ONLINE TICKETS
Rome
ONLINE TICKETS
Rome
ALL ONLINE TICKETS FOR ROME
AT A GLANCE!
It is becoming more and more common to buy your tickets to museums online in advance. But of course, it is not a must.
Note: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, it is even a requirement to purchase online tickets at many attractions.
Occasionally, the prices of these online tickets are slightly higher for some attractions, but others are available at the same price or there are even offers to save some money.
Our list of
online-Tickets
Vatican Museums + Sistine Chapel
Official admission ticket:
EUR 20 + EUR 5 online fee (without audio guide)
Only credit card accepted, selling fast!
Tip 1: Agency Prices: Cheaper with GETYOURGUIDE
Single ticket without an audio guide is cheaper via GetYourGuide:
EUR 32 for adults
EUR 21 for children aged 7 to 18 years
With an audio guide, admission costs EUR 39 with Get Your Guide (EUR 28 for young people)
The alternative from the provider Tiqets is more expensive
without audio guide:
EUR 33.50 for adults
EUR 24.50 for young people (7-17 years)
Free admission for children under 6
No audio guide currently with Tiqets.
Various payment options: Payment can be made by credit card, Paypal or Giropay (transfer via online banking) or Payconiq by Bancontact (mobile payment method).
Vatican Museums + Sistine Chapel: last minute ticket
Tip 2: If the other tickets aresold out, there are still last minute tickets available at Tiqets (without audio guide)
Prices: Provider Tiqets
– Without audio guide!
+ reservation at the Pantheon… (still crazy the price)
EUR 57 for adults
EUR 48 for young people (6-17 years)
free admission for children under 6
St. Peter Basilica
Guided Tours
Provider Tiqets
Find an overview of all guided tours here!
Prices:
starting from EUR 25 for adults
Language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Duration: 1 hour
No Skip the line!
Find out more about the St. Peters Basilica
Extra Tipp: Guided Tour: the Dome + access to the Basilica
Provider Tiqets
Prices:
EUR 52 for young people over the age of 15 and adults
EUR 47 for children aged 3-14 years
free admission & tour for children under the age of 3
Language: English
Duration: 3 hours
Group size: up to 25 people
No Skip the line!
Find out more about the St. Peters Dome
St. Peter Basilica Dome with Audioguide!
Tip: Back again! Admission + dome ascent + audio guide!
Price: EUR 29 for all
Included:
Admission ticket for the dome
Supervision at the meeting point
No Skip the line!
Colosseum & Roman Forum
Entrance ticket to the Colosseum + Roman Forum
only via the official channels of the Colosseum
Online official site: 18 Euro (EN/IT)
External providers can only offer these in combination with a guided tour or similar:
Best offer from provider GetyourGuide
Admission with audio guide:
EUR 20.80 for price for all
12,80 Euro for children between 3-17 years
Best offer from the provider Tiqets:
Admission + app audio guide
Prices:
EUR 29 for everybody
Entrance ticket to the Colosseum + Roman Forum + Multimedia Experience
Provider Tiqets
Prices:
EUR 40 for adults
Guided Tour at the Colosseum + Roman Forum + Palatin hill
Provider: GetYourGuide
Prices:
EUR 49.92 for adults
EUR 30.16 for Kids between 6-17
EUR 4 for Kids under the age of 6
Language: English, Italian, French, Spanish, German
Duration: 2.5 hours
The Colosseum for Kids – Guided Tour
Provider Tiqets
Prices:
EUR 89 for adults
EUR 59 for teenagers between 6 – 17 years
EUR 19 for children between 0 – 5 years
Language: English
Duration: 2.5 hours
Group size: up to 15 people
Find out more about the History of the Colosseum or the situation on site.
Borghese Gallery
Admission ticket
Official Page: EUR 15 + EUR 2 reservation fee.
Provider Tiqets
Prices:
from EUR 23 for adults (16 to 99 years)
free for children up to 15 years
*Booking process in English, price including exhibitions.
Guided Tour:
Provider Tiqets
Prices:
EUR 95 for people older than 18 years. No reduced tickets here
Language: English
Duration: 2 hours
Group size: up to 15 people
Castel Sant’Angelo: Admission ticket
On site: 15 Euro + 2 Euro reservation
Prices: Provider Tiqets
EUR 20.50 for adults
EUR 6.70 for children and young people (18 – 25 years)
EUR 4.50 for children under 18
Tip: EUR 32 with audio guide! Skip the line admission!
Lateran Basilica: Admission ticket
On site: buy everything separately
Price: via Tiqets
incl. audio guide
incl. cloister
EUR 7 for adults
EUR 6 for kids between 6–17 years
free for children under 6 years.
Mamertine Prison of St Peter: Admission ticket
On site: admission + virtual tour for EUR 11
Prices: Provider Tiqets
EUR 11 for adults
EUR 6 for children (6 – 16 years)
Free for children under 6 years
Info: The reviews on Tripadvisor are rather poor. But I will still visit it for you!
THE VISITOR
TYPES
a) Type “Save money and wait longer” = buy on site
Prices are usually a bit cheaper locally in Rome, so you would save money that way. However, you have to arm yourself with water, reading material and patience for the major sights such as St. Peter’s Basilica or the Vatican Museums.
At the Galleria Borghese it can be that there are no more tickets left – you can only get in with a reservation and only 360 people are admitted every 2 hours.
There are several queues in the Colosseum: one in front of the security checkpoint – this applies to both types of visitors and one in front of the cash desks – i.e. for you.
Of course, the queues also depend entirely on the season. The busiest months are March-April and July-October. Since the climate here is quite mild, Rome is often used as a destination for Easter and autumn holidays, but summer is also very busy!
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Bottom line: You save money, but you have to expect waiting times at many sights.
b) Type “save time and spend a little more money” = buy online
Online prices are sometimes a bit higher. The museums charge an extra fee and so do the suppliers who offer these tickets.
But you get something for that! You can pass the people waiting! So, you tend to see more of the city by saving 2.3 hours of “lifetime” here and there.
Here, too, you should plan ahead for the months of March/April and July – October.
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Bottom line: You might spend a few euros more, but save a lot of time at the admissions!
YOU must now decide which group of people you belong to.
But maybe a combination of both is possible. You don’t have to buy an online ticket for everything!
A mix of planned and spontaneous visits is always best anyway!
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