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Upload your photos. We may feature them.In August, it pays to be under 30 in Rome, but in September and October, anyone can take advantage of the city's newest special offer: late-night hours at select museums.
Fridays
The Vatican Museums will stay open until 11 p.m., with the last entrance at 9:30 p.m. You'll have to reserve a ticket online in advance; €14 ($19.70), plus a €4 ($5.60) online reservation fee.
Saturdays
Go museum-hopping: Ara Pacis Museum is architect Richard Meier's controversial modern glass home for a marble altar consecrated in 9 B.C.; the Capitoline Museums display a staggering collection of Roman statues and medieval and Renaissance art; and the Centrale Montemartini is a former power plant whose machinery sets off ancient statuary more recently acquired by the Capitoline Museums. Tickets for Ara Pacis are €6.50 ($9) and a combined ticket for the Capitoline Museums and Centrale Montemartini—valid for seven days—is €8.50 ($12).
Sundays
Cap off the weekend with a moonlit stroll through the Colosseum and the Forum, €9 ($13) total.
If you plan to visit all these attractions, it's worth purchasing the Roma Pass. It costs €23 ($33) and gets you free admission to the first two attractions visited, plus discounts at subsequent attractions and select events, and unlimited rides on public transportation for three consecutive days. Maximize the value of the card by visiting two expensive attractions first. Get more details and purchase the card at romapass.it.
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HELP! Anyone know HOW one books the Rome Moonlight tour to the Colosseum and Forum? We did it about a decade ago, and will be there in a couple weeks, luckily on a Sunday night. I can't seem to find info online!
Posted By Steve on August 21, 2009, 10:34 AM
Hi Steve,
Good timing with your Italy trip! There are two nighttime offers available over the next several weeks. One is the Notti Flavie, which I blogged about here. You can take a guided moonlit tour of the Colosseum that includes a special exhibit on Emperor Flavian at 9:30 or 10:30 p.m. through September 29; book through the Piericci agency, 011-39/06-3996-7700, http://www.pierreci.it/12375.aspx.
The new Night at the Museums promotion keeps the Colosseum and the Forum open until 11 p.m. on Sundays in September and October. No special tours are part of this promotion, and the city’s official tourism website doesn’t suggest that an advance reservation is required. (I just called Rome’s tourism office, 011-39/06-06-08, and spoke with Federica, who only heard of the promotion earlier today and told me to call back next week to clarify.) If you do want to make a reservation for a Sunday evening visit, you would likely book through the same agency, Piericci.
Hope this extra information helps and that you get to see the Colosseum by night.
Kate
Posted By Kate Appleton on August 21, 2009, 11:28 AM
We are planning a 3-day stay, Sunday-Tuesday, in Rome in November. Has anybody heard of any special tours at that time?
Posted By Anita Clement on August 25, 2009, 9:22 PM
I know that night tours are offered by a tour co called "Dark Rome" which also offers regular vatican tours. I think the night tours for the vatican are only on friday nights.
Posted By Joan on September 17, 2009, 2:38 AM