Which tourist pass for Rome to choose?
In Rome, tourist passes are the ideal solution to reduce your budget visits and benefit from skip-the-line access. Indeed, between the Colosseum, the Vativan or the Villa Borghese, the prices of individual tickets can go from simple to double!
There are 3 tourist passes for Rome:
- the Omnia Card (3 days): the most complete pass, which includes the Roma Pass + full and skip-the-line access to all the sites of the Vatican and many other tourist sites.
- the Rome tourist card: 100% dematerialized, it is a good alternative to the Omnia Card.
- the Roma Pass (72h or 48h): not the most interesting because it does not include the Vatican.
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For passes with a validity period, their activation is not linked to the date of purchase but to their first use in a tourist site or a first trip on the city's public transport network.
If you activate your pass in the middle of the day or evening, the whole day will be charged!
Omnia Card
The Omnia Card is the most complete pass, particularly interesting if you want to visit the Vatican City.
It offers a validity period of 3 days the same advantages as the Roma Pass:
- a map of the city of Rome
- a skip-the-line ticket for a museum of your choice: the Capitoline Museums, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Borghese Gallery, etc.
- skip-the-line access to the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill
- unlimited access to the Italian capital's public transport network (metro, bus and tram)
But also:
- a paper guide with all the useful information and opening hours of the tourist places to visit
- Skip-the-line tickets for the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel
- Without skip-the-line access, expect a 2 to 3 hour wait in high season!
- skip-the-line access to St. Peter's Basilica
- Without skip-the-line access, wait around 1 hour in high season!
- an audio guide for St. Peter's Basilica
- unlimited access to Hop-on Hop-off buses during the 3 days of validity of the card
- access to the cloister of the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran or to the Mamertine prison
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The Omnia Card can be collected once in Rome.
Enter your dates of visits on site, at the time of collection, to benefit from skip-the-line access.
Tourist map of Rome
The Rome Tourist Card - also called Rome Tourist Digital Pass - is 100% dematerialized and has no limited validity >.
Convenient if you spend more than 3 days in the Italian capital!
It includes:
- skip-the-line access to the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill
- skip-the-line tickets to St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican (on a guided tour), the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel
- a visit of the Pantheon with an audio guide
- an audio-guide mobile application to visit the city of Rome
- 10% discount on your online reservations for additional à la carte visits (Castle of Sant'Angelo, Galleria Borghese, etc.)
The Rome tourist card does not offer unlimited access to the public transport network of the Italian capital!
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Roma Pass
The Roma Pass is the cheapest tourist pass for Rome, but beware: it does not include any of the Vatican sites.
Not ideal for a first stay in the Italian capital.
Roma Pass 72h (3 days)
The Roma Pass 72h includes:
- a map of the city of Rome
- 2 entrances of your choice to tourist sites and museums in the city
- skip-the-line access to the Capitoline Museums, Colosseum and Castel Sant'Angelo (if you choose them in the 2 entrances)
- discounts at other museums and tourist sites
- unlimited access to the Italian capital's public transport network (metro, bus and tram)
Roma Pass 48h (2 days)
The 48h Roma Pass also includes a city map of Rome - but only allows entry to one of the city's main museums or archaeological sites (Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Villa Borghese Gallery, Capitoline Museum, etc.).
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Which pass for Rome to choose?
In summary:
- You do not want to visit the Vatican: opt for the Roma Pass 72h (3 days)
- You want to visit the Vatican anduse the city's public transport: opt for the Omnia Card
- You want to visit the Vatican but stay in the heart of the city and like to walk: opt for the tourist card of Rome
Omnia Card | Tourist map of Rome | Roma Pass | |
Colosseum & Roman Forum | Included | Included | Included |
Sistine Chapel & Vatican Museums | Included | Included | Not included |
St. Peter's Basilica | Included | Included | Not included |
Castle of Sant'Angelo | Included | Not included | 48h pass: included 72h pass: not included |
Unlimited public transport | Included | Not included | Included |
1 Day Hop-on Hop-off Bus | Included | Not included | Not included |