Combo: Colosseum + Rome Bioparco Tickets

Purchasing the tickets online was fine, although I felt a little harassed by the multiple emails with discount offers before I confirmed a purchase. Various discounts were applied (as I booked multiple tours), but I felt that this just made it feel like the original price was probably inflated to allow for the discounts. I downloaded the Headout app as it implied this would be better to access tickets, but I don't think it's been any more useful. The Colloseum ticket options were not clear to me - I purchased a 'full experience- arena' tour, which I expected to be a 'full exeprience' with access to the arena. It was only when in the Colloseum that we realised there are 'full experience- underground' and 'full experience - attic' ticket options as well, which I do not recall were available when I booked. If you want to see it all you will need all 3 options - arena, underground and attic. Meeting the tour operators for the tickets was fine. Once the ticket is handed to you, with a small bit of info about getting into the Colloseum, and accessing the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, you're left to your own devices. I personally do not think the layout of the Colloseum is very well signed - you can easily miss bits. It is very busy. The audio guide we had to download was fine but drained a lot of battery as it asks to use GPS, which isn't even very accurate. I think a personal tour guide would have been better. It was annoying to have to download the audio guide through yet another app. The Colloseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill were very interesting and I'm glad we've done them but I dont think Headout or the local tour provider added much extra to the experience - they were literally just parties to a transaction, with little personal interaction.

The experience was great; the guides were helpful and very organized. Access to the Colosseum was easy and well-signposted. The same goes for access to the Roman Forum. What we didn't like at all were the helicopters that were constantly circling over the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. Unfortunately, that ruined the whole atmosphere.

It's just absolutely stunning. Amazing place to walk around and listen to the history through the guide. Everyone in my group really enjoyed our tour.

The Coliseum’s opening time was changed twice, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and then to 2:00 p.m. The second change was not announced.

It was amazing, and the staff was super friendly!