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Cumulative admission tickets and sightseeing discounts in Rome, Italy

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SIGHTS COVERED BY THE ROMA PASS

Ancient sites & museums
Colosseum
Roman Forum
Palatine Hill
Capitoline Museums
Centrale Montemartini
Markets of Trajan
Ostia Antica
Museo Nazionale Romano (all branches)
Ara Pacis
Appia Antica circuit (Tomb of Cecilia Metella, Baths of Caracalla, Villa dei Quintili)
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Museo Barracco
Museo della Civiltà Romana
Museo delle Mura
Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale
Museo Nazionale dell'Alto Medioevo
Villa di Massenzio
Museo Nazionale Preisotrico ed Etnografico

Other museums
Galleria Borghese
Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo Corsini
Castel Sant'Angelo
Galleria Spada
Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia
Museo di Roma
Museo di Roma in Trastevere
MACRO
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
Museo Napoleonico
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
Museo Carlo Bilotti Aranceria di Villa Borghese
Museo Pietro Canonica a Villa Borghese
Musei di Villa Torlonia Casina delle Civette
Musei di Villa Torlonia Casino Nobile
Planetario e Museo Astronomico
Museo Civico di Zoologia
Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali

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Rome has so many overlapping (and territorial) agencies overseeing its vast array of sights that it has only recently been able to coordinate a single city-wide admission pass—and even that one has caveats.

My advice: Work out your sightseeing schedule so that you can hit as many sights as possible in three days—including at least two expensive sights you'll be getting for free—and the Roma Pass will be worth its weight in gold for the discounts on other sights plus the public transport freebies.

Roma Pass–Good Deal

The Roma Pass (www.romapass.it) is a card that can—if used wisely—reduce the cost of visiting Rome's A-list sights.

It's a bit complicated, but in brief: it costs €30, lasts 3 days, and gets you unlimited rides on all public buses and the Metro (an €11 value in of itself), plus get you free admission into any two sights of your choice from its list.

That list covers 41 museums, sights, and archeological areas—nearly everything in Rome except, unfortunately, the Vatican Museums.

You'll note from the list to the right that this includes most major archeological sights and museums in Rome (plus a bunch of minor ones).

After your first two freebies, you get a discounted admission to all other sights on the list—plus discounts on cultural events (theater, art shows, opera, dance, music), sightseeing bus tours, and a few other sundries.

[Until recently, there was a slighly more expensive version called "Roma & Più Pass" that covered sights in the surrounding Lazio province, including Tivoli (Ostia Antica and the Catacombs are included on the regular card). As of January 2012 this version was suspended—though whether temporarily or permanently is anybody's guess.]

Coverage: Pretty impressive, covering 41 sights and nearly everything in Rome save the Vatican. The downside is that there's no way to pack all of that into three days.
Savings: Since the public transportation function is already worth €11 (how much a three-day transport-only ticket costs), the sightseeing portion of pass really costs €19.
Upshot: Since the Museo Nazionale Romano (all branches) is well covered by its own cumulative ticket, (below), this Roma Pass card will pan out if you use it simply to get free entry to the Forum/Colosseum/Palatine Hill (which itself already costs €12) plus one other major sight—or, if you are for some reason skipping those, to any three other expensive biggies, such as the Capitoline Museums (€7.50) or Galleria Borghese (€8.50). After that, the discounts at further sights will just be gravy.
Where to get it: Any participating museum, Rome tourist info point, major Metro stations, or www.romapass.it.

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Museo Nazionale Romano Cumulative Ticket—Great Deal

The Museo Nazionale Romano sells a single admission card good for three days at all four branches. At a mere €7, it's possibly the best sightseeing value in Rome.

Coverage: It covers the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Palazzo Altemps, the Baths of Diocletian, and the Crypta Balbi. (The museo's fifth branch, the Aula Ottagona, is already free).
Savings: Technically none, since you can't buy single admissions to these sights individually. Still, it's a good deal.
Upshot: Only buy this if, for some reason, you do not plan to use this for one of your Roma Pass sights.
Where to get it: Any participating museum or from www.pierreci.it.

Archaeologia Card—Bad Deal

This €23 archeological card is good for seven days and covers three groupings of ancient sights: the Downtown Ancient Rome group (Roman Forum, the Colosseum, and the Palatine Hill; normally €12), the Museo Nazionale Romano group (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Palazzo Altemps, Baths of Diocletian, Crypta Balbi, Aula Ottagona; normally €7), and the Appian Way group (Baths of Caracalla, Tomb of Cecilia Metella, Villa of the Quintili; normally €6).

You can book one ahead of time and pick it up at the Colosseum. For more info, visit the booking site www.pierreci.it.

Coverage: It covers the most impressive, A-List archeological sites (Roman Forum, Colosseum, Palatine Hill, Baths of Caracalla) and one of the city's best museum networks (Museo Nazionale Romano) covering ancient Rome.
Savings: Minimal—a measly €2. This was, actually, a great deal for years—until the Forum joined the Colosseum and Palatine Hill on a single admission of €12 (used to be €18 combined) and collectively also joined the Roma Pass (which did not, at the time, cover these major sights, though it now does). Now, you'd have to visit practically everything covered by this card to accrue any savings—and they'd still be miniscule. Individual admissions to the biggest sights—all of which are already cumulative tickets—total €25. Net savings with the pass: a mere €2.
Upshot: Don't bother—since you'd be far better served getting Forum/Colosseum/Palatine covered by the Roma Pass, then paying for the other two groups covered by this pass individually.
Where to get it: Any participating museum or from www.pierreci.it.

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Rome discounts

Cumulative admission tickets and sightseeing discounts in Rome, Italy

Roma Pass–Good Deal

Museo Nazionale Romano Cumulative Ticket—Great Deal

Archaeologia Card—Bad Deal

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