Domus Aurea tours, things to do and tickets

Explore Nero's incredible Golden House and relive the excesses of this ancient emperor on an exciting walking tour of one of the most exciting active excavation sites in Rome.

The Domus Aurea Tour will take you back to the time of Emperor Nero, you will get to learn more about the bizarre myths and stories of his pleasure palace while walking inside the various chambers. Explore the tunnels of the palace, its stunning frescoes and impressive architecture - don't forget to look up!

This is an unique experience in one of the most exciting active excavation sites in Rome.

Visit Nero's Golden house's (the Domus Aurea) archeological restoration.These new technologies will be combined with the guided tour of the Domus Aurea’s site. The final result will be a true time travel , a sort of cognitive and emotional short circuit, something really innovative in the new technologies applied to the cultural heritage.
IT IS MANDATORY PROVIDE US WITH FIRST AND LAST NAME OF ALL PARTICIPANTS. IF NOT THE GUARD AT THE ENTRANCE CAN DECIDE TO REFUSE YOUR ENTRY TICKET.

A visit to the Domus Aurea is a unique experience thanks to a site-specific project which enhances the experience with multimedia installations such as the videomapping of large surfaces.
A unique experience that will take you into the heart of a genuine archaeological dig where you can observe the recovery and restoration phases ‘live’ and at the same time relive the dreams of a somewhat “extravagant” emperor.
IT IS MANDATORY PROVIDE US WITH FIRST AND LAST NAME OF ALL PARTICIPANTS. IF NOT THE GUARD AT THE ENTRANCE CAN DECIDE TO REFUSE YOUR ENTRY TICKET.

The Domus Aurea was part of the project that Nero had devised to convert and transform Rome into a new city "Necropolis" following the Hellenistic model in the manner of Alexandria, this is, a city with an orthogonal plane with squares and wide rectilinear streets. With this same ideology, 60 years later, Emperor Hadrian built the gigantic Villa Tiburtina 30 km from Rome.

The cave was covered with painted figures. Soon the word spread and the young Roman artists lowered themselves down inside the cave to admire the beautiful ancient frescoes. Today the frescoes are faded but were studied during the Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo and Raphael. Raphael even took inspiration from the frescoes of the Domus Aurea for the making of the Vatican Loggia. Thanks to the discovery of these paintings, the artistic term "grotesque" was created.
The construction of the Domus Aurea also known as the Golden House has been considered the most extravagant construction in the history of Rome.

Enjoy your visit to the Colosseum and descending into Rome's underworld for a tour of the Golden House of Emperor Nero. See this palace's stunning riches recreated in 3D, Virtual Reality, as you walk through this impressive archaeological site. 

We will visit the Colosseum, where you'll learn all about the terrible violence of the gladiator's games.

Then, go underground to Nero's Golden Palace and discover the extraordinary wealth of Ancient Rome. Nero's Golden Palace (the Domus Aurea) was noted for its sheer extravagance, hence the nickname, that stuck. Although many of its riches are lost to time, you'll see them recreated in astonishing Virtual Reality* on this tour.
** order of sites visited may change

The exhibition titled “Raphael and the invention of the grotesque” is a good chance to visit a small part of the immense Domus Aurea - the house of the famous emperor Nero - recently restored and reopened to the public.

During an immersive exhibition, made with visual projections, you will discover what was Rome and what happened just before the construction of Colisseum. At the same time, you will learn about the Renaissance, when the forgotten roman paintings of the Domus Aurea, hidden underground for centuries, were suddenly rediscovered and copied by the best painters.