Very few centres to pick up the pass. The lady who gave us the pass had no information about or even if she had was not interested in helping the customers.
Never could find the bus, even after asking multiple agents. Skip the line worked well at the Borghese Gallery. Overall, a self directed tour would be less expensive.
Turbopass is too expensive and does not offer much more than just Rome City Pass + Vatican ticket which are more than half of the price.
Before Rome, I visited Paris, and I also used the City Pass. Unlike Paris, in this Rome City Pass, only the first attraction is completely free. When you want to use the City Pass for some second time, you are sent to the ticket office to pay approximately 50% of the total cost. This is reported by email to Turbo Pass and they answered that everything is included except 2 attractions where there was special rate, however the reality was different, we used the City Pass in Castelo de San Angelo where we paid nothing, There we went to the Coliseum where we had to pay about 7 Euro per person. They should check this situation directly with the service providers in Rome as other people informed us that they were going through the same situation.
So, the good thing first: visiting the sights without queuing has worked very. It was also nice to use public transport easily, but the prices in Rome are cheap, you could have done well on site. The city tour was really nothing, a few info from the band, little, no information on interesting things, where you came over. You can walk in Rome or reach by metro. In every cheap city guide you learn more! The sent city guide with all explanations to the Rome passport was not for Rome, but for Paris. We only noticed that there, could not complain. Weak!!! Taken together, the price-performance ratio is not right for me!
The City Pass has worked very well in terms of museums and transport. The hop on hop off partner was the wasn't good. Old broken bus and we had to wait for replacement, which was then totally crowded. That was very annoying! Overall, you get the services offered locally much cheaper.
The train journey from the airport to Rome is not included as the airport is out of scope. Free admission is not valid for all listed attractions, but only for two of your choice for each 72h Roma Pass you have. I would not buy the Rome City Pass any more, just the Roma Pass instead.
Rome is great, but do not buy the turbo pass, way too expensive. You can also book the appointment in the Vatican Museums yourself. The turbo pass is the only extra for a city tour, unfortunately in uncomfortable buses, which drive very rarely compared to the competition. Prefer to book a tour with the Riten buses, you have more!
Hello, unfortunately that did not quite fit with the free entries of the listed recommendations. After visiting the Colosseo, the Foro Romano and the Caracalla spas, we had to pay half the entrance fee to the Castel Sant'Angelo. The lady told us that we have already used three free entries and therefore the quota was exhausted (has confirmed the card reader in the Castel Sant'Angelo). We had the Rome City Pass for six days !!!!
We were in Rome at the beginning of February. We bought the ticket so we did not have to queue that much. That worked well so far. During our stay we drove exclusively with public transport. Metro is very good, with buses you have to prepare well. An app of public transport helps. We picked up the Rome City Pass in Rome and that was the first problem. You have to go through the security checkpoints at St. Peter's to get to the pick-up point - long queuing lines that you actually wanted to avoid! Then you came to the sights directly past the snakes. That worked very well. The hop-on-hop-off city tour was a disaster - we waited more than an hour for the first bus. Contrary to the start times on the Internet, the driver had told us that they start only at 10:30. If the hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour is important, other providers should take it.
In principle, the passport is a great thing, but unfortunately the agency was not able to book our desired appointment. We wanted on 30.12. in the Vatican, have paid for it and have booked the 30.11. Due to the high demand then unfortunately no rebooking was possible and the appointment burst. The way of the employee was also not adapted. Look carefully at your documents! I am disappointed with the provider. But the passport is helpful and saves time and money.
I was convenient because I was able to get the Vatican and the coliseum tickets booked without much problem.
But other than that the other tickets or discounts are both worth it. I think it could be cheaper to just book them separately.
Other places I wanted to visit weren’t included, so consider if you really care about the places because for me it wasn’t the case.
Big criticism: Visiting the Vatican is included in the brochure, but can not be provided by this organization. When we wandered around in front of the Vatican with a deceived face, jmd approached us in German and offered us a tour for Vatican & Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's Basilica & Guidance in German (3 hours) -> worked, places in the Vatican were available (without permission etc) - > all nonsense, what Rome passport tells: there were places, no registration with the Vatican office in advance necessary. Further criticism: underage children are a bit cheaper, but we had to go to the Colosseum for the children again somewhere, because they do not get an electronic card -> then there is no great advantage there, if you are past the snakes and yet to do it again (only for the kids after being happy in it as an adult).
Unless you are going to be there for the 6 day experience I don’t think the turbo pass is necessary as you will pay more than the tickets are worth. It does beat waiting in line but at the same time you can get each separately for cheaper. We were there for 3 days but unless you are up bright an early especially In winter month you won’t get more than one attraction down. Vatican City on it’s own can easily be a day and half it all depends on how quickly you speed through things. We spent a whole day there and were left wanting more. The best part of the pass is the train pass since all tourist attractions are conveniently located Near the metro spots... worst part of the ticket was the hop on and off bus... waited 1.5- 2 hours for the bus. Apparently they only have one bus so you will be waiting long hours for it. In the time we spent waiting all the other hop and on hop off buses drove by by 5 times before ours came. We were even told by the vendors near the stop that it was the worse bus and to try to switch to one of the other buses because it was not going to get there anytime soon.... sure enough they were right..
It is better for your Roma Pass to be mailed to you. It took us more than 3 hours to be able to find the exact location where to pick up the pass.
For the entrance alone, the passport is ideal! However, for subway, train, is too expensive! Were the opinion that train to the airport was also there, but then not possible! Would not buy the pass anymore!
Regarding the entries is already a lot, but the passport is not perceived by the individual cultural sites very positive, which one can feel everywhere. Also not all entries are covered, at the national monument one is asked, for example, to the cash desk. Overall, the expenditure for us was not worth it.
Such a turbopass is generally recommended, as it saves long waiting times before top-highlights. However, the 2-day pass for us did not pay: Only Vatican and only one other sight free. After we had visited the Engelsburg on the first day, we had to pay the second day in the Colosseum. The Hop on Hop off bus we wanted to use often, but the valid blue line but only once seen and used. The red and the yellow line we regularly see past us. The free public transport we did not use at all, as the departure times and the routes were missing. Too bad, had hoped for more.
When we picked up the tickets in the shop we were first ignored (although no customers were in the business) and then treated very unfriendly. There were no explanations - just the hint "is in the description". The ticket for my 14-year-old daughter was only found after long and unwilling searches. The biggest rip-off was, however, that in front of the store "Keiler" sells tickets for the immediate entrance to St. Peter's - ie no security check. (Bonus is shared with the policeman who gave us immediate access to the security check). We have the 15.- / person invested, since the "nice" seller told us that otherwise we need at least 2 hours. Unfortunately only afterwards we learned from another tour guide that we can enter the Sistine Chapel anyway directly into the Petersplatz .... The entrance into the Sistine Chapel has worked without problems. The City Pass is only worthwhile if you would like to visit several museums, which are also included in the pass.
It is not worth it if you visit the museums really, since you do not have the time, so many sights. Hop-on-hop-off is only possible on a single of the days. For example, it is possible to avoid queuing at the Vatican Museums, for example, with other pre-booking services, eg directly at the museums. It should be pointed out again that (at least on the 3-day pass) beyond the Vatican Museums only two museums / sites can be visited free of charge. In addition, there are only reductions. It is also misleading to check the St. Peter's in this comparison at Turbo Pass, but to cross through Roma Pass: St. Peter's is free to visit. When picking up close to St. Peter's, you get some unclear material, including a hand-written receipt for the hop-on-hop-off-tour, which you have to keep while you can not identify them as such of the bus company when you are on the Vatican visit. This handwritten receipt has to be given by bus. This and other things will not be further explained during the collection. You get then, by the way, Roma Pass as well as Turbopass and two moderately clear related books and must somehow manage.