Terrazza delle Quadrighe

May 2025. Paid for access to the observation deck. Awesome, near 360 views of Rome.

Paid a lot of money to be discriminated against! My friend (I’m 26, he’s 24) and I are spending 5 days in Rome, and after seeing everything from the ground, we wanted to enjoy a nice view over the city. The Terrazza delle Quadrighe seemed like a great option! Impressive building from the outside, and very tall too. We arrived at the self-service ticket counter and said we’d like one regular ticket and one reduced ticket (because he’s only 24 years old, and EU citizens under 25 get a reduced price). She just laughed in our faces and cheerfully selected two full-price tickets… because apparently we’re not European, and according to her, we were lying. We repeated: he’s 24 years old (and we even showed his ID card). She still didn’t believe us and claimed the Netherlands isn’t part of Europe. Okay, maybe she genuinely didn’t know, but still weird. Anyway, she asked her colleague to look it up. AND STILL DIDN’T BELIEVE THAT THE NETHERLANDS IS IN EUROPE. No idea what she was looking at, because the Netherlands is obviously part of Europe. But she refused to sell us the tickets and kept laughing at us, flat-out discriminating against us. This was honestly the most bizarre experience we had during our entire trip to Rome. It was incredibly disappointing and honestly shocked us how stupidly we were treated… Eventually, we managed to buy tickets at the regular counter for way too much money. Was it nice? Sure, it looked good, but not that amazing. And all the fun had already been ruined by what had happened before. Totally not worth the money for us, unfortunately. Hopefully, someone will call this girl out on her behavior, because it was completely ridiculous and just plain weird.

An absolutely stunning view of Rome as far away as the Vatican and overlooking the Roman Forums and the Colosseum and with a clear view of via del Corso. A must do while in Rome. Try to time it so that you can spend some time there to catch the sunset. And be aware that the toilet is one elevator ride away

Terrazza delle Quadrighe sits atop the Vittoriano (Altare della Patria) at around 80 m elevation. It’s named after two imposing bronze quadrigae—one symbolizing “Unity of the Fatherland,” the other “Freedom of the Citizens”—crafted between 1924–27 and crowning the monument's twin propylea . You can reach it quickly via a panoramic glass elevator installed in 2007 . From here, Rome unfolds in every direction: Piazza Venezia, the Forum, the Colosseum, the Tiber, Jewish Ghetto, Quirinale, EUR—even the Castelli Romani in the distance.

It's a great place to see the views of Rome. There is an outdoor restaurant with good food.

Was a Beautiful Experience After a long walk throw the great building a rest in the Terrasse was a good idea Wonderful view and delicious chicken sandwiches with cappuccino Price was totally acceptable

Astounding view with free admission the the public. We particularly loved the Café on the intermediary floor, it was perfect for a snack and drink.

Wonderful viewpoint on top of the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II. The lower entrance to the elevator can be reached by walking through the Monument and exiting towards the right hand sight of the upper terrace. The price of 10 € is not the cheapest but there is a huge discount for EU residents until the age of (incl.) 25 which only have to pay 2€. The line for the elevator may take some time since the capacity of the elevator only allowed 6 people at a time but the view is totally worth the waiting. A wonderful thing at the top is that there are two awesome Nikon binocular telescopes that nearly can be used to look into the popes private apartments since their quality and magnification is extreme. It is nearly every POI in the whole city that can be seen from this viewpoint. Especially the Forum Romanum can be overlooked in way that I personally prefer over actually visiting the forum.