The Colosseum
Places

Things to do at the Colosseum, Forum and Palatine

One park, nine places, eight tickets. The Colosseum is the timed part: your slot fixes the minute you go in and the 75 to 90 minutes you stay. The Roman Forum and the Palatine are on the same ticket with no slot. The Arch of Constantine is free outside the fence, and the Domus Aurea opens Friday to Sunday on its own ticket.

Updated 22 October 2026 Hours and tickets Parco archeologico del Colosseo, last read <time data-read datetime="2026-10-22">22 October 2026</time>; tour listings read 20 October 2026

Open today 8:30 – 18:30 last admission 17:30; from 25 October the park closes at 16:30 → Standard ticket €18 tiers, Forum and Palatine; €24 with the arena, the underground or the attic → On sale today 21 November timed tickets 30 days ahead; the Arena ticket 7 days ahead →

Nine places in and beside the Colosseum park

Each place has its own page with the hours, the ticket that reaches it and the tours that include it.

The Colosseum

The amphitheatre itself: the first and second tiers, the museum on the second level, the view down onto the arena and the underground. Entry is timed, the ticket carries your name, and the visit inside lasts 75 to 90 minutes depending on the ticket.

Standard ticket €18, 24 h with the Forum and the Palatine

Arena floor

The wooden floor rebuilt over the eastern end of the arena. Three tickets take you there. The Full Experience Arena and the Underground and Arena are €24 for two days; Only Arena is €18 for 20 minutes on the floor.

Full Experience Arena €24 · Only Arena €18

Underground

The corridors, lifts and cages under the arena, open in groups of up to 25. The ticket is sold online only and goes on sale 30 days ahead; it is the first Colosseum ticket to disappear.

Full Experience Underground and Arena €24, online only

Attic and the top tiers

The third tier, the gallery and the attic, reached up steep steps with the whole arena below. Slots run from 8:30 to 14:30, and from 9 November groups of up to 25 go up every 30 minutes.

Full Experience Attic €24, mornings until 14:30

Roman Forum

The valley between the Palatine and the Capitol: Via Sacra, the Curia, the temples and the Arch of Titus. Every Colosseum ticket includes it; the Forum Pass SUPER covers it without the Colosseum and without a time slot.

Forum Pass SUPER €18, no Colosseum

Palatine Hill

The hill above the Forum with the imperial palaces and the view of the Colosseum from above; the House of Augustus is a SUPER site. Opens at 9:00, half an hour after the Colosseum, with five entrances shared with the Palatine.

Opens 9:00 · House of Augustus closed Mondays

Arch of Constantine

The triumphal arch between the Colosseum and the Palatine, outside the fences and open to walk around at any hour. The place to stand while you wait for your time slot.

Free, outside the ticketed area

Domus Aurea

Nero's palace under the Oppian Hill, across the road from the Colosseum. Open Friday to Sunday with visits every 15 minutes, on a separate ticket from the park and closed on free Sundays.

Fri to Sun 9:00 – 16:30, last admission 15:30

The Colosseum at night

A Night at the Colosseum: a 60-minute guided visit after closing, with last admission at 21:50. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 25 people per tour, on sale 7 days ahead.

Tue and Thu 20:00 – 23:00 · €50 with the Full Experience ticket

Which ticket

Which Colosseum ticket reaches which place?

Five day tickets with a time slot open the Colosseum; what changes is the zone inside the building. Each of them includes one entry to the Forum and the Palatine; the SUPER sites depend on the ticket. The tickets page has all eight with prices and release dates. Your ticket: Underground and Arena, €24, if your date is on sale; Full Experience Arena, €24, 7 days ahead, if it is not.

Standard, €18 Colosseum first and second tiers, then the Forum and the Palatine within 24 hours. No arena, no underground, no SUPER sites. The standard ticket → Full Experience Arena, €24 Adds the arena floor and the SUPER sites; two days; on sale 7 days ahead, or at the ticket office on the day. Arena floor → Underground and Arena, €24 Adds the hypogeum with a park guide and the arena floor; online only, 30 days ahead; €32 with the educational tour. Underground → Full Experience Attic, €24 Adds the top tiers, 8:30 to 14:30, by steep steps; two days with the SUPER sites. Attic →

Hours

Opening hours by place

8:00 11:00 14:00 17:00 20:00 23:00

Colosseum opens 8:30; last admission 17:30 and closing 18:30 from 1 to 24 October; from 25 October last admission 15:30, closes 16:30

Roman Forum and Palatine open 9:00; same closing as the Colosseum; five entrances

Underground, Full Experience last entry 16:40; timed groups of up to 25 with a park guide

last entry 16:40

Arena floor, Full Experience Arena last entry 15:00 with the Arena ticket; 18:00 with 24h Only Arena

last entry 15:00

Attic Full Experience Attic 8:30 to 14:30

last entry 14:30

Domus Aurea Friday to Sunday, visits every 15 minutes 9:00 to 16:30, last admission 15:30

last admission 15:30

A Night at the Colosseum Tuesday and Thursday 20:00 to 23:00, last admission 21:50

20:00 Tue and Thu

open last hour before closing or last visits Only Arena ticket, 20 minutes last entry

Hours from the Parco archeologico del Colosseo, read 20 October 2026. Closed 25 December and 1 January. Free on the first Sunday of the month, 25 April, 2 June and 4 November, by queue at the ticket offices.