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Colosseum tickets sold out: what to do
Prices checked 2026-11-12 on the official site.
Short answer: official Colosseum tickets cost €18 and go on sale 30 days before the visit date. Check the official site first, then try another time slot, another day or another ticket type. Pay a reseller only for a real reason, such as a guided tour you want.
| Official ticket | Adult | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| 24h: Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine | €18 | The Colosseum at the booked time (not the arena floor), plus the Roman Forum and Palatine |
| 24h Only Arena | €18 | 20 minutes on the arena floor at the booked time, plus the Forum, Palatine and SUPER sites |
| Full Experience: Arena | €24 | The Colosseum with the arena, plus the Forum, Palatine and SUPER sites; 2 consecutive days |
| Full Experience: Underground and Arena | €24 | As above plus the underground levels at the booked time (arrive 30 minutes early) |
| Full Experience: Attic | €24 | The Colosseum with the attic and panoramic lift, plus the Forum, Palatine and SUPER sites; 2 consecutive days |
| Forum Pass SUPER (no Colosseum) | €18 | Roman Forum, Imperial Fora, Palatine and SUPER sites; open date, valid 30 days |
Entry is free for everyone on the first Sunday of the month (and on 25 April, 2 June and 4 November). The Park is closed on 25 December and 1 January, and closes at 4.30 pm from 25 October 2026 to 28 February 2027.
Try these in order
- Check the sale window first. The official site says ticket sales open 30 days before the date of the visit. A date more than 30 days away is not sold out; it is not on sale yet. Look again on the day it opens.
- Try another time slot or another day. The Colosseum entry is booked by time slot. The Forum and Palatine part of the ticket is valid the day before, the same day or the day after your Colosseum slot, so a different slot rarely breaks your plan.
- Try another ticket type. The 24h Only Arena ticket (€18) and the three Full Experience tickets (€24) are sold separately from the basic €18 ticket. When one shows nothing, another may still have space, and each still includes the Forum and Palatine.
- Check the name rule before buying anywhere. Official tickets carry the holder's name and an identity document is checked at the entrance. For visits from 9 May 2026 the name can be changed only once, by midnight seven days before the visit, and only for the reasons the Park lists (a spelling error, a wrong ticket category, a documented serious reason). A ticket in someone else's name is not a plan.
- If nothing is left, a reseller or a guided tour may still have space. On 2026-11-12 Tiqets listed 12 Colosseum options from $35.45 (its site showed US dollars), with the cheapest Colosseum and Roman Forum admission, bundled with an audio guide, at $38.77; for the next two days it showed only 1 option each. That is well above the official €18, and what you pay for is the bundle or the tour, not the entry. Compare, then check the cancellation terms on the exact ticket at checkout.
Watch for look-alike sites
The official sales site is ticketing.colosseo.it. The Park says online tickets for the archaeological area are sold exclusively there, and it takes reports of secondary ticketing: tickets sold on unauthorised channels at higher prices. If a site copies the official look and charges more, go back to the official address.