Rome Tourist Card

From: €93.00
Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill Entry Ticket (with additional options of a guided tour of the Colosseum & Mamertine Prison Entry)
Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel with Skip The Line Entry Ticket (with additional option of Guided Tour)
Castel Sant'Angelo, Borghese Gallery OR St. Peter's Basilica Guided Tour (with additional option of Dome access)
Rome: City Audio Guide App for Your Smartphone
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Useful Information About Rome Tourist Card

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Enjoy some of the best of Rome with our Rome Tourist Card

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Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill

Enjoy the Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill on a self-guided tour. Don't worry about the queues as your ticket included Priority Access, so simply follow the signs.

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The Colosseum

The Colosseum was actually known as the 'Flavian Amphitheatre'. At the time had you asked for directions to the Colosseum the locals wouldn't have known what you were talking about!

Picture the Colosseum full of chanting crowds and imagine the battles that took place there. Picture the gladiators waiting for battle in the underground areas.

Spectators at the Colosseum were assigned seats according to their wealth and status, with the various areas offering different views. Much like going to a concert now - the best views have the most expensive tickets!

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The Roman Forum

The Roman Forum was used as a marketplace and the centre for political, commercial and social life in Rome. It would have been full of shops and stalls as well as holding events such as the funeral of Julius Caesar.

The Roman Forum was buried for centuries and it wasn't recovered until the 18th century when excavation works help to uncover it again.

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Palatine Hill

Palatine Hill was home to the aristocrats and emperors of the time and with that was one of the most desirable neighbourhoods. It was one of the seven hills of ancient Rome and holds important historical and archaeological significance as it's believed to have been the birthplace of Rome itself, by Romulus, the mythical founder, in 753 BC.

You will see lots of ruins at Palatine Hill but they are fascinating as you can imagine what life used to be like when the emperors and aristocrats lived there with their grand imperial palaces with their lavish gardens that would have been home to big statues and shows of wealth and power.

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The Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel

The Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel are one of the most popular landmarks and tourist attractions in Rome and welcome around 5 million visitors each year (which is also why it's safer to book your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment as they do sell out).

The Vatican Museums are home to one of the largest and most impressive art collections in the world and includes pieces from ancient Rome along with Egyptian artifacts and religious objects. The collection also contains a significant number of paintings from classic masterpieces to modern day pieces.

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The Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel forms part of the Vatican Museums and is home to the world-famous ceiling painted by Michelangelo in the 16^thcentury, and shows his interpretation of the story of creation and the great flood, amongst other scenes.

Michelangelo also painted the scene of the ‘Last Judgement’ behind the alter. The Sistine Chapel is also home to works by Ghirlandaio, Botticelli, Perugino, Pinturicchio amongst others.

The Sistine Chapel is also where the cardinals meet for conclave when they are electing a new pope, which is identified by white smoke from the chimney. The Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel are located in Vatican City which is the smallest country in the world!

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The Rome Tourist card also includes One of the Following:

1. St. Peter's Basilica

If you choose this option The Rome Tourist Card also gets you access to a guided tour of the incredible St. Peter's Basilica, which is home to crypts, chapels and tombs of various historical figures.

The guide will give you history to the basilica and the art inside, as well as showing you around some of the underground areas that contains the crypts and more artwork.

2. Castel Sant'Angelo

If you choose this option you can enjoy the incredible Castel Sant'Angelo, the mausoleum that was commissioned by the Emperor Hadrian for him and his family and has since been used for multiple other purposes including Papal Residence and fortress. Now home to an extensive collection of ancient artifacts and is one of Rome's most popular attractions.

3. Borghese Gallery

If you choose this option you can enjoy the incredible gallery home to works by the likes of Bernini (including pieces such as David, Apollo and Daphne & The Rape of Proserpina) as well as other pieces by the likes of Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian and Lorenzo Lotto. The Borghese Gallery is one of Rome's most popular galleries.

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Rome: City Audio Guide App for Your Smartphone

This in itself is one of our best sellers. The downloadable audio guide app contains over 130 points of interest to see in Rome as well as offering high quality visuals and descriptions and audio commentaries by local experts.

The app also has an offline, digital map to help with navigation which comes in very useful!