点评:Somethings are smaller and less impressive when you actually see it, but the Colosseum is not one of those. You can walk around it from the outside for free, but you really need to go inside with a guided tour if possible. We used LivTours to see the Forum and Colosseum. It included access the partial arena floor where the gladiators fought but not the lowest level where the animals were kept but you could see down into that area.
Bathrooms: After you get through the long line (we were able to bypass it with the tour), there are some bathrooms after the entrance turnstile but there was a long, long line for the women's bathroom. Instead if you walk around the Colosseum and can find the back exit which is located down a hill/steps there are accessible toilets (10 am - 7 pm usually) located under the hill/steps. It is open to the public.
The main accessible entrance is located at the Sperone Valadier entrance, which is specifically designed for visitors with reduced mobility. Here, you can enter without stairs and receive assistance if needed.
Once inside, elevators provide access to different levels of the Colosseum. Keep in mind the area around the Colosseum has the original large stone and cobblestone around it which make for uneven walking or pushing.
For our tour, we walked around the main floor then walked up the 50 steep steps to a higher level and then back down to the area floor.
The things that stood out to me were:
- the Colosseum used to be filled with water for ship battles
- the elevators used to bring up animals to the arena floor - they could come up from several different locations
- The shade awnings (no longer there) that were used to provide shade to the upper levels where the common people sat.
- in the Middle Ages, many people lived in the abandoned Colosseum since property ownership wasn't a thing. There are display cases with some of the artifacts found.
翻译:有些东西当你亲眼见到时会觉得比想象中小,也没那么震撼,但罗马斗兽场绝对不是其中之一。你可以免费在外面绕着它走一圈,但如果可能的话,最好还是参加导览团进去参观。我们当时是通过 LivTours 参观了罗马广场和斗兽场。行程包括参观部分竞技场,也就是角斗士战斗的地方,但不包括饲养动物的最底层,不过你可以往下看。
洗手间:排长队之后(我们参加导览团就不用排队了),入口旋转门后面有一些洗手间,但是女洗手间排了很长的队。如果你绕着斗兽场走一圈,找到位于下坡/台阶处的后门,那里有无障碍洗手间(通常开放时间为上午 10 点至晚上 7 点)。这个洗手间对公众开放。
主要的无障碍入口位于 Sperone Valadier 入口,这个入口是专门为行动不便的游客设计的。在这里,你可以不用爬楼梯就能进入,如果需要的话,还可以获得帮助。
进入斗兽场后,电梯可以通往不同的楼层。请注意,斗兽场周围保留着原始的大块石头和鹅卵石,因此行走或推行时可能会有些不平整。
我们的游览路线是:先参观了主楼层,然后沿着50级陡峭的台阶爬上更高一层,最后再返回主楼层。
让我印象深刻的是:
- 斗兽场曾经注满水,用于海战
- 电梯过去用于将动物运送到竞技场——电梯可以从多个不同的位置升起
- 曾经为上层观众提供遮荫的遮阳篷(现已不复存在)
- 中世纪时期,由于没有产权制度,许多人居住在废弃的斗兽场内。现在有一些展柜,里面陈列着一些出土文物。