Is the Domus Aurea included in the Colosseum ticket?

No. The Domus Aurea has its own ticket, sold separately on the official ticket shop, and its own calendar: Friday to Sunday only.

How long is the Domus Aurea visit?

Entries to the Domus Aurea start every 15 minutes from 9:00; the last is at 15:30 and the last visits run to 16:30.

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Domus Aurea

Q: Where is the entrance to the Domus Aurea?

The Domus Aurea entrance is at Viale della Domus Aurea 1, inside the Colle Oppio park, reached from Via Labicana. Metro B Colosseo.

Nero's Golden House, buried under the Baths of Trajan and reopened as an underground visit on the Oppian Hill, across the road from the Colosseum. The Domus Aurea opens Friday to Sunday, with guided entries every 15 minutes, on a ticket separate from the Colosseum.

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 Fri to Sun visits every 15 minutes 9:00 to 16:30; closed on free Sundays → Last admission 15:30 the last visits run to 16:30 → Ticket separate not in any Colosseum ticket; sold on the official ticket shop →

The Domus Aurea keeps its own calendar: Friday to Sunday only. The Domus Aurea is closed Monday to Thursday and on the first Sunday of the month.

The place

What is the Domus Aurea?

After the fire of AD 64 Nero built a palace across the centre of Rome with a lake where the Colosseum now stands. The lake was drained for the amphitheatre. Within forty years the palace wing on the Oppian Hill was filled with earth to carry the Baths of Trajan. That burial preserved the rooms: the frescoed vaults and the Octagonal Room with its dome. Renaissance painters climbed down into the corridors by rope to copy the grotesques.

The visit goes underground into the Oppian wing with a guide and a hard hat, and ends in the Octagonal Room.

Plan around: the visit is underground and cool; bring a layer in summer.

Dates

Domus Aurea opening days and hours

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.

The Domus Aurea opens Friday to Sunday, with visits every 15 minutes from 9:00 to 16:30 and the last admission at 15:30. It is closed on the first Sunday of the month, when the rest of the park is free. The ticket is separate from the Colosseum tickets and sold on the official ticket shop; the Colosseum, Forum and Palatine tickets do not include it.

A Colosseum slot on a Friday or Saturday morning leaves the afternoon for the Domus Aurea. Your ticket: the Domus Aurea ticket, sold separately on the official ticket shop; no Colosseum ticket includes it.

Getting there

How to get to the Domus Aurea

The entrance is at Viale della Domus Aurea 1, inside the Colle Oppio park, reached from Via Labicana. Metro B stops at Colosseo; buses 51, 85 and 87 and tram 3 also serve the Domus Aurea.

The entrance is inside the Colle Oppio park, not on the piazza; walk in from Via Labicana.

Colosseum tours for the morning

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No tour we compare includes the Domus Aurea. Four Colosseum tours for the morning of a Domus Aurea day. €18 at the park for the standard ticket; €59 on the Colosseum Group option, which adds the guide.