Taken as a whole, we were very pleased with the Rome City Pass. The preferred admissions to attractions Vatican, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Colosseum and the use of public transport functioned perfectly. Something we were disappointed that the Rome City Pass stopped working on day 4, although not 72 hour passed since the first validation (1st devaluation Monday were 16:00, -. Devaluation on Thursday 10:00 not already worked more).
The Rome City Pass is a relaxed journeying in Rome. Moreover, even reduced admission possible. As the collection is not so simple. You have to first in Rome find their way to find the pick-up point. To get the ball in advance by mail would be great but not yet possible. All in all, Rome worth a visit and the pass very helpful.
Among the top attractions really worth it, especially the lines at the Vatican were very long and we were able to walk past all. Roman also the Colosseum and Forum it was so, but we had our 17 year old daughter still get a child ticket, because she has got no right Rompass (under 18's all free). That kept it to something, perhaps that should be changed in future. One can use the pass to the public. use transport like bus or Metro, and a city tour is attending. All in all a worthwhile investment.
For every activity the buyer who has no idea about the attraction must be inform more .
For example. There is Super Sites in Foro Romano that we didn't know anything. We had turbopass and we coudn't reach there. There were not an option when we bougth the ticket.Because we couldn't find a ticket when we were there.
We bought the Turbopass for 7 days with the airport transfer and the ticket for local transport, as we arrived in the evening and had to go to the airport in the morning on the last day. The airport transfer worked well. Unfortunately, there were only 3 specific stops. To get to our accommodation, we first had to get the local transport ticket activated at a ticket counter. That was no longer possible in the evening. So we had to walk 3 km to the accommodation with our luggage. The next day we went looking - on foot - to this ticket counter at the train station. Unfortunately, it was not visible from the outside and we had to ask for directions. Why wasn't this ticket activated straight away? The days were specified when we booked. That would have saved us a lot of time and effort. The positive thing was that we were able to book entry to the Vatican and Colosseum at the same time and got in without having to wait. If you see a lot of Rome, then you save money with the pass. Without the pass, we wouldn't have seen some things. So it was worthwhile.
Overall, booking tours was easy, e.g. skipping the line at the Vatican Museums was great when there were kilometer-long queues, great use of public transport, there was no appointment for us at the Colosseum, the biggest disadvantage for us was that we still had to go to the tourist offices to finally book the tours, we also had to pick up the transport ticket, so valuable time wasted, not good service there, very crowded and stressful, for this reason too the price-performance ratio for two days cannot be rated as positive because there is no time for other activities, the city tour on the double-decker bus was OK, but not outstanding.
The airport transfer was excellent. Quick easy and convenient to use.
The hop on hop off bus was easy to use and being able to use throughout my stay was helpful. You can walk to most attractions within the city, however after a long day it's nice to be able to hop on the bus to get back to your starting point. When visiting the pantheon, castle de angelo and the vatican I didn't realise I would have to visit a tourist station to collect an additional ticket for entry. I found this frustrating and added time to my already packed day that I fail to understand why showing my rome pass is not enough to gain entry. With regards to the Vatican you have to select a time to visit like the colloseum. The colloseum ticket was available once I downloaded the paper work but the vatican one was not. Overall it saved me paying for entry in those long lines but I still needed to find a tourist station for an additional ticket which I found pointless.
Sometimes the people on site didn't know what to do with it.
Absolutely recommended for adults. For children/young people, you should check carefully in advance whether the pass is worth it. I was traveling with a 15-year-old, and I discovered on site that admission to most attractions is discounted or even free for those under 18. The pass did say that the various attractions were discounted/free for children/young people, but I thought that was because we had this pass. I find that a bit misleading. I think that as an authentic company you should definitely point this out to your customers. In our case, I could have saved the passport for the 15 year old. Without a passport we would have gotten off cheaper in this case. For adults it looks different again. I can recommend booking here. Everything worked on site. Be sure to follow the instructions in the booking confirmation (e.g. Castel Sant'Angelo).
It's very good that you have many options with the pass and express tickets to the Colosseum and the Vatican Museums are essential. But the fact that you have to redeem a lot of tickets for the right ticket somewhere else is just super annoying! The app can't do much. You can't even find the sights if you stand directly in front of them and the information about the individual points is much better described in Wikipedia. So you have to go there again.
The advantage is that you can get to your destination in most places without having to wait in long queues. On the other hand, for the public transport ticket in Rome you have to go to an office in the city (3 options). It is not possible to collect this ticket at the airport. Depending on the hotel location, this walk can be very complex. It's a shame that the sightseeing tour is only possible with Iobus. We also booked 3 days in Rome - but the IObus ticket was only valid for 48 hours. We didn't use the museum offer at all because the weather was nice and the other booked destinations took up so much time that other activities were no longer possible.
The tickets have a fixed time at the Coloseum, for example, you have to know that, if that's not clear it'll be stupid. We missed the time at the coloseum and couldn't get in, very annoying, the time was right at the back next to a number... you can see it, but... -no notice -no response from City Pass, very unfortunate and not customer friendly. Otherwise ok
Until you have the final tickets in your hand, for example for the Englsburg, it takes a lot of walking, first to Piazza Navona, then back to the Engelsburg looking for the right employee so that you can finally get into the castle. Could be made more straightforward.
We had a great time and the pass was very helpful. We didn't do a final price comparison but we saved a lot of time waiting in line. Unfortunately, the app is not really worth its name. Comprehensive information (e.g. opening times, conditions) is missing.
The Rome pass and Barcelona pass were very helpful and good to use during the trip. The only issue was spent long times almost a month to get the papers on hand. Also it was difficult to find the place to redeem the real card for the pass and transportations. The address they provide was not clear for customers. Suggest more details and specifics to give more information on the instructions, such as a newsstand or booth.
Unfortunately, some attractions were fully booked and no longer available. Otherwise the pass was very helpful and saved us a lot of time.
Rome is great, but next time I would prefer to go in the winter months to avoid the tourist crowds. Unfortunately, in some places the tickets had to be picked up first, such as the free tickets for young people for the Colosseum or the tickets for the Pantheon. This takes additional time, especially if you have to pick them up at the tourist office. That's why we had to do without the Pantheon - a shame! The Turbopass can't do anything about it, but the entry times with time slots are annoying because the times are difficult to plan in a crowded city.
We had booked the Rome City Pass for the four of us (2 adults and 2 teenagers). Unfortunately in Rome it is very inconvenient to go to a separate service point for each attraction and to queue there for each individual sight or ticket. Especially since these tourism centers (information) are difficult to find. The transfer from the airport and back worked well, and the hop on hop off bus also went great. After we found the bus and train tickets (according to the description - at Termini train station opposite a pharmacy at a kiosk) and redeemed them, we were able to use everything (i.e. subway, bus and train) without any further problems. It would be better to have a card for everything, with a QR code and that's it.
We booked the Rome City Pass with Colosseum and Vatican. Three days before the trip, the Rome City Pass arrived with the message that there were no longer any tickets for the Vatican. At short notice we had to look for other, more expensive tickets. This was very annoying because I booked the Rome City Pass more than five weeks in advance. The bus ride from the airport to the main train station was very long due to the traffic. That's why we took the train on the return journey, which we would do again at any time. I would no longer buy the Rome City Pass. If you plan your days in Rome well (important during the holiday season, as many tours are sold out) and don't spontaneously plan sightseeing, you can get everywhere with the metro for little money.
Booking via Turbopass is relatively easy and understandable. A lot of sights are included in the pass. I have to complain that picking up the individual tickets or tickets is a little complicated. Furthermore, I had booked a time slot for the Vatican Museum, which I unfortunately couldn't keep; rebooking wasn't possible because I couldn't make contact.