Rome pass comparison 2026: which city pass suits your trip?

Short answer: which pass for whom

Without the Vatican, the Roma Pass is the cheapest pass, and it includes buses and the metro. With the Vatican there are three sensible options: the Roma Pass plus a Vatican ticket, the Omnia Card, or a pass with fast-track entry such as the Rome Super Pass or the Turbopass. If you are staying longer and want to add bus tours or cooking classes, the Go City Explorer Pass is more flexible.

• Save money, travel a lot, no Vatican: Roma Pass 48h (from €49.50).
• Save money and see the Vatican: the Vatican plus Roma Pass 48h combo from €73.88, with hosted entry to the Vatican Museums. That is slightly cheaper than buying both separately (about €74.50).
• All the big sights with fast-track entry and a guide: Rome Super Pass (from €149) or Turbopass Rome City Pass (from €129.90 for 2 days with the Colosseum and the Vatican).
• Vatican, bus tour and public transport in one: Omnia Card 72H (€149).
• Long trip, a few chosen highlights: Go City Explorer Pass (from €89 for 2 attractions, valid for 30 days).

The passes in detail

Roma Pass: the city card of Rome

The Roma Pass costs from €49.50 for 48 hours and from €68 for 72 hours, depending on your travel date. It includes one or two free entries to more than 45 museums and archaeological sites, the reduced rate at all further ones, and unlimited buses, metro and trams.

Who it suits: travellers who use public transport a lot and visit the Colosseum, the Galleria Borghese or Castel Sant'Angelo. The catch: no Vatican, no fast-track entry, the Colosseum still has to be booked, and nothing works without the app. All the details are on the Roma Pass page.

Omnia Card 72H: Vatican plus Roma Pass

The Omnia Card is issued by the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, the pilgrimage organisation of the Diocese of Rome. It costs €149 for adults and €69 for ages 6 to 17. It includes the Vatican Museums with the Sistine Chapel, a hop-on hop-off bus for 72 hours, the Lateran Basilica with its cloister, the Mamertine Prison and, for adults, a full Roma Pass 72h.

Who it suits: first-time visitors who want to see the Vatican and ancient Rome in three days and ride the bus in between. The catch: bought separately, the Roma Pass 72h and a Vatican ticket cost about €93 together. The difference of about €56 pays for the bus, the Lateran and the prison. If you don't use the hop-on hop-off bus, you lose out. The Omnia Card has only 48 reviews so far, with 3.8 stars.

Rome Super Pass: Colosseum and Vatican with a host

The Rome Super Pass is a product of Touristation, a private company with an office on Piazza d'Aracoeli next to the Capitoline Hill. It costs €149 for adults and €105 for children and is valid for 3 days. It includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, the Vatican Museums, a guided walk past Navona, the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain, an audio guide for St Peter's Basilica, and ATAC buses, metro and trams.

Who it suits: anyone who wants to tick off the big names without making their own bookings. The catch: the pass has to be collected at the office on Piazza d'Aracoeli, cannot be cancelled via our booking links, and costs a lot more than single tickets for the Colosseum, the Vatican and three days of public transport (€65 together). The extra money pays for the guide, the hosting and the organisation.

Turbopass Rome City Pass: fast-track entry and a bus tour

The Turbopass Rome City Pass can be booked for 2 to 5 days, in three versions:

It includes fast-track entry to the Colosseum and/or the Vatican, a hop-on hop-off bus for 48 hours, a Tiber boat tour for 24 hours, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Pantheon, a guided city walk and further museums. The catch: buses, metro and trams are not included, and the pass cannot be cancelled via our booking links. With the Vatican and the Colosseum, 4 days cost the same as 3 days, so there the longer pass is the better deal.

Go City Explorer Pass: a few highlights, lots of time

With the Go City Explorer Pass you choose 2 to 7 attractions from more than 40 options, including the Vatican Museums, the Colosseum, the Pantheon, hop-on hop-off buses, boat tours and cooking classes. It is valid for 30 days from first use. Prices via our booking links:

Who it suits: longer stays, and travellers who want tours and experiences rather than lots of museums. It is the only pass here that can be cancelled until activation. The catch: no public transport, and for classic museums such as the Colosseum (€18) or the Capitoline Museums (€15) the price per attraction is well above the single ticket.

Another pass without a booking link here

The Rome Essentials Pass from Turbopass (from €89 directly at Turbopass), with the Colosseum, the Vatican and the Pantheon, is not available via our booking links.

With or without the Vatican?

The Vatican is the main fork in the road: the Roma Pass does not cover it. The online ticket for the Vatican Museums costs about €25. If the Vatican is all you want to add, the Vatican plus Roma Pass 48h combo usually works out cheaper than a big pass.

The numbers for three days with the Colosseum, Galleria Borghese, Capitoline Museums and the Vatican, using buses and the metro every day:

• Single tickets and transport tickets: €98
• Roma Pass 48h plus Vatican and a 24h ticket: €102
• Omnia Card 72H: €158.50 (including bus tour, Lateran and prison)
• Rome Super Pass: €182 (including a guided walk, Borghese and Capitoline Museums extra)

The big passes are worth it if you really use the extras: hop-on hop-off bus, guided tours, hosted entry. If you only visit a few museums, single tickets are cheapest. With five or more sites, the numbers tip in favour of the Roma Pass.

Prices checked: October 2026. Adult prices at each partner, excluding any service fee shown at checkout.

Choosing by length of stay

2 days

Roma Pass 48h, if the Colosseum and an expensive museum such as the Galleria Borghese are on your list and you take the metro. With the Vatican: the Vatican plus Roma Pass 48h combo. If you want everything with fast-track entry in two days: Turbopass Rome City Pass for 2 days with the Vatican and the Colosseum (€129.90).

3 days

Roma Pass 72h, or the 48h pass for the two busiest days plus a 24h ticket (€8.50) for the third. Both cost almost the same. With the Vatican and a hop-on hop-off bus: Omnia Card 72H. With guided tours and no bookings of your own: Rome Super Pass.

4 days or more

A Roma Pass covers at most 72 hours of public transport. For the remaining days there are 24h, 48h and 72h tickets (€8.50, €15, €22) or the 7-day CIS ticket for €29. For long stays the Go City Explorer Pass fits well, because it is valid for 30 days. With the Turbopass, the 4-day version with the Vatican and the Colosseum costs the same as the 3-day version.

Buses and metro: which passes include travel

Buses, metro and trams are only included in the Roma Pass, the Omnia Card (through its Roma Pass 72h) and the Rome Super Pass. The Turbopass and Go City include no public transport. With those, add €8.50 to €29 per person depending on how long you stay.

• Roma Pass 48h and 72h: all ATAC lines within the city, so buses, trams, metro lines A, B, B1 and C, and the city sections of the railways to Lido, Viterbo and Giardinetti. The ticket runs for 48 or 72 hours from activation in the app, not by calendar days.
• Omnia Card 72H: same as the Roma Pass 72h, but for adults only. Children don't get a Roma Pass with it.
• Rome Super Pass: ATAC buses, trams and metro during the 3 days.
• Turbopass Rome City Pass and Go City Explorer Pass: no public transport. The hop-on hop-off bus is not a substitute for a transport ticket.

ATAC prices for comparison: single BIT ride (100 minutes) €1.50, 24 hours €8.50, 48 hours €15, 72 hours €22, 7 days (CIS) €29. Children under 10 travel free with a paying adult. So if you take the Turbopass for 2 days with the Vatican and the Colosseum and ride the metro every day, you pay €129.90 plus €15, €144.90 in total. If you do almost everything on foot, a few single rides at €1.50 will do, and the missing transport hardly matters.

What "fast-track entry" means with these passes

In Rome, fast-track entry almost always means a booked time slot. At the Colosseum and the Vatican it lets you walk past the ticket queue, but only at the time you booked. Without a time slot, no pass gets you into the Colosseum on the spur of the moment.

• Roma Pass: no fast-track entry. You book the Colosseum yourself online with a dedicated Roma Pass ticket, at most one month ahead. At least 10 days ahead is recommended, 20 days in high season. The Galleria Borghese also requires a booking. Castel Sant'Angelo doesn't.
• Vatican plus Roma Pass 48h combo: hosted entry to the Vatican Museums. You book the Colosseum yourself, as with the Roma Pass.
• Turbopass Rome City Pass: Turbopass books the time slots for the Colosseum and the Vatican. You give your preferred date when you book, and the tickets appear in the pass 1 to 2 weeks before. For Castel Sant'Angelo you book the time slot yourself through a link.
• Rome Super Pass: fixed time slots for the Colosseum and the Vatican. The voucher is redeemed at the Touristation office on Piazza d'Aracoeli.
• Go City Explorer Pass: many attractions require a booking, including the Vatican Museums with booked entry.

The drawback of fixed time slots is that you are tied to the time you booked. If you want to stay flexible, fix only the Colosseum and the Vatican and leave the rest of the day open.

Passes for families with children

For children a pass is rarely worth it. State museums and sites such as the Colosseum, the Galleria Borghese and Castel Sant'Angelo are free under 18. Under 10 the bus is free too. Usually one pass per adult is enough.

Children's prices via our booking links:

• Roma Pass: no child or youth version, children pay the full price.
• Omnia Card 72H: €69 for ages 6 to 17, without a Roma Pass. What you mainly pay for is the Vatican, the bus tour and the Lateran.
• Rome Super Pass: €105 for children, €5 for infants.
• Turbopass Rome City Pass, 2 days with the Vatican and the Colosseum: youths (10 to 17) from €59.90, children (6 to 9) from €54.90. For 3 days from €79.90 and €69.90.
• Go City Explorer Pass: we didn't have children's prices.

Free children still need bookings. At the Colosseum every child needs their own €0 ticket, booked online, and at the Galleria Borghese the booking requirement applies to children too. City museums such as the Capitoline Museums are only free under 6, the Vatican under 7. Who a child pass doesn't suit: families who mainly visit ancient sites and state museums. It can make sense if the Vatican, a bus tour or guided tours are firmly on the plan.

Cancellation: which passes are flexible

Only two passes can be cancelled via our booking links: the Go City Explorer Pass until activation, and the Omnia Card up to 24 hours before. The Roma Pass, Rome Super Pass and Turbopass Rome City Pass cannot be cancelled.

The Roma Pass is also issued in your name and can't be transferred or extended. There is no refund for closures, strikes or bad weather. If your travel dates aren't certain yet, book something flexible or decide shortly before the trip.

Common mistakes when buying a pass

1. Expecting the Vatican in the Roma Pass. The Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel are in neither the 48h nor the 72h pass.
2. Not booking the Colosseum. With the Roma Pass you need a time slot. Without a valid pass at the entrance you won't get in, even with a booking. The arena, the underground and the Belvedere are not included. It's all on the Colosseum page.
3. Using the pass from Fiumicino airport. The Leonardo Express and the FL1 regional train are not in the Roma Pass. Ciampino, on the other hand, is covered by ATAC buses 720 and 520. A combo of the Roma Pass 48h and the Leonardo Express is available from €63.50.
4. Wasting the free entry. It doesn't have to be your first visit. Use it at the most expensive museum, for example the Colosseum (€18) rather than the Capitoline Museums (€15).
5. Forgetting the app. The Roma Pass only works in the app, with a smartphone and mobile data in Italy. You have to activate the transport ticket before your first ride. The museum part starts at the first scan at a ticket desk.

How we compared

We checked all prices in October 2026. They are adult prices via our booking links, shown as "from" prices because they vary by date. One example: the Turbopass for 2 days with the Vatican and the Colosseum costs between €129.90 and €140.90 depending on the day. For single tickets we use the Colosseum at €18, the Galleria Borghese at €18 including the €2 booking, the Capitoline Museums at €15 and the Vatican at €25 when bought online. So booking fees are included. The worked examples follow the same logic as our Roma Pass calculator: the free entry goes to the museum that would otherwise cost the most. Travel is costed with the cheapest ATAC ticket.

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