Student ticket for COLOSSEUM

Luvtrips, as discussed in one of your previous threads, most student reductions at the attractions apply only to E.U. citizens.

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/roma-pass-for-under-18

As stated on the coopculture website, this is the case for the Colosseum.

"REDUCED € 7,50
european union people between 18 and 25 years old"

As Canada is not a member of the E.U, a reduction for your 19 year-old does not apply. Your 16 year-old will be free so you'll purchase 3 adult tickets + just the reservation fee for him. You'll need to pick up his free ticket + your 3 adult tickets at the events desk - free tickets can't be pre-printed so that isn't an option when you make your purchase - after all of you have entered with your email booking confirmation. Bring his passport for proof of age.

North Americans are not eligible for any reductions i.e. for seniors, students etc. It is only recently that children under 18 received the free admissions common throughout Europe; when we traveled with our 14 year old in Rome, she had to pay full adult price at museums in Florence. Now all children are covered, but not students, seniors etc.

Unless policies have changed, Canadian seniors are eligible for senior rates in Italy. With a passport, we were able to purchase tickets upon walk up, not online at senior rates in Sicily in 2012. I believe there is a reciprocity agreement for Canada with Italy. This may apply to students as well, I don't know for sure.

There are no senior discounts at state run sites. That ended a few years ago.

Donna

Right. Blanket senior discounts to Italian state museums ended in 2014, the same time they ruled that children under age 18 of ANY nationality would henceforth be admitted for free.

But all museums are not the same: Italian state, civic (e.g. Musei Capitolini) and private (e.g. Vatican) museums/attractions often have differing requirements for free or discounted admission so you have to read up on what those are when putting them on the must-do list. The Colosseum - which is a state-run archeological site - lists free or discounted ticket requirements on the righthand side of this page:

http://www.coopculture.it/en/colosseo-e-shop.cfm

Note the list of countries one must be a citizen (not necessarily a student) of to be eligible for the discount for visitors between ages 18 and 25.

FWIW Senior discounts are accorded people of all nationalities in Spain (and in the US of course) Occasionally private museums in Paris also grant senior discounts, but generally speaking such breaks go to EU residents. IN Paris the Louvre is free to young people regardless of residence on Friday evenings; otherwise, it is again EU residents 18-25.

And where there are discounts for young people e.g. 18-25, they only care about age; student cards and such are of no interest.