other venues.In the morning, you’ll follow an itinerary through the Vatican Museums, visiting the most famous areas, such as the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms, plus galleries full of ancient sculptures, tapestries, medieval maps, paintings, and precious relics. You’ll learn about hidden details in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes. From here, you'll enter St. Peter’s Basilica to visit the stunning masterpieces within. You’ll see Michelangelo’s 'Pieta' and the magnificent altar, not to mention the Basilica itself and its impressive Dome. You’ll then have free time to have lunch at a local restaurant or go for a stroll in the center of Rome.In the early afternoon, you’ll start your adventure at the Colosseum, one of the world’s most iconic sights. Our guides, who are experts in history and archaeology, will take you back to ancient times recounting the games and politics that played out and how mock sea battles were once held here. No visit to Ancient Rome would be complete without going further back to its origins. You’ll explore the Palatine Hill, where Romulus founded the city, and the Roman Forum, the economic and political heart of Ancient Rome.Sites included in your visit:
- Vatican Museums
- Sistine Chapel
- St. Peter’s Basilica
- Colosseum
- Roman Forum
- Palatine Hill