The turbopass had its advantages and disadvantages. Basically it is a good idea for people who want to make their visit to Rome simple and uncomplicated. There are several museums and two to three main attractions. If a part of the museums is visited, the pass is really out, this is rather not the case, should be counted against whether one does not buy so the tickets individually.
We recently visited Rome and purchased a 6 day pass. Being honest I wouldn't do this again. We used it for a bus tour and for supposedly jumping the line at the Vatican and we had to pay another 30 Euros. Plus if you wait until the afternoon then there are virtually no lines and St Peters Basilica is free anyway. Also used it at the colosseum on the Sunday only to find out the the first Sunday of the month its free entry anyway. Rome centre is not the big and if you like walking you can do it easily over a couple of days so for us the 6 day pass didn't meet our expectations. My advice is pay for what you need on the day especially if you are there for 5 to 7 days. If I was doing it again I might buy the 2 or 3 day pass.
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Shipping was quick and easy. Also the passports we could use as described. However, contradictory information appeared on the Internet and in the enclosed brochure, so we had to ask several times. But our questions were answered very quickly. On our Hopp-on-Hopp-off tour we were very disappointed. We got a brochure in which the departure times were. Then we left and wanted to take the penultimate bus from the Engelsburg to the Termini. However, this bus never came. After an hour and a half we finally gave up and used an alternative drive. Other Hopp-on-Hopp-off buses, on the other hand, regularly passed us, but not ours. This was very disappointing. Apart from that, the turbopass was very helpful and spared us hours of waiting.
We chose the turbopass for 48h, 3 adults and 1 teenager. - Entrance ticket (skip the line) for the Colosseum / Forum Romanum / Paladin. My daughter paid for her passport less, since the state museums for teenagers under 14 years are free anyway. But you still need an entrance ticket at some places of interest. So: UNDERSTOOD! That cost us all in 1 hour time - at 40 degrees heat! Nix with "skip the line". In addition: If you start at the forum around 10h, there are hardly any waiting times - the admission ticket applies to all 3 sights. - Vatican Museums: We had chosen Tues. 13.30 clock (I read, Tues. and Th. Afternoon are the weakest times) - no snake outside and in the room, where you buy or pick up the tickets (and possibly pending, Also with "skip the line" cards) were 10 coffers open and hardly rush. - Hop on hop off: was quite nice. There are headphones and channels for the different languages, but the description does not always correspond to the areas. No air-conditioning in the bus, but overhead, but no tarpaulin and therefore full sun exposure. - further reductions: for the Kapitolinische Museum and some other approx. € 2, - reduction. Also, you can not see so much in 48h. Conclusion: Was ok, but not absolutely necessary. Picking up the pass at Pius XII place was easy.
The Rome City Pass was really handy. The free entries were not optimal. We had problems entering the Coliseum and the Roman Forum for young people (17 years).
Super thing that you can pass the "must-haves" at the queues. With us were the Colosseum, Vatican and Engelsburg. Also the included public transport was great. Great shortcoming and therefore only 3 stars: the provider of the Hop on - Hop off tour. Just bad: broken audio guides, no sun sail on the upper deck (would have been a good idea at 38 degrees and sun). Too bad, otherwise the Rome Pass would have been a round thing.
The 6 day pass is too expensive for added value. Most of the sights you have seen within the first 3 days and the additional are not worth 60 euros or not covered by the pass as catacombs. If you live relatively centrally, one does not use the buses because of the hard-to-see timetables anyway and goes on foot to get to know the different city districts. Villa Borghese has to be reserved in advance, which is not obvious.
Super was that you could actually pass the snakes and had a preferential entrance (especially Vatican museums). Great also, that all means of transport were included. Negative is that not all museums were free as in other cities. Overall a bit too expensive
The City Pass itself was relatively useless, so you could only use the Hop on Hop Of Bus. For everything else you need the Rome Pass (Card?), Although the trips to the river are not included. For the sights the Rome City Pass was already quite useful, since you had not to wait long. However, many important things were not included. The handling and the dispatch was however problem-free. And as I said, I would make it again to save time. Whether it was financially worthwhile, I would doubt.
Skip the lines in Vatican Museums and Colosseum are the great service.
But it does not work for Foro Romano, at least from Colosseum entrance.
The another issue is the obligation of prior reservation for Galleria Borghese visit phone only.
It's not underlined enough on the brochure and on the website, so we revealed this after coming to the Galleria.
So we did not visit the Galleria, because it was fully reserved.
Public transports have worked great! Likewise Hop-on, Hop-off, Vatican Museums and Engelsburg. Unfortunately, it was not so that one with the Citycard everywhere seemed welcome. There was at the Forum Romanum the very unfriendly instruction to sit at the end of an endlessly long queue, also with Citycard !!!. Likewise, we had to book in spite of Citycard in the Villa Borghese with a lead time of 6 days and were treated very unfriendly. Quote: \"We have nothing to do with this company. In case of complaints, they have to contact the operators of the CityCard\". Generally one had the impression that in some sights with the Citycard unfortunately rather condescending than \"cheap\" package tourist, which pounds on advantages, which are not really due to him. At a price of 160, - € / 6 days therefore rather disappointing.
The services do not match the price, if you buy the same in Rome or Interent, you get around 40 € less.
We had the feeling to have paid more with the Rome City Pass and to have less of it than if we had bought the tickets in advance ..... The tour of the city was the worst we did. All in all not very great
We had the 6 day pass for Rome. The first 3 days ran smoothly and found the passport very handy, as we were getting faster and never needed a public transport ticket. However the remaining 3 days the pass worked no longer properly. My pass was suddenly no longer with the subways and also with attractions was usually that this was invalid. Suddenly my friend's friend did not work any more and we would have to buy more and more tickets and also underground tickets. What was peculiar was that our passports were alternating, that is to say, one of my friend's, but not my friend's, went back again. Very sad
Idea super, but had obviously read that only 2 sights incl. Are ... Vatican naja, who needs it. For real viewing there are simply too many visitors. I would like to have a passport with which I can also visit the many other smaller places without paying extra time. lg Michael
With the Rome Pass you have preferred admission to many attractions. However, one can buy separately and added value of the Rome City Pass is low this also. The reservation for the Vatican is extremely helpful but this was also the only decisive advantage.
We bought the pass for 3 days. For the classic attractions like Colosseum, Roman Forum, Vatican City, the turbo-entry is really great to skip the really long lines. For all other attractions, there is then only discount. Fortunately, there are a lot of churches in Rome with free admission, which can be easily reached by public transport. All in all, however, I thought the pass is not bad, the price a bit too high.
We can only recommend the Rome City Pass. The city tour was also good, only the textual explanations were rather poor.
The Roma Pass would have been sufficient for 3 days for us. The option past the queue for the Vatican Museum had availed us little, since we were traveling in the off session and was seen no queue. The city tour was also only one round \"One Way\" between with no exit. We got out because we thought the trip would be a \"hop off hop on\" Tour. Cost for the pick up spot is higher than when the ball is sent to Germany. Why? The pass is worth it for people who really planned in advance what you want everything viewing per day. Previously on the opening times to gather information would have been important. The Colosseum, for example, includes 16 o'clock. Otherwise, I recommend here to also use the pass because it has less stress as much as possible to make so that the passport worth it in the end.