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Rome raises the price of visiting the Colosseum

The cost of visiting the Colosseum, one of Italy's top tourist attractions, will increase by €4 from November.

Published: 23 September 2019 13:32 CEST

Rome raises the price of visiting the Colosseum

Want to go inside the Colosseum? You'll have to pay more from November. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

The cheapest entry ticket to the Ancient Roman amphitheatre will rise from €12 to €16 starting on November 1st, 2019, according to official ticket seller Coopculture.

And visiting the arena floor as well as the spectator levels, which currently costs €14, will increase to €18.

READ ALSO: For the first time in decades, Rome's Colosseum opens its top levels to the public

Like now, all tickets to the Colosseum will include entry to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. But while combined tickets are currently valid for two consecutive days, from November the basic ticket can only be used on one.

Under the new system, sightseers will have to buy the more expensive €18 ticket if they want to spread their visit to the sprawling archaeological sites over two days.

There's a lot to see in just one day. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP

Entry to the Colosseum will remain free for under-18s as well as certain teachers and students, and just €2 for 18-25 year olds from within the European Union.

Meanwhile a handful of days per year are free entry for all. In 2019 the remaining dates are today, September 23rd, October 4th, November 4th, November 21st and December 18th.

The Colosseum, which like most of Italy's ancient heritage is owned and managed by the state, attracts over 7 million visitors per year, making it one of the most popular tourist sites in the world.

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Aarhus Airport to get easier connections with new code-sharing deal

Convenient connections to European hub airports in Amsterdam and Paris will become easier to find from Aarhus Airport from September.

A code-sharing agreement between Scandinavian airline SAS and Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Delta Air Lines means that flight codes from those airlines – and more efficient connections via Copenhagen – will appear at Aarhus, the Jutland airport said in a press release on Tuesday.

The agreement gives Aarhus Airport passengers access to over 1,000 European destinations through so-called SkyTeam network.

For example, the code-sharing networks cuts journey times from Aarhus (via Copenhagen) to Amsterdam Schiphol to 2 hours 50 minutes, and to Paris CDG to 3 hours and 50 minutes.

“We are becoming more global. With only 30 minutes’ driving time from Aarhus, people in the region can save a huge amount of time flying from Aarhus Airport to an impressive number of Air France, KLM or SkyTeam destinations,” the airport’s director Lotta Sandsgaard said in the press release.

The agreement “has great significance for the international business environment in the Aarhus region and in a tourism perspective for a booming sector by attracting travellers from European and overseas markets,” she added.

The SK flight code, one of the codes which will be used at Aarhus under the agreement, is operated by Air France and KLM from their respective hubs. This means destinations including Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Porto, Newcastle, Southampton, Cardiff, Venice and Naples as well as Marrakesh, Tunis and Casablanca in North Africa can be booked.

Destinations including Las Vegas, Denver, Seattle, Orlando, Cincinnati, Montreal, Vancouver, Detroit and Salt Lake City and more can also be booked with Air France and KLM to and from Aarhus Airport.

Travellers in Aarhus will also see new connections between SAS and Delta-operated flights to dozens of destinations across the USA and Canada via Delta’s North American network. The deal means they can travel to these destinations with one check-in at Aarhus Airport’s SAS counter.

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