Start the experience by reaching Touristation Office in Piazza Venezia a very central position next to the Archeological area Entrance of the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. You will be welcomed at the concierge’s desk by dedicated and multilingual staff that will provide you with all the information to enjoy your stay in Rome. Touristation Office is equipped with all facilities and services to welcome tourists: free Wi-fi, toilets, ATM and vending machines.
 
We will begin with a 25-minute multimedia video (produced by a company which produces videos for Unesco, BBC and National Geographic) which graphically illustrates how Rome today was thousands of years ago in the times of the Roman Empire. Allow the multimedia video to take you back in time to Ancient Rome. You will appreciate this experience when later you walk through the ruins of the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill and enter the magnificent Colosseum.
 
After the immersive introduction our staff will accompany you to the entrance where you will start the visit at your own pace. 
Visit the Roman Forum where everyday Roman citizens used to live to see the tomb of emperor Julius Caesar and explore the ancient ruins at your own pace. The Forum was originally covered by a swamp. It was only in the late 7th century BCE that the valley was reclaimed, and the Roman Forum began to take shape. It was destined to remain the centre of public life for over a millennium. The various monuments were built through the centuries: first the buildings for political, religious and commercial activities, then during the 2nd century CE the civil basilicas, were used for judicial activities. Already at the end of the republican age, the ancient Roman Forum had become insufficient to serve as the administrative and representative centre of the city. The various dynasties of emperors added only prestigious monuments: the Temple of Vespasian and Titus and that of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, dedicated to the memory of the deified emperors, and the monumental Arch of Septimius Severus, built at the western end of the Forum in 203 CE to celebrate the emperor’s victories over the Parthians.
 
The last great development of the Palatine Hill was carried out by the emperor Maxentius in the early years of the 4th century CE when the temple dedicated to the memory of his son Romulus and the imposing Basilica on the Velian Hill was erected. The last monument built in the Forum was the Column erected in 608 CE in honour of the Byzantine emperor Phocas. Between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, it became the residential district of the Roman aristocracy, with elegant houses characterised by exceptional painted and paved decorations, such as those preserved in the House of the Griffins. Augustus symbolically chose the hill as the site of his own house, which consisted of several buildings, including the House of Livia. Later the hill became the site of the imperial palaces: the Domus Tiberiana, the Domus Transitoria and then the Domus Aurea, and finally the Domus Flavia, divided into a public and private sector, the latter being known as the Domus Augustana. 




Starting point: ADDRESS - location.Description, Rome, Italy - (Longitude: 0.000000, Latitude: 0.000000)
Ending point: Same - Same as Starting Point

Inclusions: 
 
Tickets
Professional assistance
Multimedia Video
 


Exclusions: 
 
Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Drinks
Guide
 


Important Info: 
Please make sure you answer all the mandatory questions during the booking process.