Explore the origins of the city of Rome at this fascinating excavation site

Perspective from the Palatin Hill of the Roman Forum with remains

Highlights

Visit the city’s most popular attractions, museums and guided tours with the Rome City Pass – one ticket, all included!
You can add your Colosseum ticket to your Rome City Pass as an option – and it’s also valid for the archaeological sites on the Palatine Hill
You can visit the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill within 24 hours, regardless of the time you have booked for your visit to the Colosseum. The ticket is valid for 24 hours from the first use.
Your ticket is valid as an admission ticket for the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill

Oldest inhabited part and legendary founding site of the city of Rome
Large archaeological site of ancient Rome with many historical buildings
Remains of one of the first botanical gardens in Europe

Visit the most famous of Rome’s seven hills

What awaits you on site

The Palatine Hill is bordered to the north by the Forum Romanum, to the west by the Velabrum Valley and the Forum Boarium and to the south by the valley of the Circus Maximus. On almost all sides – except in the north-east – the hill falls away steeply by around 30 metres. Its height is around 51 metres, while the total area on the ridge of the hill covers around 10 hectares. According to the founding legend, Romulus gave the city its name after defeating his brother Remus in a contest. And Romulus chose the Palatine Hill as the place where the city was founded.

The oldest part of the eternal city

The oldest finds of human settlements on this site date back to the 10th century BC. Temples were built on the Palatine from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, of which only the remains of the temples of Apollo, Victoria and Magna Mater can still be seen today. At this point in history, the Palatine became the residential neighbourhood of wealthy citizens of the Roman upper class.

How to get there

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Address:
Via di San Gregorio, 30
00186 Roma RM
Italy

Good to know

Opening hours
2 January – 28 February: 9 am – 4.30 pm
1 March – 26 March: 9 am – 5.30 pm
27 March – 31 August: 9 am – 7.15 pm
1 September – 30 September: 9 am – 7.00 pm
1 October – 30 October: 9 am – 6.30 pm
31 October – 31 December: 9 am – 4.30 pm

You can add your Colosseum ticket to your Rome City Pass as an option – and it’s also valid for the archaeological sites on the Palatine Hill