Question about Private Guide

[kuddles14]

We are going to be in Rome a couple of days pre-cruise in September. We have arranged a tour guide for the day. He is going to be getting us our skip the line tickets for the Coliseum and is arranging for a private tour guide for inside the Coliseum. He has asked us if we would like a private guide for the Forum and Palatine Hill. Would this be a good move or should we do those on our own?

 

Thank you in advance for your help.

[CruiserBruce]

Personally, don't think you need one, but one always adds value. I guess it depends on how deep a knowledge base you want to get.

[cruisemom42]

I find the Colosseum much easier to understand without a guide than the Forum or Palatine Hill.  There is very little signage at either site, and they both represent a number of different periods and different phases of buildings and monuments. Whereas the Colosseum is a single building built in a single era and used for a single purpose.

 

But Cruiser Bruce is right to an extent -- a lot depends on your own interests.

Edited April 21, 2019 by cruisemom42