Rome Omnia Card
At its core, the Rome Omnia Card is the official Roma Pass with extras. The 72-hour Roma Pass is fully contained in it, with public transport and free admissions, and on top of that come the Vatican Museums and three days of hop-on hop-off bus. This means a single card covers what would otherwise take two bookings. The card itself is physical and has to be collected in the centre.
What is included
- The complete 72-hour Roma Pass With everything that goes with it: unlimited public transport, the first two visits at no extra cost and reduced entry to further museums and sites.
- Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Exactly what the Roma Pass lacks, and for most visitors to Rome the reason to consider the Omnia Card at all.
- 72 hours of hop-on hop-off bus Three days of sightseeing tours where you can get on and off, in addition to public transport. That is more bus than most travellers actually need.
- Further museums and sites in the city Beyond the Roma Pass venues, a few more addresses are included, which are mainly suitable for a third or fourth day of sightseeing.
The small print
- Validity
- 3 calendar days from first use
- Scope
- Roma Pass plus Vatican and bus
- Public transport
- included
- Pickup
- pickup in Rome required
- Cancellation
- up to 14 days after purchase
Reservations
The Roma Pass rules apply. In addition, your visit to the Vatican Museums must be reserved online after purchase.
Providers compared
The same product from different sellers, and therefore with different prices and cancellation terms. Providers that do not currently sell the pass are not listed.
This page covers the 72-hour card. There is also a 24-hour version of the Omnia Card. It contains completely different services and cannot be compared with the card described here.
How the Rome Omnia Card works
At its core, the Omnia Card Rome & Vatican is the official Roma Pass with extras on top. The 72-hour Roma Pass is contained in it in full, with all its rules. This includes the rule that only the first two visits are free and all further ones are charged at a reduced rate.
Beyond that, the card contains the services the Roma Pass lacks: the Vatican Museums, the hop-on hop-off bus and a few smaller sites. All services together are valid for 72 hours from first use.
After purchase, you receive a voucher with which you collect the physical card, together with a brochure and a city map. There is no priority entry. For several attractions, you need a reserved time slot.
What the card includes
Through the Roma Pass
Through the included Roma Pass, you have access to the Colosseum with the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Capitoline Museums, the Circus Maximus, the Baths of Caracalla, the Galleria Borghese, Palazzo Valentini and other municipal sites. The first two visits are free, all further ones reduced. On top of this come public transport for 72 hours and discounts on tours and left-luggage storage. You will find the details on our Roma Pass page.
Additionally in the Omnia Card
- Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
- 72 hours on the hop-on hop-off bus
- Carcer Tullianum (Mamertine Prison)
- Archbasilica of St John Lateran with cloister
- Audio guide for the city
Is the card worth it?
The card is expensive. It only pays off with an intensive programme, and even then the advantage is not large. The calculation has two stages, because the card itself consists of two parts.
The included Roma Pass pays for itself easily on its own; you can read how this works in detail on our Roma Pass page. That leaves the question of whether the surcharge is worth the additional services. Bought individually, these services cost the following amounts:
The additional services, individually
- Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel — around €25
- 72 hours on the hop-on hop-off bus — around €50
- Carcer Tullianum — around €10
- Archbasilica of St John Lateran — around €6
- Audio guide for the city — around €7.50
Together, this comes to just under €100. Compare this amount with the difference between the price of the Omnia Card at the top of this page and the price of the Roma Pass on its own page. At current prices, the surcharge is slightly below that. So the card is worth it for you if you really do use all the included services.
One point speaks in favour of the card here. Getting a ticket for the Vatican Museums at the official price is difficult, because the allocation is limited, and tickets available at short notice cost considerably more elsewhere. For this line of the calculation, you should therefore work with the higher figure.
Two objections to this calculation
- 72 hours of bus travel is more than most visitors need. The hop-on hop-off routes stop at only a few places and are poorly suited to getting quickly to a particular destination. If you use the bus on one day and then get around by metro, a one-day ticket would have cost you considerably less.
- You have to use almost all the services. This applies within 72 hours and on top of several visits with the included Roma Pass, which makes for a packed programme. For the same period, the Rome City Pass offers similar services at a better price.
Purchase and collection
The card is sold through the provider's official website, where you can pay by credit card, debit card or PayPal, and through GetYourGuide, where more payment methods are available to you. After purchase, you receive a voucher for collection.
You can collect the card at only two places:
- ORP office at St Peter's Basilica, Piazza Pio XII 9
- ORP office at the Lateran complex
If you buy on the official website, you have a 14-day right of withdrawal. Through GetYourGuide, the booking can be cancelled up to 24 hours before the start of your trip.
What speaks against the Omnia Card
- The saving remains small. If saving money is your main concern, the Roma Pass is the more suitable product.
- It is only valid for 72 hours. Validity starts with the first use, and you have to fit a lot into this time for the calculation to work out.
- You make the reservations yourself. For the Colosseum, the Vatican Museums, the Galleria Borghese and Castel Sant'Angelo, you have to plan your visits in advance.
- The card is not digital, and there are only two collection points. Both are in the centre, not at the airport. This is the most striking difference from the Roma Pass, which is now available as an app.
When the pass is worth buying
The Rome Omnia Card is intended for travellers who want to take the official Roma Pass but have already firmly planned the Vatican. It saves you two separate bookings. Even so, work out the extra cost compared with the Roma Pass against the individual price of the Vatican Museums, because not much is left over. And bear in mind that the card is a physical card that has to be collected in the centre.