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Colosseum Underground or Arena Platform
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Colosseum underground
The hypogeum: two levels of corridors, cells and lift shafts under the arena where animals, scenery and fighters waited. On the park ticket you visit it with a park guide: the Full Experience Underground and Arena, €24, on sale online 30 days ahead.
Updated Hours and tickets Parco archeologico del Colosseo, last read <time data-read datetime="2026-10-22">22 October 2026</time>; tour listings read
Underground ticket €24 Full Experience Underground and Arena; €32 with the educational tour; two days → On sale 30 days ahead online, groups of up to 25 with a park guide → Last entry 16:40 the last underground entry of the day →
When the park slots are gone, a tour with its own guide is the other way down.
The place
What is the Colosseum underground?
The hypogeum was built under Domitian, after the opening games, to turn the arena into a stage. It held corridors for animals and fighters, cells, ramps and dozens of lifts. Capstans sent cages up to the arena floor through trapdoors. A tunnel led east to the Ludus Magnus, the gladiators' barracks across the road.
Today the corridors are open to the sky where the floor was removed, and a section is covered by the rebuilt platform. The visit follows walkways through the central corridor and the side passages, with the bases of the lifts and the drains on view.
Plan around: on the park ticket the underground is a timed group of up to 25 with a park guide.
The ticket
The underground ticket: Full Experience Underground and Arena
Colosseum, Forum and Palatine (24h) the standard ticket: first and second tiers, no arena floor; one entry to the Forum and Palatine within 24 hours
24h Only Arena arena floor for 20 minutes at the booked time, Forum and Palatine within 24 hours; €11.50 with Roma Pass
Forum Pass SUPER Forum, Palatine and the SUPER sites without the Colosseum; no time slot, use within 30 days
Full Experience Arena arena floor plus the tiers, Forum, Palatine and SUPER sites; 2 days; on sale 7 days ahead
Full Experience Underground and Arena underground corridors with a park guide, arena, tiers, Forum, Palatine, SUPER sites; 2 days; €32 with the educational tour
Full Experience Attic the upper tiers 8:30 to 14:30 plus Forum, Palatine and SUPER sites; 2 days
Full Experience Passage of Commodus a 25-minute guided visit through the passage on Monday and Wednesday, up to 8 people; the tiers, the Forum, the Palatine and the SUPER sites; 2 days; on sale 7 days ahead
A Night at the Colosseum Full Experience €24 plus the 60-minute guided night visit €26; Tuesday and Thursday
adult price online with the educational tour
Adult prices from the official ticket shop, read . EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay €2 on the standard and Full Experience tickets. Every ticket is in the holder's name and checked against ID at the gate.
The Full Experience Underground and Arena ticket costs €24, or €32 with the educational tour, and is valid for two consecutive days. It includes the underground with a park guide, the arena floor, the first and second tiers, and one entry to the Forum, the Palatine and the SUPER sites. Groups are up to 25 people including the guide, with a whisper system for larger groups. The last access to the underground is 16:40.
It is sold online, on the official ticket shop, from 30 days before the visit day. EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay €2; the ticket is nominative with ID at the gate.
Plan around: buy at the 30-day mark. Your ticket: Full Experience Underground and Arena, €24, online, on sale 30 days ahead.
Dates
When Colosseum underground tickets go on sale
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Standard, Underground, Attic sales open 30 days before the visit day
last day on sale: +30
Full Experience Arena, Passage of Commodus, night visit online 7 days before the visit; the ticket office sells the Arena ticket on the day
last day on sale: +7
Forum Pass SUPER no time slot; buy any day and use within 30 days
use within 30 days
visit dates you can buy today not on sale yet release day
Release rules from the park's opening-times page and the ticket pages, read . Every day the park puts one more day on sale, so the right edge moves with the calendar.
Thirty days before the visit day, online. Every day the park puts one more day on sale, so the newest date is always 30 days away. If your date is inside the window and the slots have gone, a tour is the other way down. Its operator holds group slots and sells them with a guide.
The Full Experience Arena ticket, by contrast, opens 7 days ahead and is sold at the ticket office on the day; it does not include the underground.
Plan around: €24 at the park with a park guide; from €149 on a tour, which adds a smaller group and a held slot.
What you see
What you see underground
The central corridor runs the length of the arena with the side galleries off it. You see the lift bases and the slots for the capstans, the drains, the brick vaults that held the floor, and the passage towards the Ludus Magnus. The guide stays with the group for the whole route and then takes you up to the arena platform, which is included in the ticket.
Plan around: the route is on walkways at the lowest level, with steps.
People also ask
All Colosseum questions →How much is the Colosseum underground ticket?
€24 for the Full Experience Underground and Arena ticket, €32 with the educational tour. Valid for two consecutive days with the arena floor, the tiers, the Forum, the Palatine and the SUPER sites. EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay €2.
Can I visit the Colosseum underground without a guide?
No. The underground is visited only with a guide, at a booked time. On the €24 park ticket it is a park guide, in a group of up to 25 including the guide. Tours sell the same visit with their own guide inside the group.
When do underground tickets go on sale?
30 days before the visit day, online on the official ticket shop.
What is the last entry to the underground?
16:40.
Is the Colosseum underground worth it?
It is the one part of the building with a guide included in the park ticket and the one that sells out first. The underground ticket is €24, €6 more than the €18 standard ticket, and adds the hypogeum, the arena floor and a park guide. A tour with the underground starts at €149.
Colosseum underground tours
All underground tours →Four underground tours by the option we would book. They are a seven-person group, a private visit, a small group with the Forum and a second seven-person group.
Max 7 people
Private
Colosseum & Forum with Optional Arena or Underground Access
3 hours Private tour for your group ★ 4.7 (5,389)
from €279 per adult See the tour
With the Forum
Colosseum Arena & Roman Forum: Small Group Tour (MAX 10 People)
3 hours up to 6 people ★ 4.8 (317)
from €175 per adult See the tour
Small group
Colosseum Guided Tour : Underground or Arena – Small Group
2 hours up to 7 people ★ 5.0 (38)
from €149 per adult See the tour
Prices in euro per adult for the named option, as listed on . Tour bookings go through our booking partner.
