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Because when rulers organised games here, the curious masses would come in their droves. And it’s no wonder, for it guaranteed a whole day of top entertainment. Visitors could enjoy theatre performances and juggling acts. Jeer the fights between boars and lions, bears and bulls. Listen to the lyres and flutes music accompanying splendid dancers, and cheer the highlight of the afternoon, when the retiaris would throw his net at the secutor (pursuer), two provocators would duel, or the equites would ride into the arena on horseback.
The Romans were unable to pass their passion for such games onto the generations that followed, and the amphitheatre was used more as a quarry in subsequent centuries. But that’s good news for modern-day visitors, as the exposed greenery shows them what makes Trier’s amphitheatre so special: Its embedded location in the nature slope of the Petrisberg. Oh yes, and its scale is consequently clear for all to see too. Measuring 120 x 145 metres, Trier’s amphitheatre ranks 10th among the world’s largest preserved Roman amphitheatres.
A must for: Fighters. Sports enthusiasts. Green thumbs. Mountaineers and basement-dwellers.
UNESCO World Heritage Site: 100%
Nature experience: 50%
Netherworld factor: 50%
Header: © Walter Baumeister
The Romans were unable to pass their passion for such games onto the generations that followed, and the amphitheatre was used more as a quarry in subsequent centuries. But that’s good news for modern-day visitors, as the exposed greenery shows them what makes Trier’s amphitheatre so special: Its embedded location in the nature slope of the Petrisberg. Oh yes, and its scale is consequently clear for all to see too. Measuring 120 x 145 metres, Trier’s amphitheatre ranks 10th among the world’s largest preserved Roman amphitheatres.
A must for: Fighters. Sports enthusiasts. Green thumbs. Mountaineers and basement-dwellers.
UNESCO World Heritage Site: 100%
Nature experience: 50%
Netherworld factor: 50%
Header: © Walter Baumeister
Opening hours
Today, 23.04.2024:
Open
Opening Hours: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Regular:
April to September: daily, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
October: daily, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
November – February: daily, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
March: daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Note:
Last admission 30 minutes before closing.
Admission prices
Adults: € 4.00
Adults with reduced price*: € 3.00
Children and pupils (6-18 Jahre): € 2.50
Children up to age 6: free entrance
Family ticket 1**: € 4,00, every additional child: € 0.50
Family ticket 2***: € 8,00, every additional child: € 0.50
Groups of 10 or more adults **** (ab 10 Personen): € 3.50
Groups of 10 or more Children / teenagers (up to 18 years )****: € 2.00
* Pupils over 18, students, trainees, persons doing community service, seniors, unemployed, handicapped people – after presentation of the certificate of entitlement.
** One adult, up to four children up to age 18
*** Two adults, up to four children up to age 18
**** Group tickets must be purchased by one person (guide, supervisor).
Combined tickets
With the Trier Antiquity Card, you can discover the center of ancient times easily and inexpensively.
Three different versions offer you admission to the Trier Roman monuments as well as additional reductions all around ancient Trier.
Adults with reduced price*: € 3.00
Children and pupils (6-18 Jahre): € 2.50
Children up to age 6: free entrance
Family ticket 1**: € 4,00, every additional child: € 0.50
Family ticket 2***: € 8,00, every additional child: € 0.50
Groups of 10 or more adults **** (ab 10 Personen): € 3.50
Groups of 10 or more Children / teenagers (up to 18 years )****: € 2.00
* Pupils over 18, students, trainees, persons doing community service, seniors, unemployed, handicapped people – after presentation of the certificate of entitlement.
** One adult, up to four children up to age 18
*** Two adults, up to four children up to age 18
**** Group tickets must be purchased by one person (guide, supervisor).
Combined tickets
With the Trier Antiquity Card, you can discover the center of ancient times easily and inexpensively.
Three different versions offer you admission to the Trier Roman monuments as well as additional reductions all around ancient Trier.
