Guided tour of Nero's Domus Aurea
Book a guided tour to visit the Domus Aurea, the enormous home built by Emperor Nero on the hills of Rome!
GROUP TOUR OF NERO'S DOMUS AUREA
The site is only accessible by guided tour with mandatory reservation
TOUR DETAILS
Language: English
Availability: Saturday and Sunday
Start time: Three time ranges
9:15 am -10:45 am; 11:00 am - 12:45 pm; 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
A start time will be confirmed within the selected range.
Price: €14.00 per person + €4.00 booking fee
Duration: Approx. 75 minutes
Price includes: guide service, reserved admission to the Domus Aurea.
Children: Free under 2; between 2 and under 6: €1.60.
Meeting point with your guide: Largo della Domus Aurea, 20 minutes before the confirmed start time.
Note: The interior is particularly damp. All visitors will be provided with a special head cover to comply with safety regulations. We recommend wearing comfortable shoes and windbreakers. The route is partially wheelchair accessible. The site may be closed to the public for safety reasons at the instruction of the Superintendency without prior notice to visitors.
Italy Travels can offer pre-sales at least 24 hours in advance of when the ticket is valid.
Tickets for this tour may not be changed in any way (time or date). They cannot be refunded for cancellation regardless of reason or circumstance.
NOTE: The tour's start time, which will be printed on the voucher, may be at any time within the chosen range.
As there is high demand and limited ticket availability, this reservation may be changed in time and date. Our staff will contact you if that should happen to suggest alternatives. We will use the contact details you provided when you booked.
PLEASE NOTE! Availability for this tour is very limited. If you have sent an order and received a copy of your order by email, you do not have a BOOKING CONFIRMATION; you have only made a booking request. The booking is confirmed only upon receipt of the VOUCHER. If availability is not confirmed, we will be sure to contact you promptly to suggest alternatives or refund payment if you have already made it.
The vestibule of the house was so big it contained a colossal statue 120 feet high, the image of Nero; and it was so extensive that it had three colonnades a mile long. There was a lake too, in fact, a sea, surrounded with buildings as big as cities. Behind it were villas with fields, vineyards and pastures, woods filled with all kinds of wild and domestic animals. In the rest of the house everything was coated with gold and adorned with gems and shells. The dining-rooms had fretted ceilings made of ivory, with panels that turned and shed flowers and perfumes on those below. The main banquet hall was circular and constantly revolved day and night, like the heavens. The baths were supplied with both sea water and sulfurous spa water. When Nero inaugurated the house at the end of the works, he showed himself satisfied, and said 'Finally I begin to live in a house worthy of a man.'" (Suetonius)
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