Roma Pass
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The Roma Pass is a combined museum and public transport pass that can make it easier and cheaper to visit Rome.
What does the Roma Pass include?
For 3 days, starting from the moment it is used:
- free access to the first two museums or monuments visited (the Vatican Museums are not included; the Colosseum, the Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum together count as one visit only)
- a reduction on the museums and other Rome tourist attractions visited afterwards
- reductions on visits to special exhibitions and happenings
- (rarely) visits to parts of museums that are otherwise closed
- free public transport (subway, bus and tram).
When is the Roma Pass useful?
Note that the Roma Pass can be less useful than it would seem to be. Most of Rome’s principal tourist sites are churches and squares and as such have no entrance fee anyway and the Vatican Museums are not included. Distances between tourist attractions are often so short that it makes more sense to walk than to wait for a bus or to look for the underground.
Jumping the Queue at the Colosseum
One big advantage the Roma Pass has is that it allows you to skip the ticket lines at the first two attractions visited, which can save a lot of time especially at the Colosseum. (If you want to get into the Colosseum without queueing and you do not have the Roma Pass it is best to get your ticket, which is a combined pass for the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine) at the Palatine Hill.
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