Like many archaeological sites in Rome, the Palatine Hill was the site of constant human activity and development over many centuries. As a result, ruins lay one on top of the other, and it's often difficult to tell one item from another. Also, like many sites in Rome, a lack of descriptive signage makes it challenging to know at what you're looking.
If you are very interested in Roman archaeology, it's worth it to buy a guidebook, or at least a good map, that offers more information on the site. Otherwise, you can just wander the hill at leisure, enjoy the green space and appreciate the vastness of the buildings there. As you wander, look for these most important sites on the Palatine Hill:. Admission to the Palatine Hill is included in a combined ticket to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum.
Since you'll very likely want to visit these sites on your trip to Rome, we strongly recommend you see the Palatine Hill as well. You can buy tickets in advance from the official COOP Culture website or through various third-party vendors. Remember, if you don't have tickets in advance, you can go to the Palatine Hill entrance at Via di San Gregorio and purchase tickets with little to no waiting. A few other tips for your visit:. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. If you have, for example, spent the morning at the Colosseum and you go straight on to the Forum, be prepared to have a later lunch by the time you have walked round this ancient site. If you have a real interest in the subject matter you will need a day. Your ticket allows you to see all three parts over two days re-entry is not permitted so you could take a more leisurely approach visiting the Colosseum on a separate day to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill.
You can extend your walking tour beyond the Colosseum and Roman Forum and continue the theme visiting such icons as the Pantheon. Churches Museums Catacombs. The Roman Forum ruins, Rome. A walk around the Roman Forum is to glimpse into the founding of the ancient Roman Empire. Top of the page. Free Entrance: Free entry on the first Sunday of the month no reservation possible — expect long queues Free entry for those under 18 and discounted tickets for EU citizens aged between Free for EU citizens with disabilities and their companion, with valid medical documentation of the disability Dedicated page covering all types of tickets for Colosseum and Roman Forum.
Where are the shortest queues? The Roman Forum is a large area to cover with little shade, so do bring along plenty of fluids. Every effort is made to keep all our information correct and the advertised prices up to date. We endeavour to be as accurate a source of information as possible but Travellers Toolkits cannot be held responsible for any price differential between our stated prices and those of the companies supplying the product or accuracy of information provided on our sites.
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They call this church " the Sistine Chapel of the Medieval", and I find it astonishing. And because it's now only accessible with the S. So between the lack of crowds, and the music, and the stunning art, you really feel transported in time to this ancient church. In my opinion, the best way to visit the Palatine Hill your first time is with a guided tour. The area is huge, and as I said above, there is so much to see.
A good tour, and good tour guide, can help you focus on some of the most interesting parts, while giving you the info and background stories to tie it all together. Of course, with a tour, you will not see the SUPER sites , but you could visit those yourself, bu staying inside the Palatine after your tour finishes you just have to upgrade your entry ticket. If you go on your own, you might consider getting the audio guide you can decide on-site , which actually comes on a sort of smart tablet, and includes some visual aides as well.
If you have been before, or are feeling adventurous and want to go on your own, I recommend starting your Ancient Rome visit here.
First of all, it's the best place to purchase a ticket on-site, as there are almost never any lines, certainly not long lines. Second of all, you will be high up, and can then make your way down into the Roman Forum. Then you can visit the Colosseum once you exit the Forum. The ticket you buy to enter the Palatine Hill is the same ticket to the Colosseum , and the same ticket to the Roman Forum. In other words, you buy one ticket for any of these sites, and they are all included.
Here's how it works:. With the standard 3-day Roma Pass , you get to visit 2 sites for free. Let's say that one of the sites you want to visit free and of course skip the line , is the Colosseum. I find this to be the most common site people use the Roma Pass for. Well, when you use the Roma Pass, you still receive an actual ticket to the Colosseum.
So, you can use the ticket to visit the Palatine Hill. Basically, if you use the Roma Pass to visit the Colosseum for free, you get two other sites, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, for free. It must be 2 consecutive days. You can of course visit all of them in one day, too. A reduced ticket is 7. This price is for Europeans between , journalists, and European teachers.
To see the more specific requirements, and see if you qualify for free entry, visit the official page for the Palatine Hill Rome, CoopCulture. Just above, I listed the standard, discounted, free tickets and passes for the Palatine Hill.
With this ticket, you get to see 7 amazing places on the palatine Hill and Roman Forum, that you cannot visit otherwise see higher up on this page.
You can also buy them at many online ticket vendors that offer mobile tickets. And finally, you can buy the tickets right on site. The Palatine is a pretty enormous stretch of land its circumference is 5, feet, or 1, meters. But besides the size of it, there is just so much to see, if you want to. I think for most people visiting Rome with limited time, you will typically spend anywhere from half an hour to a couple of hours visiting the Palatine Hill Rome. But if you use the S.
The Palatine Hill Rome is open daily. Closing time is "one hour before sunset", and so changes a lot throughout the year. Last entry is one hour before closing time. For the complete schedule, visit CoopCulture.
In terms of when to visit the Palatine Hill during the day, when the weather is warm, I would always suggest visiting it during the hottest part of your visit to Ancient Rome. This is the only one of the three parks that has plenty of shade and places to sit down. So if you have a morning visit, go to the Colosseum first, then the Roman Forum and then the Palatine Hill closest to noon.
If you have an afternoon visit, start at the Palatine Hill, work your way down to the Roman Forum, and finally visit the Colosseum. It also looks over the Circus Maximus and can be seen from the Aventine Hill. You can also access the Palatine Hill from the Roman Forum , simply by climbing up, either through the middle and the Farnese Gardens , or on the side of the Roman Forum where the Arch of Titus is.
You can leave the Palatine Hill at the entrance on via di San Gregorio 30, or you can go into the Roman Forum and leave it from there, at the various exit points, in many different spots, depending on where you want to go. You can see the various entry and exit points in the map at the bottom of this page. Get off at Circo Massimo closest to the Palatine Hill , or at the Colosseo stop closest to the Colosseum but also only about a 10 minute walk from the Palatine Hill entrance.
If you decide to reach the Palatine Hill by bus, remember that on Sundays, the via dei Fori Imperiali is completely pedestrian, so you will have to get a bus that stops nearby. A few important lines are:. If you have a smartphone or device with data, you can easily use Google maps to see what transportation will get you there.
You will want to either go to the Colosseum Piazza del Colosseo 1 or to the Palatine Hill entrance via di san Gregorio 1. They are all similar and every single one of them includes a stop at the Colosseum.
If you are enjoying a day of walking to, from and around the Ancient Rome sites, you'll want to walk up the via dei Fori Imperiali. Another option is to come from the Circus Maximus, especially if you've included some sight-seeing on the Aventine Hill, and maybe to the orange tree garden or the rose garden. What you see below is pretty much it for refreshments.
Definitely bring some water, or a water bottle you can refill. You should not bring a major picnic to the Palatine Hill, but I do see people eating sandwiches and think this is a good idea. In fact I suggest bringing a bar or sandwich so you can snack and not have to leave due to low blood sugar. The Palatine Hill is the only one of the three parks that has lots of places to sit, grass, and plenty of shade. With a wheelchair , it's next to impossible.
This is true of strollers as well. You are better off coming without a stroller if you can help it. I have found one company that offers a unique kind of wheeled-chair that allows someone who cannot walk a way to get around these kinds of archeological sites. The apparatus is called a "wheely-trekky" and it does look like a good solution for getting around the Palatine Hill in a wheelchair. Check out their page here.
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