Underground Domus Aurea + Colosseum + Roman Forum

Experience the Domus Aurea as it comes back to life after being covered for thousands of years. With an expert tour guide, we will descend into the rooms and corridors of Nero’s palace, a magnificent villa that occupied no less than 1/4 of the area of the ancient city of Rome! The function of the massive architectural complex was to communicate Nero’s glory, as well as Rome’s. It is preserved mostly thanks to the decision of the ancient Roman senate to doom Nero to the so-called damnatio memoriae, a banishment from memory, and the complex was for the most part expunged by being filled in and covered with earth. The Domus Aurea (Latin for ‘Golden House’) was rediscovered during the Renaissance, apparently because a man walking on the Oppian Hill fell through a hole that led to the forgotten ancient building. It was mostly mistaken for Trajan’s Baths, which were built on top of Nero’s house. Today, the Domus Aurea is finally open to the public, and it is already one of the not-to-be-missed sites of Rome. While it would be a breathtaking experience in itself, a visit to Nero’s underground palace is made even more memorable by the latest available technology, that of enhanced reality. With the aid of 3D glasses for augmented reality, combined with a detailed reconstruction created by amazing graphic designers, you will have a 360-degree experience of the Golden House that will leave you speechless. But this is not all. Our Domus Aurea Tour continues on to cover all the highlights of the ancient city.