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Tourist Trap: Buy Coloseum tickets at Palpatine Hill
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  • Written by psutraveler on May 15, 2006
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  • Don't spend long hours waiting in line at the Coloseum to see it. Go to the ticket booth over at Palatine Hill and purchase your ticket. The ticket includes both Coloseum and Palatine Hill, so it doesn't matter where you buy it.

    In the summer, we saw the line to get tickets to the Coloseum was 1 hour long, we walked over to the Palatine Hill (10 mintues away), walked up to the ticket booth and purchased our tickets with no waiting.

    The we walked back over to the Coloseum and went right in (after going thru the metal detectors). It was great

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    Comments for psutraveler about Rome
    HotCarpaccio Fri Jan 2, 2009 11:32 UTC
     100% correct. It's a great tip. Also say NO to all those fake centurions etc around the Coloseum, the centurions want 1 to 3 Euro for every photo you take, and frankly they are riff raff. ASK THE PRICE before you buy ANYTHING ANYTIME.
    schuby Thu Jun 28, 2007 09:38 UTC
     Don't try this on May the 1st though. May 1st is Labour Day in Italy. Tickets for the Colosseum and for the Palatine only cost EUR 1 each on this day, but you can't buy a ticket for the Colosseum at the Palatine as you would on another day of the year.
    the_ancient_mariner Wed May 9, 2007 21:08 UTC
     This is a great tip, and if the line is long to get into the Colisseum, climb the Palatine first. It offers many ruins, also a museum, and a magnificent view of the Circus Maximus.

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