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Rome in a Day: Vatican and Colosseum with Skip the Line

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icon7 hours  (Approx.)
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Overview

Bypass the crowds with skip-the-line access to the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica. Then, visit the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill (seasonal). You'll get to see all the Roman essential attractions in a single day and traveling with a tour guide means you get to skip the long entry lines at each attraction. Your experience includes pick up and lunch at a local restaurant.
  • Full-day tour to see Roman highlights: Vatican Museums, the Colosseum, and ancient Rome
  • Skip-the-line access to all attractions lets you bypass the crowds
  • Includes pickup and lunch at a local restaurant
  • See Rome's most important highlights in single tour

Why Travelers Choose This Tour

With this tour, see Capitoline Hill from November through March and Palatine Hill the rest of the year.
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Professional guide
Wireless audio headset to assist with hearing guide
Lunch in a typical Italian restaurant (3 courses) only for the pickup option
Hotel pickup (only for centrally located hotels in Rome) exclusively for the lunch option
Transportation during the tour only for tour type with lunch and pickup
Optional gratuities
Hotel drop-off

Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
We pick up from centrally located hotels in Rome

Departure Time

8:30 AM
Begin your full day of visiting Rome's highlights with a morning pick up from select hotels.

Head for the Vatican Museums, where you'll skip the long entry lines and the crowds to follow your tour guide directly inside. Explore the 54 galleries, including the Museo Gregoriano Egiziano, the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, the Museo Chiaramonti, and the Museo Pio-Clementino, among others. 

Enter the Sistine Chapel to see Michelangelo's famous ceiling fresco and learn about the events that still take place there, such as the Papal conclave. Continue to St. Peter's Basilica to take in the sheer size and the Renaissance architecture. 

Stop to visit a local restaurant for lunch before continuing to the afternoon portion of your tour. 

Again, skip the line for the Colosseum and explore the massive amphitheater with your guide, learning about its history as a source of entertainment for ancient Roman citizens. 

Discover the Capitol Hill, the actual site of the Mayor of Rome, and offering the most beautiful view on the Roman Forum.

Then, you'll have the opportunity to visit Palatine Hill, the place of foundation of Rome and the Roman Forum from the inside, where your tour concludes.
Itinerary
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Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel is one of the most important treasures of the Vatican, of Rome and of the whole world. It is renowned both for its frescoes and for the fact that the Popes are elected here. What most attracts attention in the Sistine Chapel, however, is not its architecture, but the frescoes that completely decorate its walls and ceiling. Renowned artists such as Botticelli, Perugino and Michelangelo contributed to the wide decoration of the Chapel.
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Duration: 1 hour 
Admission Ticket Included
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Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums are one of the largest collections of works of art in the world. There is also the Sisitina Chapel which is the place where even today the Conclave is celebrated for the election of the pontiffs and where other solemn papal functions take place.
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Duration: 3 hours 
Admission Ticket Included
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Colosseum
The Colosseum, originally known as Amphitheatrum Flavium or simply as Amphitheatrum, is the largest amphitheater in the world, located in the center of the city of Rome
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Duration: 1 hour 
Admission Ticket Included
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St. Peter's Basilica
The grandeur of the seventeenth-century façade of Carlo Maderno makes the idea of ​​the gigantic dimensions of St. Peter's Basilica, still today one of the largest churches in the world. The dome designed by Michelangelo surprises in size and harmony. Among the many masterpieces, not to be missed is the Pietà by Michelangelo, the work that has been surprising for centuries in terms of technique and emotion.
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Duration: 20 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
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Roman Forum
It was the area where the public and religious life of ancient Rome took place. With the fall of the Empire, the Roman Forum fell into oblivion and was buried little by little. Although the existence and location of the Forum was already known in the 16th century, excavations began only in the 20th century.
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Duration: 1 hour 
Admission Ticket Included
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Palatine Hill
The Palatine is one of the seven hills of Rome, located between the Velabro and the Roman Forum, and is one of the oldest parts of the city. The site is now a large open-air museum and can be visited during the day
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Duration: 1 hour 
Admission Ticket Included
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • On Wednesday morning tours: the visit inside St. Peter's Basilica is substituted by a visit to the Vatican Library due to the Papal Audience taking place every Wednesday
  • Due to heightened security measures, you may experience delays at security checks when entering the Colosseum
  • This tour visits religious sites, and a dress code will be enforced. Visitors must be dressed appropriately: no sleeveless blouses, no miniskirts, no shorts, and no hats allowed
  • If you have a pacemaker you will need to show a certificate, otherwise you will not be admitted without being screened
  • due to shorter daylight, from October 27 the visit to the Palatine Hill will be replaced with an external explanation from the Capitoline Hill
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Please be advise that from the 27th of October 2019 the Colosseum tour starts at 02:00 pm
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • The Basilica is an active place of worship and may be closed without prior notice for religious events. In this case the visit will be substituted by a visit to the Vatican Library
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
  • OPERATED BY Gray Line I Love Rome by Carrani Tours

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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The answers provided below are based on answers previously given by the tour provider to customers’ questions.
Q:
What is the policy on face masks and attendee health during Rome in a Day: Vatican and Colosseum with Skip the Line?
A:
The policies on face masks and attendee health are:

  • Face masks required for travelers in public areas
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
See all safety measures taken by Rome in a Day: Vatican and Colosseum with Skip the Line.
Q:
What is the social distancing policy during Rome in a Day: Vatican and Colosseum with Skip the Line?
A:
The policy on social distancing is:

  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
See all safety measures taken by Rome in a Day: Vatican and Colosseum with Skip the Line.
Q:
What is the maximum group size during Rome in a Day: Vatican and Colosseum with Skip the Line?
A:
This activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers.

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The Best Way to Tour
tamwill2006
, Feb 2020
Our tour guide was awesome and very caring. I highly recommend this tour versus waiting in long lines. Lunch was great too! Definitely worth the investment and one of the best ways to truly appreciate the historical sites.
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Must do and see tour
janinef53
, Jan 2020
A very big day and a lot to take in and NO lines. Vatican was sensational and the lunch was very good considering the time frame the restaurant had to prepare the meals plus it was convenient to be transported to the Colosseum. Our guide Tahani was very good taking time to explain in full to all of the group. Possibly a lot for some older and less agile
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icon Response from Host , Jan 2020
Dear Janine, great to hear that you enjoyed your full day with us and liked all the aspects of our combo tour Vatican Museums & Ancient Rome. Thanks for sharing your opinion on lunch, transportation, and tour leading, it really supports us with the community of potential clients as well as gives us insight on what's going well for us to reinforce. Kind regards, the Gray Line I Love Rome Team
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Rome in a day!!
Curiosity302431
, Nov 2019
It was wonderful! Guides and transportation were spot on! Not a tour for people with mobility issues. It wasn’t a problem for me but it came to mind after the many Km’s we walked and many many stairs involved. Highly recommend!
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Exciting and interesting day in Rome
HorizonDT
, Nov 2019
Highly recommend this tour. Hotel pick up was a half hour late but the driver was courteous and apologetic. Both tour guides were very good and Rita was terrific and was very well informed and fun. It was a big advantage being able to 'skip the line' and if you have limited time in this beautiful city this is the way to do it!
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Visiting Rome
wvhumphreys
, Nov 2019
It was too much to do in one day. Possibly because it was a holiday weekend in Rome and we didn’t realize that when we booked. We missed touring the Colosseum and Paletine due to time constraints. Another time we would book separate tours. Viator is very easy to deal with and the guides were all very knowledgeable.
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Combonation Tour
gmiller306
, Nov 2019
Make sure you are aware of the time allotted to see all of the attractions. The second part of the tour was very rushed. We only had about 10 minutes to tour the Colossum because in November Palatine Hill close early we were not told that at booking. We only had 5 minutes to tour Palatine Hill, hold up at entrance. We did not get a chance to see the Roman Foram at all. We were a little disappointed, but overall Rome is beautiful. So if you have a chance to go, Please do!
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Good experience
HertsVista
, Nov 2019
Generally a good trip, but due to early closing we had to rush around the colosseum to try and fit it all in, sadly this spoilt the tour. Luch was very good and enjoyable
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icon Response from Host , Nov 2019
Dear Guest, we thank you a lot for your contribution, we're glad you enjoyed the tour and especially the lunch. We're aware of early closures that oblige our guides to maintain a quicker pace in order to be able to show all the sights included in the tour to their groups, we're actually in the process of analyzing the guest experience so we can improve it by implementing some little changes. Kind regards, the Gray Line I Love Rome Team
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Told we had cancelled
Denis T
, Nov 2019
This tour was double booked . . . Viator please check your own details. We cancelled one (1) of the two tours. When we were in Rome we rang Carrani Tours 36 hours in advance to confirm pick-up time only to be told that the second booking had been cancelled also. We have been charged for two (2) excursions received one payment back and have requested a second refund. I have reviewed here because other means have been fruitless. Please explain.
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icon Response from Host , Nov 2019
Dear Denis, we're sorry you had to cancel but we're not sure we understand what exactly happened. While we remind you that the review channel should be used to share your opinion about a tour you actually took (and that cancellation and refund requests should be directed to the Customer Service), we would like to get more detail about this issue so we can assist you in collaboration with our Booking Department. We also would like to inform you that the tour you booked (Rome in one day) is made of two separate experiences (Vatican Museums and Colosseum) but is actually one single product, meaning one final price and one transaction. If you cancelled the reservation, you cancelled it all, so you should have been refunded in full. Anyways, please get in touch with us at feedbackteam@graylinerome.it providing your reference code so that we know what you're talking about. Best regards, the Gray Line I Love Rome Team
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skip the line Vatican and Colosseum
U6831BWsusang
, Oct 2019
the tour was good the lunch was very commercial.. Restaurant was nit too accommodating Change the place for lunch for a more traditional place, and include a drink please
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Rome in a day: Vatican and colosseum with Skip the line
Trip15393316093
, Oct 2019
Rita, our tour guide for the Vatican was fabulous. She was knowledgeable and kept a great pace through the Vatican areas that we saw. Lunch was substantial and provided a nice break. Cecelia, our tour guide for the colosseum was passionate about her history. Well spoken and very informative. Great job!
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