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    Justine S.

    Breathtaking. One of a kind sight to see. It is very well maintained and if you get early tickets, there will not be too many crowds. I was able to walk freely and take pictures without anyone next to me. The website can be a bit confusing but it is worth buying from the official seller.

    Kimberly R.

    Taking a tour is so helpful for understand the historical history behind it. It wasn't boring and we enjoyed our guided tour. Our guid kept ed us moving but I didn't feel rushed.

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    A.J. C.

    The Colosseum was absolutely unbelievable. Everything about it was five star. The reason for the four star rating was the protocols, staff, etc. There was no signage outside, so we waited in the security line for 15 minutes and then they tell us at the metal detectors that were supposed to be on the other side for the special floor access entrance. Then we had special tickets for the attic which wasn't supposed to be till noon so we asked if we could get up there at like 10 and they said it was very busy, but they could probably squeeze us in. And then we get up there and there was less than 10 people in the whole attic area which was like three levels of balconies for viewing... A total Ghost Town. Then upon exiting, we were trying to go out the exit for the floor access and the lady tried not letting us go out that way unless we had our tickets with us still... What is happening here... We are just trying to leave the Colosseum... What difference does it make! So the staff there's trying to sour the experience.

    Matt G.

    A slice of history right here. I recommend that you see this, even on the outside if you don't want to go in. I want to take a moment to address the security measures as patrons have to go through two checkpoints with metal detectors and scanners. I think three ticket scans. I was with a tour group and lost my belt in the scanner machine and had to decide whether to stay with my group or look for my belt. I chose to stay with the group. I went on a guided tour and got to go through the tunnels underneath the colosseum where gladiators and animals were once held. This shows where levers and pulleys were used like an elevator to raise to the colosseum floor. I also got to go around the seating area and colosseum floor. It was hard for me to believe that the colosseum floor was wood, covered with sand and they could actually flood the floor with water to have ship battles.

    stephen c.

    It's the Roman Colosseum...duh, you have to see it. We did the floor tour and it was great. Lots of steps and walking. Be ready to get your steps in. Wear comfortable shoes and clothes.

    Ultima M.

    Another amazing experience. I am so happy I made it here. I did this solo (no tour) and I am glad I did it that way. I was able to enjoy this experience at my own pace on my own time. Breathtaking architectural site and to see it and experience it is just awesome, NOT TO MENTION OF ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD I purchased my ticket for this on line a few weeks before my trip and that process is very easy. I recommend doing that. Also be mindful that the time slot you pick when purchasing your ticket is the real time they allow you to enter So if your ticket is for 10am entrance you cannot enter before that time. I saw a lot of people being turned away and told to return at the time on their ticket.

    Sarah S.

    Oh my god!!! You have my heart. I'm glad it stayed right next to it so I throughly enjoyed it morning evening and night. Massive yet elegant it breathes life into history, making the echoes of gladiatorial games and public spectacles feel almost real. Just breathtaking. My favorite was waking up and grabbing a hot coffee at a cafe right in front. This time of the year wasn't crazy busy and I highly recommend going now. It tends to get crowded, so arrive early. Buying skip-the-line tickets is worth it. Without saying the history and atmosphere make it a must-visit in Rome. Just the structure makes you almost feel that this is not man made so powerful and impressive not just for its size but for how well it has endured over time. Its strength and symmetry reflect the brilliance of Roman engineering. I highly recommend taking a guided tour, having a meal or coffee in front of the colosseum. Also a scooter ride just around the structure-we did that and it was beyond fun. Purchase your tickets online before you go-same day walk-ups often mean long lines or sold out slots, especially in peak season.

    Afshin A.

    I've always loved Roman history, so visiting the Colosseum this past October was a big moment for me. Even in the "off season," it was really busy, but that just shows how essential this spot is for visitors. Walking through the structure and seeing the arena from above really gave me a sense of what it might have felt like when the crowds were roaring, and the energy was intense. The place is huge and impressive, and while a lot of people know about the gladiators, I learned that the Colosseum was used for all kinds of events. I recommend taking a guided tour -- it helped with skipping the long lines and gave more context that made the visit even better. Also, make sure to walk around the outside area. The nearby Roman Forum and Palatine Hill are right there and worth exploring. If you're in Rome and have any interest in history or just want to see something unforgettable, definitely add the Colosseum to your list.

    Berta B.

    My family and I visited the Roman Colosseum while in vacation in Italy. We bought tickets without a tour guide. The line to get into the Colosseum was long so keep that in mind. They check for tickets three times before you are actually inside of the Colosseum so have them ready. Once inside we were able to walk about and see the different Colosseum displays and we were able to take pictures and go around the whole Colosseum. It can get very hot during the day so I suggest buying tickets for early morning. It's definitely worth visiting if you're in Rome.

    Van D.

    Colosseo, or as we know it as the Colosseum, is a must visit attractive when visiting Rome. The Timed Tickets (18€/adult) are very precise. Whatever your time is, you can't even come 5 minutes early, they will turn you away. The standard ticket allowed us access to the 1st and 2nd floors of the Colosseum and the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill nearby. In ancient times, gladiators battled for survival on these grounds. When we're here I'm a mix of being in awe of the spectacular architecture of this magnificent monument, but also a bit scared and sad for those who had to fight and survive, and even more sad for those who passed away. I recommend booking the earliest time possible to avoid crazy crowds. I think all times will be crowded, but the earlier the less-bad it would be. There are stairs here so wear comfortable shoes and prepare for some stair climbing if you decide to visit.

    Lakeisha W.

    OMG!!!!! I'm blessed to say, "I visited one of the Wonders of the world" It was EVERYTHING I wanted it to be too. Gorgeous, sturdy, speechless from every view. Stop, every chance you get and take in all the views.

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    Carolina V.

    Obviously, being there is the most magical thing the history you can feel it. The guided tour is fine. I just hated that they were kicking us out at the end and didn't let me fully immerse thankfully, we got there early so we were there almost an hour, but still them kicking us out was kind of rude and they weren't like very friendly doing it

    Colosseum in Rome, Italy (09/29/2025)
    Rebecca R.

    I fell in LOVE with Rome, Italy during my 1st visit back in 2023 and was so excited that my husband & I were able to plan a 2nd visit to Rome to celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary (September 2025) - love was definitely in the Roma air! :) To celebrate our anniversary, we scheduled a photoshoot and had the Colosseum in the background...our photos came out amazing! See pics included in the updated review. On the day of our photoshoot, our photographer had us meet at the Colosseum at 6:30am to beat the crowds & to capture the sunrise in our photos. Getting there early was perfect timing because there were only a few other people milling around the Colosseum so we were able to capture the shots at different angles in front of the Colosseum w/ no people in our photos. Helpful Tip: The Colosseum's exterior is lit up every night and automatically turns off w/ the street lights in the morning. It was about 7:05am when we were there (September 29, 2025) but this time can change depending on the sunrise time. The lights do give the Colosseum a dramatic effect of an orange glow - see pics. Even if you're not trying to beat the crowds for a photoshoot, I highly recommend a visit to the Colosseum early in the morning, right before sunrise because it really is something special. Getting to take in the beautiful view while standing at this grand historical monument is such a surreal experience. No pics or videos can truly capture the beauty and definitely can't capture how it makes you feel at that moment. Hope this info helps! Rebecca visiting from Austin, Texas (USA) on 09/25/2025 - 10/01/2025

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    Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola - Outside of Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola in Rome, Italy  (pic taken on Tues. 09/30/2025)

    Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola

    4.9(29 reviews)
    1.4 kmCentro Storico

    A lil bit of a wait to use the mirror but well worth. The line goes pretty fast as along as you…read moredon't have millennials taking picture after pictures. Just walk up , have some common courtesy and take your pic so the line can keep moving quickly

    To think, I almost avoided visiting this STUNNING 17th-century church - Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di…read moreLoyola, when visiting Rome, Italy (09/25/2025 - 10/01/2025) because it is Tik-Tok and IG "famous" for being the "mirrored church" to take an iconic selfie... yes, you read that correctly..iconic selfie. I was for sure it was going to be crowded w/ social media influencers and I was correct..it was crowded but don't let that deter you from seeing this historical beauty! Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola is known as the "mirrored church" because it has a mirror strategically placed to see the beautiful painted ceiling fresco. (see pics & videos included in this review from my visit on Tuesday 09/30/2025 - at 10:56am) It also has a painted illusion of having a real soaring dome on a flat ceiling - very cool for sure and does make you look twice just to confirm it's indeed an illusion! Here are a few helpful fyi(s) that I wanted to pass along: --- - long line for the mirror right as you enter the church - if there is a line of people waiting for the mirror, you don't have to wait in that line if you don't want to take a selfie w/ the mirror and are only wanting to see the church...as someone else mentioned in a previous review, you can get creative w/ taking a selfie w/ the beautiful ceiling. My hubby & I took our selfie pic while we were sitting in the pew and used a timer on our phone (see pic included). ---- visit early to avoid the crowds & to fully enjoy your experience at this church Avoid the crowds so you can really take in how detailed and beautiful the architecture and paintings are. Trust me, you'll enjoy your experience so much more w/ less people. ---- it's free to visit but do bring some money w/ you to give as an offering --- just a reminder to be respectful when visiting because it is a holy place Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola truly is something special and of the MANY Rome basilica's I've explored during my 2 visits to Rome, it is now my FAVORITE basilica thus far. Hope this info helps. :)) Rebecca visiting Rome, Italy from Austin, Texas (USA) 09/25/2025 - 10/01/2025

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    Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola - Inside lighting

    Inside lighting

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    Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola

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    Colosseo - Arch of Constantine

    Colosseo

    4.6(1.1k reviews)
    0.0 kmAventino

    The Colosseum is the most incredible thing I've ever seen on this planet. Nothing prepares you for…read morestanding in front of it in real life. The scale, the power, the history, everything about it is absolutely breathtaking. You can feel the history the moment you step inside. Knowing what happened there centuries ago gives you literal shivers. It's emotional, intense, and awe-inspiring all at once. Every stone tells a story, and it makes you feel so small in the best way possible. This is not just a landmark, it's an experience that stays with you forever. If you come to Rome and don't see the Colosseum, you missed everything. Rating: 10/10 -- unforgettable, unreal, legendary

    Holy shit, the Colosseum. It's one of the craziest things I've ever seen, a massive historical…read moremarvel, a monument to human ingenuity and cruelty, the highs and lows of our entire existence. You have to see it before you die. No photograph, no movie, can fully conjure the real thing. Its scale, its majesty, the psychic bridge it provides to a violent and fascinating past. Standing in the Colosseum is about as close as I've gotten to time travel. We booked a three-hour tour with Crown Tours, covering the Forum, Palatine Hill, and the Colosseum. This was definitely the way to go. I loved both the simplified logistics and the live, on-site history lesson. That said, if you're not the guided tour type, the Colosseum does kind of speak for itself. We went around noon on a Friday during low season, when it was busy but nowhere near peak crowding. I imagine a summertime visit with kids would be pretty uncomfortable. But the Colosseum is worth a fair amount of physical suffering. Maybe not being mauled and eaten by lions, but definitely a little body odor and heat. The Colosseum is both the largest standing amphitheater in the world and the largest ancient amphitheater ever built. These may be the least surprising facts I've ever read on Wikipedia. The place is named for its colossal size, and honestly that alone would make it worth visiting. The size, though, is maybe its third or fourth most notable feature. The architecture is iconic. I was about to start describing it, but everyone knows what the Colosseum looks like: it looks like the Colosseum. It looks both more and less like the Colosseum up close and from within. I don't remember the striations in the travertine walls from any history books. The interior is breathtaking. Our guide sat us down and we gawked at the tiered seating and arena of this enormous world wonder, a place that once accommodated some 50,000 spectators for any given event, where an estimated 400,000 people and a million animals met violent ends. It's kind of wild that any of this was a) allowed and b) how people got their kicks, but the enthusiasm for brutality is comprehensible enough in 2025. I know exactly who would be in the stands with popcorn, watching people whose lives hold no value for them fighting to the death. Our tour ended on the ground floor of the Colosseum, and we wandered the upper level on our own, looking down at the arena and the exposed underground, which required its own ticket and didn't seem to have many visitors. We visited the gift shop and bought a postcard for our kids, though I don't quite know how to explain this place to our five- and three-year-old sons. I hope to bring them in person one day, when they're older and more knowledgeable about the ways of the world. There might be heat, there might be crowds, but they'll have to see the Colosseum.

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    Colosseo - Four floor levels, height = Washington Monument. Seating was based on social status, wealth, and gender. Women on the top tier. Smh :(

    Four floor levels, height = Washington Monument. Seating was based on social status, wealth, and gender. Women on the top tier. Smh :(

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    Colosseo

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    Campo dè Fiori - Outdoor Cafe

    Campo dè Fiori

    4.1(106 reviews)
    1.8 kmCentro Storico

    Wow I love the Campo de Fiori. The name means the field of flowers, because it used to be a field…read moreof flowers and vegetable gardens here before it became this square. Unfortunately from the 16th to 19th century this place became a public execution site. Yikes. The most famous execution was Giordano Bruno in 1600, in which there is now a statue in his honor for freedom of thought. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts. Pass forward to present day. This area is lively with the open air markets where you can find vendors selling produce, flowers, spices, cheese, and artisanal goods. My boyfriend and I came here to explore the live market and also to look for souvenirs to bring home. The vendors here are really aggressive and I would have enjoyed it more if they gave me space to look instead of hound me to buy buy buy. Like chill dude can I look at what I'm buying. Sigh. We were here til closing time and even get to see how the vendors efficiently and quickly packed up their stalls and belongings to wrap up for the day. And of course... a great area to enjoy some gelato.

    We're at Campo de' Fiori, Rome's oldest market and possibly the most enthusiastic display of…read moretourist traps per square meter. Once a site for public executions (Bruno's brooding statue still watches over), it now specializes in overpriced pasta and garlic braids. It's more performance art than produce. Vendors heckle, truffle oil flows freely, and yes, someone will try to sell you limoncello in a boot. I walked through as part of a food tour, which felt like the right way to enjoy the chaos, briefly, and with snacks elsewhere. Not the best market in Rome, but definitely the most theatrical.

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    Campo dè Fiori
    Campo dè Fiori
    Campo dè Fiori

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    Spanish Steps - Spanish Steps

    Spanish Steps

    4.5(81 reviews)
    1.9 kmCentro Storico

    The Spanish Steps are absolutely breathtaking!!…read more The Spanish Steps connect the Piazza di Spagna below with the stunning Trinità dei Monti church above. The Trinità dei Monti is worth a visit when you're here, it's full of history, artwork and phenomenal statues. The area around the Spanish Steps are chock full of fabulous restaurants and high end shops. The views from the top after climbing the 135 steps are glorious. You can see the Spanish embassy in the square below from the terraces above. We ate at a local Trattoria that did not disappoint. It has became a cultural hub for artists, writers and royalty. A luxury shopping landmark, and a quintessential symbol of Roman glamour, culture, and social life. I've been before and will come back. Such a sight to see and I LOVE Italy!!

    With the planters of flowers leading to the church and old buildings on the sides, it looks…read morepicturesque. The 135 steps had some landings along the way. Fortunately, in spite of the tourists, there was some room to walk on the stairs although it would be nicer if people moved to the side instead of just stopping and standing on the stairs or in the middle of a landing. Other than saying you climbed the steps, I wasn't sure of the big attraction. The view from the top was okay but not a panoramic view of the city. Go to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Vittoriano monument for a fantastic view of Rome. Much higher climb but it is also offers a free view from the balconies including the Colosseum.

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    The Spanish Steps

    Torre Argentina - cat sanctuary

    Torre Argentina

    4.3(49 reviews)
    1.4 kmCentro Storico

    We spent an afternoon wandering around Rome, making our way through different neighborhoods, and…read morecame across the Largo di Torre Argentina entirely by accident. It looked significant, so we walked over and read up on what we were seeing. Turns out this is where it is commonly believed that Julius Caesar met his et tu end. Rome, right? There's no avoiding sites of staggering historic importance. The site is now a sort of open square, fenced off in such a way that you can't just walk in but can see everything from the street. It contains four Roman Republican temples and the remains of Pompey's Theatre, apparently the first permanent theatre to be built in Rome, completed in 55 BC. Julius Caesar was assassinated at Pomepy's Theatre, so I guess even if it didn't happen within the square, it was certainly close enough. Two thousand years and change later, Largo di Torre Argentina became an official cat sanctuary, with a shelter opening in 1993. My husband visited Rome in 1997 and remembers seeing cats everywhere. He says there are noticeably fewer now, and I think we only saw one when we visited this square. Though did I see a cat, or do I just know, reading about the place now, that I was maybe supposed to see one? I honestly can't say. But in my mind, I can picture a cat, fluffy and grimy, resting by the fence. The picture of Caesar is less defined, but I can see him there too, leaving his blood in the square.

    This open-air historic site includes (1) the ruins of the ancient Roman building where Caesar was…read moreassassinated and (2) cats. You can see most of the cats (and ruins) from the perimeter of the site. However, if you want to go down to ground level and get a closer look at the ruins and some signs explaining what you're looking at, you can get an entry ticket for €7. The cats are pretty friendly and may approach you.

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    Torre Argentina - At dusk

    At dusk

    Torre Argentina - Near where Julius Caesar was killed

    Near where Julius Caesar was killed

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    Cat sanctuary

    Colosseum - landmarks - Updated May 2026

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