Tourists Beat the Heat with 'Magical' Colosseum Night Tours

Rome’s Colosseum extends cool night tours as heatwaves scorch city

Rome’s Colosseum is opening late four nights a week this summer, offering fully booked evening tours as a cooler, more magical way to visit.

Video. Rome’s Colosseum extends cool night tours as heatwaves scorch city

Video. Rome’s Colosseum is opening late four nights a week this summer, offering fully booked evening tours as a cooler, more magical way to visit.

Rome's Colosseum extends opening hours amid summer heatwaves

The Colosseum has extended opening hours at night this summer to allow more visitors to see the famous Roman amphitheatre in cooler temperatures after sunset.

Tourists beat the heat with ‘magical’ Colosseum night tours

The tours are all guided and numbers have been kept low – at just 275 people a night. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tourists beat the heat with 'magical' Colosseum night tours

The night tours, which run until 11:00 pm, are sold out and tourists on one visit this week spoke of a "magical" and "romantic" atmosphere in the illuminated monument. "After sunset is a lot more comfortable," Victor Li, 52, told AFP as he toured the arena and the underground passages where animals and gladiators were once held. "It's a good idea because it's really hot in the morning and during the day," said Svetlana Spielberg, visiting from t…