Roma Pass

We only had three days in Roma, we got the 48hrs Roma Pass. Many visit sites are walk-​able. The 48hrs Roma Pass comes with one free museum admission. The Colosseum, Rome Forum and Palatine Hill only 12 euro. We did not get our money worth for the Roma Pass 28 euro. If we will go back to Roma in the future, we will not buy the Roma Pass. Again, Roma city center almost everywhere is walk-​able. We did not need to use a lot of the public transportation.

Skip it; it is a cheep piece of crap and the employees aren’t much better. These passes are nothing more than heavy paper with a bar code printed on it. They won’t work if they get so much as creased from being in your pocket, and not only will they not give you new one if it stops working, but they treat you as if you personally insulted their country by «damaging» it. I kid you not, this is what they said to us when we asked if we could be issued a new one due to a crease from said pocket: «No, it is damaged, we won’t give you a new one. Would you take a Louis Vuitton purse out in the rain? No, because you are supposed to treat your things with respect. This (holding the card as if it were a dead bug and scolding us like children) is the same thing as 65 Euros!» Um, no you idiot, if a Euro bill gets a crease in it, it is still accepted EVERYWHERE. We didn’t even end up using all the benefits from it. Don’t waste your time or money.

We purchased the Roma Pass in conjunction with the Omnia Pass for $ 95 €/​person. The Roma pass gives you 72 hours from activation time to take advantage of it’s features.
With the pass comes unlimited travel on city buses, trams and Metro (subway). It also allows for 2 free visits to one of countless sites located across the city. We used it for access to: 1) the Colosseum and 2) The Roman Forum and Palatine Hill.
The pass also provides discounts at other museums/​sites once you’ve utilized the 2 free admissions you get.
The Metro is very easy to operate, so don’t be afraid to travel with locals.

Der Roma-​Pass ist für einen Stadtbesuch goldwert, wenn man viele Sehenswürdigkeiten besichtigen möchte.
Er kostet 34,00 EUR/​Pers. und bietet eine drei-​Tageskarte für alle öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel (Wert 18 €), freien Eintritt zu zwei Attraktionen (Museen oder archeologische Ausgrabungen), Ermässigungen bei Besichtigung weiterer Museen und 5,00 EUR Preisnachlass für die Stadtrundfahrt mit dem hip on hop Bus (Linie 110).
Ganz wichtig: der Pass gilt nicht für Villa Borghese (Tickets nur online) und Vatikanische Museen (hier sollte man von Deutschland aus die Tickets online kaufen, um langes Anstellen zu vermeiden).
Beim Besuch der Roma Antica (Koloseum, Palatin und Forum — Kombiticket 12,00 EUR) konnten wir per priority lane über einen anderen Eingang mit dem Pass an den endlosen Schlangen vorbei gehen und so die gewonene Zeit für die Besichtigung nutzen.
Auch für die Nutzung der Verkehrsmittel hat es sich gelohnt: man kann stressfrei 3 Tage lang überall und so oft man möchte hinfahren (wir hatten oft den Bus benutzt, da die Metro an Werktagen überfüllt war). Wer länger als 3 Tage im Rom bleibt kann sich eine Tageskarte für 6,00 EUR kaufen.
Mit dem Roma Pass erhält man die Roma Map, auf dem alle teilnehmenden Museen und Einrichtungen vermerkt sind sowie die Roma News mit Hinweisen zu diversen Veranstaltungen.
Fazit: Wir haben damit viel Zeit und Geld gespart, ich kann es jedem nur empfehlen!

Quick note: just noticed that Chun P. alerted everyone that the price is now 34 Euros as of Sept 2013. This changes the math a little but, here’s my two cents:
I just want to add that if you’re going during any kind of busy season (we were there in April and it was still kooky), you might lose a bit of money on the pass, but you may also make up for that by preserving your *sanity* in terms of the lines at both your museum/​attraction of choice and at the Metro stations. Remember, you won’t need a train pass for 3 days and you can skip some of the lines at some attractions.
It’s the whole time/​money dilemma. You choose!
See my full review for more info:. ..

Yes it’s worth it. Works on all public transportation and you do not need to wait in coliseum. That alone is worth the price. You can get it at tobacco store.

Price just went up to 34 Euros as of September 2013, dang it!
Still a good value overall though if you hit up at least 3 sites. We got to see 3 Museums for free:
The Collesum/​Form (12e), and you skip the line!
Borghese Gallery (11e)
Ostia Antica (10e)
It was only supposed to be 2 free with Roma Pass, but the bored lady at Ostia Antica didn’t scan our Roma Passes and just printed up 2 free tickets for us. Nice! I guestimate we used the Metro for at least 15 euros worth a person (The Metro is 1.50e each way), so overall we saved we a few Euros with the Roma Pass. Also comes with a nice big map of Rome.
But if you only plan to visit 2 sites, you may just want to pay for everything separately. You can buy these at the airport.

Bought two of these online and the instructions were to «pick up at Terminal 3» at the airport. I had no idea what this meant. I’ll save you all my headaches going to the information booth in Terminal 3, asking security, and looking for perhaps a person walking around? …Just to let you know that in Terminal 3 there is a STOREFRONT called — you guessed it — ROMA PASS and it’s all bright orange and yellow. So you pick up the pass and groovy, you can use it for three days, first two sites are free and a discount on the rest. I ended up only using it for two places — the Forum and the Colosseum. The Colosseum had a 3-​hour-​long line… unless you had a Roma Pass. Then your private, separate line to the left of the long line waltzed right in. Totally worth buying it for that reason alone.

Very essential part of any DIY tourist’s toolkit.
Only $ 30 Euros (about $ 42.50) for a three-​day pass. You get free entry into 2 museums or archeological sites, then a 30% discount on each additional museum or site. Unlimited access to all Metro subway trains, buses, and trolleys (including the Lido/​Ostia train line).
We really got our money’s worth out of this package deal, as our first three days took us to 4 museums & sites which basically paid for the cost of the pass. However, we rode the Metro & ATAC buses an average of 8 times per diem, so when you do the math ($ 1.50 Euros x 24 subway/​bus rides = $ 36 Euros worth of transportation).
My only caveat: you won’t get your money’s worth if you buy your pass on a Sunday/​Monday — nearly all the museums and attractions covered by the Roma Pass are CLOSED on those two days. You will still «break even» if you hit 2 – 3 sites on Tuesday.