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As of March 30, 2022 you need to show your covid card with booster to enter. Check sherpa website for up to date info.

Yes, you can wander around the Colosseum but you can’t go back down into the underground areas. I think that the length of the underground tour is just perfect though, so staying in the upper areas is fine.

Hi we visited between Feb 15 - Feb 19 last week. You only need a COVID test to enter Italy and you need to be fully vaccinated with your last vaccine - 2nd dose being within the last 6 months. If your last vaccine is the second dose ie you have not had the booster then it has to have been given within the last 6 months to be valid. There is no validity limitation to your vaccination if you’ve had the 3rd booster vaccine. A Neg Flow test (within 24 hours before arrival ) or ( Neg PCR within 48 hrs of arrival if travelling from the UK) check that you do the test to comply to your arrival time to Italy not to the time you fly out of UK, and you need the EU locator form and vaccination certificate showing the QR code. Print out the vaccination certificate showing the QR code as this is what they scan when you visit places. ( you can also display the QR code on your phone). Once in Italy you only need your vaccination certificate to show when ever you go to places / indoors / restaurants / hotels etc. You do not need to undertake any further covid tests if you are fully vaccinated. You must use FFP2 masks on the plane and anywhere inside premises or when visiting tourist sites in Italy or on public transport. Cloth masks or the blue surgical masks are not acceptable. We took the tour at 10:30 in the morning and did the Forum first before being taken to the Colosseum, although this may be changed around. At that time of morning Forum not crowded and because of the season in general not very crowded. If visiting Vatican City I suggest you go before 8:30 to see St Peters Basilica first ( no queues ) before visiting the Vatican museums. Although our tour of the Vatican museums / Sistine chapel included St Peters Basilica in reality there was no tour of St Peters basilica as the short cut between the Sistine chapel and St Peters has been closed off. Once we finished with our tour of the Vatican museums and the chapel we made our own way to St Peters basilica ( no entry tickets required) but our tour ticket did not give us any priority and the line to get in was huge at around 2pm. So we left and come back another morning to see St Peters when the queue was shorter.

There is a green convenience stand across the street from the colosseum, you will meet there. More information is provided when you purchase the tickets.

Hi, Karl! It’s all walking.you can’t drive in the areas visited. It’s a good amount of walking but it’s shock full of narrated information as you go.

You walk to those on your own in the Roman Forum (essentially the original street with ruins and historical building all around). The tour ends while your INSIDE of the Roman forum so just cruise around on your own there. Also, keep your sticker on or keep your your tickets after the tour ends. There are a couple places in the Roman forum that require these to go inside. Enjoy! Truly incredible place.