A little confused here... can you guys help.
As I understand that Roma Pass allows free admission to the first 2 sites.
I plan on visiting the Colosseum and national museum as for my 2 sites on my first day in Rome and Borghese Museum for my 3rd site for maybe on 2nd or 3rd day
Question: In this case do I still need to book tickets for Borghese Musuem ? or is reservation + Roma Pass should be sufficient enough
You need to book a specific timeslot at the Borghese Museum regardless, and tell them that you have the Roma Pass. You pay the reduced rate at the site.
I chose as the 2 free sites the Colosseum/Forum/Palantine Hill, and the Borghese Gallery... the National Museum was only 7 euros.
If you plan to use your Roma Pass at the Colosseum and Borghese, but go to the National Museum before the Borghese, then DON'T show your Roma Pass at the National Museum. You won't get the discount, but you have to use the 2 free entries first--there is no way to pick and choose.
If you use the Roma Pass for your Colosseum and National Museum entry, you will have to purchase tickets for the Borghese separately. Whether you can reserve and then pay for the tickets (getting the slight discount) later, I'm not sure.
As the other poster noted, the National Museum is cheaper, so most people prefer to use their free entry at the Colosseum and Borghese.
If you do decide to use the Roma Pass free entry at the Borghese, you must still reserve and you cannot do it online. They will give you a confirmation number, and that plus the Roma Pass (that still has one valid free entry) is sufficient.
I highly recommend the Roma Pass. You can get it at the main train station (tourism office) or airport. It basically gets you into two museums for free, other museums at a discount, and all buses and metros. It's the cost of two museum entrances but you get the ease of being able to hop on and off a bus or metro anytime even for just one stop. Plus they give you a good map of Rome and a book that tells you about each museum, their hours, cost, and major sights. The best part is you could call the customer service number and ask anything like "I'm trying to go from here to there - what's the best way to get there?" and they'll tell you exactly what bus/metro to take and saves you time and money of cabs when the public transportation is easy if they tell you what to take. Check out www.romapass.it.
If you want to go to the Borghese Museum (which is worth it) call 0039 06 8413979 and make an appointment letting them know you'll be using the Roma Pass. We used our Roma Pass for the Coliseum and Borghese. Use it for your first two most expensive museums so you can get the discounts on the ones after and get the most out of your Roma Pass. If you don’t use the Roma Pass for the Borghese you can buy and reserve tickets online: http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/einfo.htm.
