Airport transfer, public transport, fast entry. Everything that was promised went smoothly. We booked the Colosseum/Forum and Vatican Museums: We had entry to the sights with almost no waiting times in the fast lane. One star deducted because the tickets had to be organised for public transport and some entrances to certain places.
In principle, the Turbopass was helpful and the booked appointments were on time. Unfortunately, the "Vatican" stop for the hop-on buses (booked for 48 hours) was almost 2 km further away than stated due to a lot of construction work in Rome. That meant another 3-4 km of walking on those days. Nevertheless, we were very satisfied overall.
The Turbopass has a lot of content, but it is a bit confusing and therefore not easy to use. You really have to take the time to study the content and the necessary procedure/booking method beforehand. Overall, though, it's great and recommendable.
Overall, this pass is very useful, especially if you take the ticket for public transport. However, some visits are not worth lingering over. For example, the Pantheon where you have to go and get a second ticket further away while everywhere else you just have to show the QR code. As for the Vatican, you really have to be motivated to go there, it is so full of people and you are sent around in all directions before finally being able to see the Sistine Chapel for 2 minutes... I strongly advise going to smaller structures which will be much more pleasant to visit like the Stadio Domiziano or Vicus Caprarius.
The only thing that could have been sent in advance was the entrance tickets to the Vatican. Otherwise everything was perfect.
Historic Rome is a wonderful place to explore on foot. However, if you don't have much time or are not a good walker, the hop-on hop-off buses are great! Or if it rains
Sunset in the Terraza del Pinico park with an overview of Rome
The initial email I received did not have the required tickets attached. I contacted the turbopass customer service and was helped very quickly.
If you want to do a lot of attractions, the Turbo Pass is definitely worth it financially. But please don't confuse it with the Rome Pass! The airport transfer is cheap, but it only takes you from the airport to the main train station (Termini), not to your hotel! I had to "get to grips with it" at first, but once you know how to get the tickets, it's really no problem. I would book it again.
We spent 6 days in Rome and we took a 5-day City Pass. Overall, it made our trip easier, but it would be nice to have a little more details, for example, the tourist bus, it was not clearly indicated that it was the green IOBUS that we had to take, we struggled a little, before finding it... Also nice, the entrances included for several attractions, but often you have to go and get the tickets and it is not clearly noted where (for the Pantheon for example), we had to ask to find the place. Overall, I recommend it.
We do not regret having purchased the City pass for our stay in Rome. We had booked the entrances to the main sites to see, we were able to cross Rome by metro without any problem and the transfer to the airport in the center of Rome went well. The only drawback is that it is a shame to have to go to the City pass office at Termini station to collect the transport ticket for the week. Why not send it by email to the customer? If the plane is delayed in the evening, the office is closed to collect the transport ticket.
I preferred the Firenze Card which offered more visits (museums...). So the city tour and the public transport pass are really a very appreciable plus
No problem with the tickets. Just go to the tourist office, choose the attraction and take the tickets with you. Great thing. I'd be happy to do it again.
We enjoyed our visit because of turbo pass, though we didn't have enough time to see some more places that we wanted to see.
We would recommend it. We order the Colosseum Ticket (Skip Queue ) and Vatican Museum - skip the queue before we left home with the Rome City PAss. I was dubious of the \"skip the queue.\" However it was a great advantage to have this. We availed of many of the additions attractions included in the Pass. We had the hop on hop off bus ticket. We only used it once. WE made more use of the bus/tram ticket. Finding the place where to get the bus/tram ticket was awkward as we were unsure of what we were looking for. The staff handing out the bus/tram tickets were disinterested and rude. We needed to use the Roma Tourisation office to get tickets for the Castel Sant Angelo and the Catacombs and more. The staff in these offices were very efficient, helpful and organised.
It definitely saved us a lot of Euro. For Example we had entry for the Pallatine Hill/Roman Forum. It was included in our Roma City Pass. We became aware that a different tourist was charged 100Euro for entry to this site, which he had to pay at the entrance.
TurboPass tickets are also checked several times, but it goes very quickly. There are many museums and attractions that are actually impossible to visit in the given days, which is why it is overpriced. Nevertheless, I will buy it again. From experience, I will also book an airport transfer. You also have to be patient. The tickets came by email one day before departure, but they also informed me of this in the confirmation email.
The ticket really saves time by not having to queue for hours, for example at the Vatican. However, in addition to the ticket, you are sometimes also required to have an entrance ticket which you have to pick up at the tourist information office, which you first have to find.
great accompaniment to a city break if you’re there to see the sites. Used for Athens and Rome. Fast Track into historic sites is a great bonus as is the hop on hop off buses. Generally better best value if you are there for 3+ days. Be careful with entry on fast track that you don’t miss picking up maps of site visiting, especially for Vatican we did and missed seeing The Sistene Chapel, as didn’t realise entrance through Vatican. Very disappointing! On the whole really good and would recommend.
great accompaniment to a city break if you’re there to see the sites. Used for Athens and Rome. Fast Track into historic sites is a great bonus as is the hop on hop off buses. Generally better best value if you are there for 3+ days. Be careful with entry on fast track that you don’t miss picking up maps of site visiting, especially for Vatican we did and missed seeing The Sistene Chapel, as didn’t realise entrance through Vatican. Very disappointing! On the whole really good and would recommend.
This 2-day pass was practical for trying different things like museums not included in the program, tourist buses to take as often as you like over 48 hours (instead of the metro or the city bus). No worries entering the selected museums. You must be well organized and plan travel times between each site.