Incomplete Destruction and other Rome, Italy Things to Do Tips

Deb wrote: We got off the sightseeing bus at the Coliseum and saw some people who had been in line with us the preceding day. Anyway, the Coliseum was as interesting as a ruin would be.

Barb's son wrote: My grandmother wanted to see the Coliseum. Our driver told us that people used parts of it to make other things, and that one of the popes tried to destroy it.

Opening hours from 8:30 am to one hour before sunset (Good Friday 8:30 am - 2 pm, June 2 1:30 pm - 7:15 pm):

8:30 am - 4:30 pm from January 2 to February 15
8:30 am - 5 pm from February 16 to March 15
8:30 am - 5:30 pm from March 16 to last Saturday of March
8:30 am - 7:15 pm from last Sunday of March to August 31
8:30 am - 7 pm from September 1 to September 30
8:30 am - 6:30 pm from October 1 to last Saturday of October
8:30 am - 4:30 pm from last Sunday of October to December 31

Closed January 1, December 25. Ticket office closes one hour before closing time

Tickets COLOSSEO/FORO ROMANO and PALATINO valid 2 days:

ADULTS € 9,00 + € 2,00 (for exhibitions)
REDUCED FEE € 4,50 + € 2,00 (for exhibitions) for European Union members between 18 and 24 years old
FREE ENTRANCE for persons under 18 and over 65 years old from the European Union

ENTRANCE RESERVATION individuals € 1,50

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Phone: +39 (0)6 399 677 00
Website: http://www.the-colosseum.net/idx-en.htm

I (Barb's son) wasn't quite sure what the big deal was about this fountain, but our driver took us here and told us to leave any valuables in the car. I didn't have any as I'd forgotten my camera, so we went up to the fountain and I threw in a coin. My grandmother took pictures for me.

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I've written this up under the Vatican also. We went into St. Peter's after a cursory security check. We zipped (slowly) around the place. We touched St. Peter's feet. Checked on masses and garden tours. Bought lunch from a cart and ate it in the Piazza. Weather was beautiful - warm and sunny. We went to the museum when the lines were less.

Later after the museum and Sistine Chapel, we went to the cupola (lift AND 320 steps). The stairs are up the sides of the dome (inside of course), but the walls slope, like you would expect the dome to. There are 2-3 vantage points, the first is inside the dome just off the lift - one can see down into the church and can really see how large the mosaics are in the dome. The second is from the roof of the main church - good pictures of the outside of the dome, etc. The third is from the cupola (after 320 stairs). Fabulous views of Rome.

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Phone: 06 - 698 - 833 - 33
Address: Viale Vaticano - 00165, 00120 Citta del Vaticano
Directions: Vatican City, Metro stop Ottaviano Line A,
Website: http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html