City Pass cards?

Here's a link to the details of the Roma Pass. It seems similar to what's offered for may U.S. cities.

Not sure what a city pass is here in the States. I don't think they have one for Pittsburgh.

Anyway, the romapass is great. It offers two free site entrances, discounts on all others covered by the pass, skip the line access, and a transportation pass. This will cost 23 euros through January and then there is supposed to be a price increase to 25 euros. The pass is good for three days and covers most of the pay sites within Rome and the surrounding area.

The pass will not cover admission to the Vatican museums as they are not "in" Rome.

The transport pass and the sites pass can be used independently of each other and both last 3 days. The transport pass will not cover any of the trains to or from the airport but will cover the metro, buses and trams in Rome.

Most people use the pass to gain free entrance to the colosseum combo (colosseum, palatine hill and forum) and the Borghese gallery (make sure to reserve a time ahead of your visit). You can also use the pass to get into Ostia Antica and the train trip there will be covered by the transport part of the pass. If this is one of the first two sites you see with the pass the entire trip will be free. For the colosseum combo you are allowed 2 days to see the three sites but they must be during the 3 days the pass is valid.

For more info check out romapass.it

Donna

Awesome. This was very helpful info.

Grazie!

Many cities, in the U.S. and abroad have some form of city pass geared towards tourists. These vary from city to city, but generally include admission to certain attractions and often includes transportation.

For instance, as mentioned above, the Roma Pass gives you admission to 2 sites free. You also get a 3-day unlimited use bus/metro pass. Orvieto's Carta Unica gives you one funicular ride, as well as admission to nearly every main sight in town. Seattle's City Pass includes admission to the Space Needle, Zoo, Aquarium, and other Seattle sights, but no transportation. So I would say they are all based on the same idea, but what you get varies from place to place.