Discover the Colosseum after the daytime crowds have left and when this ancient structure is at its most beautiful and mysterious. Explore the Colosseum underground through the passages once walked by gladiators and animals before their battles.

Start your tour at Trajan's Column, you will pass through Via dei Fori Imperiali, overlooking the Roman Forum (closed at this hour). Home to the bustling marketplace, ruled by moneylenders and shopkeepers, this was Rome at its finest. See temples, arches, and the forums of Caesar and Augustus on you walk to the Roman Colosseum.

After the Forum, your guide will show you the Colosseum. Here you will learn about its shadowy past about the emperors who made life or death decisions and politics that played out in the arena. You will hear of the rituals carried out by the gladiators right before battle. You will also explore the most recent discovery of the graffiti representing people’s names, dates, sacred and profane symbols illustrating stories about people who lived and worked at the Colosseum. .