Service Amendments: Friday, March 7th 2025 - Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
Dear Customers,
Our service will be subject to some route diversions and stop closures between Friday, March 7th 2025 - Tuesday, April 1st 2025 due to road works for a bike path construction along the route and Rome Marathon. Normal service will resume on Wednesday, 2nd April, 2025. The following amendments will be in place:
Service Amendments: Friday, March 7th 2025 - Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
Red Route:
- Stop #3 (Colosseum) - CLOSED from Friday, March 7th 2025 to Tuesday, April 1st 2025.
Service Amendments: Saturday, March 15th 2025 due to Rome Marathon
Red Route:
- Stop #3 (Colosseum) - CLOSED Saturday, March 15th 2025.
- Stop #4 (Circo Massimo) - CLOSED Saturday, March 15th 2025, between 9am - 2pm.
- Stop #8 (Piazza Barberini / Spanish Steps) - PROBABLY CLOSED from 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Service Amendments: Sunday, March 16th 2025 due to Rome Marathon
Red Route: service will begin at 10:50am.
- Stop #3 (Colosseum) - CLOSED Sunday, March 16th 2025.
- Stop #4 (Circo Massimo) - CLOSED Sunday, March 16th 2025.
- Stop #5 (Piazza Venezia) - CLOSED Sunday, March 16th 2025.
- Stop #6 (Vatican) - CLOSED Sunday, March 16th 2025.
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience these service amendments may cause. Please feel welcome to contact us if you have any questions.
Warm regards,
The Big Bus Tours Rome Team.
Tours operating daily!
Dear Customers,
Our hop-on, hop-off Rome bus tours are operating daily!
If you have any questions or comments, please feel welcome to speak to our friendly customer service team via live chat (red button at bottom right of screen), or send an email via our contact form.
Warm regards,
The Big Bus Tours Rome Team.
Route Information
Red Route:
First Bus: 09:00 from Stop #1 (Termini Railway Station - Via Giovanni Giolitti, 24).
Last Full Tour: 18:00 at Stop #1 (Termini Railway Station).
Last Bus: 18:00 at Stop #1 (Termini Railway Station).
Full Circuit Time: 106 minutes (approx.)
Bus Frequency: every 20 minutes.
Catacombs Tour (Purple Route):
First Bus: 09:35 from Stop #1 (Termini Railway Station - Via Giovanni Giolitti, 24).
Last Bus: 14:20 from Stop #1 (Termini Railway Station).
Last Bus to return to Stop #1: 15:02 from Stop #4 (Catacombs of San Sebastiano) to return to Stop #1 (Termini Railway Station)
Full Circuit Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes (approx.)
Bus Frequency: every 1 hour and 30 minutes.
For the Purple line map and stops, please view our brochure here.
See table below for complete timetable of the live guided tours of San Sebastiano Catacombs by language:
Depart from Stop #1 (Termini Station) |
Depart from Stop #4 (Catacombs of San Sebastiano) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Time | Language | |
| 10:20 am | English | |
| 10:40 am | Spanish |
|
| 11:00 am | French | |
| 11:50 am | Spanish |
|
| 12:00 pm | English | |
| 12:10 pm | French | |
| 12:20 pm | Italian | |
| 1:50 pm | German | |
| 2:00 pm | English | |
Closure Dates:
On rare occasions, we may need to temporarily suspend all service in the instance of very poor weather or for unplanned city events. We will do our best to notify customers of any service amendments or suspensions on this page or via our free app. If you have any questions, please feel welcome to contact us.