Roma Pass
The Rome Pass card is a tourist card that gives you reduced-price tickets to the major attractions in the city and unlimited use of public transport for two or three days, depending on the card you purchase.
What does the Pass include?
Roma Pass
- Free entrance to the first two museums or monuments is included in the card.
- Reduced entrance price to all other museums and/or archaeological sites.
- Unlimited use of public transportation inside Rome (buses, metro, trams and trains). This does not include transportation to and from the airport.
- Discounts to certain exhibitions and events.
Along with the card, you'll get a map and a small guide with information about all the attractions.
As well as the discounts on the Roma Pass, there's a reserved queue in the Colisseum for people who have the Roma Pass, so you can skip the longer queues at the attraction.
How to use it
As soon as you are given the tourist card, you need to fill it out with your personal information: name, surname and date of validation. The best date to write is the date when you use it for the first time. It will be activated when you first use it or when you first use any of the means of transport.
When you visit the first museum/monument (or the first two in the case of the 3-day Roma Pass) head directly to the entrance rather than going to the ticket office. From the second/third visit depending on the pass you’ve bought, you will need to show your card and an ID at the ticket office when purchasing the entrance tickets.
The Rome Pass has a validity of 2 or 3 days from its first use and expires at 11:59 pm on the second or third day. You should activate the card in the morning in order to make the most of your pass.
Prices
The 48 hour Rome Pass costs € 32 (US$ 33.20) and the 72 hour pass is € 52 (US$ 53.96). Currently, the 48 card is unavailable.
Where to purchase the pass
The Rome Pass can be bought in tourist information offices and in all of the participating museums and monuments. If you would rather not wait to arrive at the centre, you can find information centres in Fiumicino and also in Ciampino Airport.
Attractions
These are some of the top attractions included in the card:
- Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
- Castel Sant'Angelo
- Baths of Caracalla
- Trajan's Market
- Borghese Gallery
- Capitoline Museums
- Villa Giulia - Etruscan Museum
- Ara Pacis
- Baths of Diocletian
- Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
- Palazzo Altemps
- Crypta Balbi
- Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna
- Palazzo Barberini – Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica
- Palazzo Venezia
- Galleria Spada
- Museo di Roma
For the whole list of attractions, check out the official website of Roma Pass
Is it worthwhile?
The Rome Pass is worthwhile if you are over 25 and under 65. The entrance tickets to the Colosseum and the Capitoline Museums alone are worth the price of the card. Besides these attractions, you can use the public transport system and get discounts on the following visits that you make.
