Hi everyone,

Taking a break from building my IOM and hoping to get some advice. I'm planning a trip to Rome in spring and would like to visit the Roman Forum. Has anyone done this visit before? I'm mainly wondering if it's worth getting skip-the-line tickets and what's the best time of day to avoid the crowds. I know it's a bit off-topic for this forum, but I figured with all your international competition travels, some of you might have some good tips!

Thanks in advance,

Good question Liam, I think the que jumping ticket would definately be worth the Shekels.

Also, don't bother with Gladiator 2, load of rubbish compared to the original.

Check this is still current but a couple of years ago you couldn't buy an advanced ticked for just the forum / capitol hill.  You had to buy a combined ticket with the colosseum.  The latter has had to reduce capacity and is only accessible with a timed ticket (which sell out), but you may visit the ruins at any time.  The site is so big that crowds aren't an issue.  A good tip is to enter at the North end of the site i.e. away from the colosseum.  There was no queue at all at this end.