The Colosseum after dark tours are back for 2012 and this year they are running on Saturdays and Thursdays. For now we’re offering two tours … the first is ‘just’ the Colosseum whereas the second tour also includes a visit to the dungeon/underground areas. This year there is a ‘suggestive’ new lighting system and your [...]
Colosseum dungeons 2012 – yep, open!
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There are more threads out there, more forum posts, blog questions and what-have-yous regarding the Colosseum dungeon / underground / ipogei / hypogeum / lower level tours than there are notches on Silvio’s bed post. So, short and sweet – yes, the Colosseum dungeons are open again to visitors (2012). Yes we are taking bookings. [...]
Rome, Colosseum by night 2012 – sign up for news
April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
*** Update, May 3rd 2012 – we are now taking orders for Colosseum after-dark tours! If you’d like to be informed as soon as we are able to take orders for after-dark tours of the Colosseum in Rome (2012), then please provide your email address below (in the box under the ‘Email Address’ label) to [...]
Rome, the Colosseum and Settimana della cultura 2012
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With very little notice (given that the event is a mere 2 weeks away and was first announced in November 2011) the authorities in Rome have just announced that the Colosseum is no longer to be included in the annual ‘Settimana della cultura’ initiative, an annual event that sees free entry to many Italian museums, [...]
Rome – the Colosseum upper levels once again open to visitors.
March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Finally some better news from Rome and the Colosseum. The long-awaited and much-discussed ‘sponsored’ restoration work may not yet have begun (it was due to start this month, March 2012) but at least the upper levels – the terzo anello have today reopened. They have been closed to visitors since the exceptionally heavy snowfalls of [...]
Rome, Colosseum closed February 2012
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Update – good news … at time of writing (February 9th) the Colosseum has reopened to visitors, at least partially – the upper level (‘Terzo Anello’) is closed for reasons of safety. Without wanting to be too gloomy, there is more snow forecast over coming days, and it is of course possible that the Colosseum [...]
The Colosseum, Rome – news for 2012
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As we explained in this post we are now taking bookings for tickets and tours of the Colosseum in Rome until the end of August 2012. We still have not been told when the dungeons will be reopening, but it surely cannot be long now. In other news, work is finally due to begin (in [...]
Rome, Colosseum tickets and tours 2012
December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Roman Colosseum may stand in place as a solid, stable and immovable monument, but when it comes to openings, tours, ticketing and special events, things are as far removed from stable and immovable as can possibly be imagined. Here below is the state of play for those of you wishing to visit the Roman [...]
Colosseum dungeon tours open until end 2011!
October 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Splendid (and surprising) news from Rome – we’ve just been told that we can begin to take bookings for guided tours of the Colosseum dungeons and upper levels until the end of 2011!! That’s it, short and sweet. http://www.tickitaly.com/tours/colosseum-dungeon-upper-level-tour.php Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it
Colosseum dungeons/upper level tours, November and December 2011
September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
*** Update – October 20th 2011 – we are now taking bookings for tours of the Colosseum dungeons and upper levels until year end 2011!! Despite what we said in this post, we’re now hearing noises to the effect that there may well be tours of the Colosseum dungeons (and upper levels) running in November [...]
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