Dear fellow travelers,
I'm trying to get the tickets online for the Museo Nazionale Romano (Palazzo Massimo) and I'm very confused. On RS Italy guidebook (the last edition) it says that the ticket price is 10 euros or the combo ticket is 12 euros. I went to the the museum website and unfortunately their site/page is down, so I found the emc.coopculture.it and they only have the Card-combine ticket for 27 euros per person, plus after entering the ticket quantity on their cart, there was no option to select a day/time for the visit.
https://ecm.coopculture.it/index.php?option=com_snapp&view=event&id=1FC84CDB-923C-B00D-0C7D-016F3858412B&catalogid=66824C31-CA48-60B0-26E8-016F385C2A0C&lang=en
we would like to visit the museum in June 2nd or early on June 3rd.
My questions are:
Have any of you visited the museum? and if so, how did you get the tickets?
How much did you pay?
When you bought the tickets, did you had to select a date and time for the visit?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions/input.
Posted by
Los Angeles
1206 posts
Try this link - for Palazzo Massimo - click on Details:
Are advance tickets even necessary? They don't appear to be timed entry. You may just be able to walk up and purchase at the door.
Posted by
Washington DC
28247 posts
I went to the Palazzo Massimo in February or March. I just walked up. I didn't pay anything because that museum was free on International Women's Day. I did have to go to the counter to get the free ticket. There was no line, and I was one of very few visitors. I loved the mosaics.
I wouldn't worry about getting a ticket in advance. I suppose there's a slight possibility you might arrive 30 seconds after a group of school children and have to wait a few minutes while their tickets were purchased, but it's really unlikely.
Rome has lots of very good museums, but it seemed that 90+% of the tourists were at the same few places, and the Palazzo Massimo flies way under the radar.
I don't know what the 27-euro ticket is. According to my notes, the combo ticket is supposed to cost 15 euros and covers Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Terme di Diocleziano and Palazzo Altemps. The Crypta Balbi is usually part of the same package deal, but I assume it's still closed.
Posted by
Los Angeles by way of Providence and Rome
627 posts
Confirming what others have said, you just walk in and buy your ticket. It is a wonderful museum right near the Termini train station. I don't know why more tourists don't go there. While you are in the neighborhood, the Baths of Diocletian are nearby and also well worth visiting. You don't need an advance ticket there either.
Posted by
Washington DC
28247 posts
But you'd want to go for the combo ticket in that case--not the 27-euro ticket, whatever it is.
Posted by
OP
20 posts
Grazie mille a tutti! Thanks for your input.
Blanca