Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Tour with Virtual Reality

The experience begins next to the Colosseum with a 3D virtual reality simulation based on historical research. For around 45 minutes, you’ll be able to see what the Colosseum square was like in its heyday, with citizens, markets and scenes of everyday life digitally recreated.

Virtual reality will also allow you to view the arena from a gladiator’s perspective before the start of the fights and to virtually explore the Hypogeum, the underground network of passageways, mechanisms and storage areas that made the spectacles possible.

Once this immersive introduction is over, you’ll enter the Colosseum to explore the monument in person and recognise many of the spaces you’ve just seen reconstructed. You can then continue on to the Roman Forum, the city’s ancient political, religious and social centre, amongst temples, arches and monumental ruins.

The tour concludes on the Palatine Hill, one of the sites most closely linked to the origins of Rome and later the residence of emperors and powerful families. The entire tour of the archaeological park is self-guided using an audio guide, so you can stop wherever you like and explore at your own pace.