Colosseum
One of the items I made sure to book in advance was a visit to Colosseum . We decided to get there early and I booked through tiquets . I found the ticket situation frustrating/difficult/opaque for a few reasons: It required checking a number of different tourist sites for tickets It seemed like there wasn't an official site for Colosseum -- I couldn't confirm or figure out where the tourist sites were getting the tickets Some of the sites released tickets months in advance; others less than a couple of weeks. Each site had different times. I basically ended up checking for tickets for every weekend across multiple sites. That being said, you must book tickets in advance. The queue was out of control when we left around 10:30 AM. We arrived awkwardly early since the ticket was not clearly marked e.g., ticket said 8:35, arrive 15 minutes early. It turned out we got in at 8:50, so 8:35 was early. The tickets...