The Colosseum reopens its doors after two months closed
From always being full and traveled by people from all over the world to being silent and empty. The Rome Coliseum closed its doors due to the covid-19 crisis last March. This June 1 reopens to the public paying special attention to safety and accessibility, indicate from the Colosseo Archaeological Park it's a statement.
Thus, those responsible for the Parco archeologico del Colosseo have taken the necessary precautions to protect workers and visitors with measures that include, among other things, a protocol with the possibility of receive medical care on the premises, different ways to access the complex, new routes, visiting hours, thermoscanner to take the temperature before entering the park and the obligation to wear masks.
In fact, at the Colosseum, in addition to the fact that each entrance will have an assigned access time, only some areas can be visited, the tours will be done in groups of a maximum of 14 people always respecting the safety distance, separating the entrance by 15 minutes of difference and accompanied throughout the tour by a worker from the Colosseum.
Also, for now, you can only visit the Colosseum, the archaeological zone of the Roman Forum and the Palatine, but not the Domus Aurea. It will have to be done between 10:30 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. being 18.15 the cut-off time to access.
the tickets, which they cost 16 euros and are valid for 24 hours, They can be purchased online through the park's official website and the Coop Culture page. Visitors can connect to a free app that, already from home, will allow them to download historical content and useful information for the experience, as well as the route chosen for the visit.
And they are proposed different itineraries to visit the Park: at the Colosseum we would have Il Colosseo si racconta (45 minutes) and Colosseo-Arena (40 minutes); and in the Roman Forum and the Palatine, La piazza del Foro Romano (about 30 minutes), Passeggiando sulla via Sacra (about an hour and a half), Dal Foro Romano ai palazzi imperiali (about two hours) and Alle origini di Roma (two hours and a half).