Rome: the answers that carry a date

Four numbers decide a Rome budget in 2026: a tourist tax of €3.00 to €10.00 a person a night for up to 10 nights, a Roma Pass at €38.00 for 48 hours or €62.90² for 72, €2 to reach the Trevi basin, and €18 for a named, timed Colosseum ticket.

The tax: €6.00 in most B&Bs and short lets

Rome's contributo di soggiorno runs from €3.00 a person a night in campsites to €10.00 in 5-star hotels, and it stops after 10 consecutive nights in the same property. In between: €4.00 for 1 star, €5.00 for 2, €6.00 for 3 and €7.50 for 4, with €6.00 for B&Bs, holiday apartments and short-term rentals and €3.50 for hostels.

The Giunta Capitolina set these rates on July 17, 2023, and they have applied since October 1, 2023. Some guides still print €7.00 for a 4-star hotel; the official table says €7.50. How it compares across cities is at the tourist tax in Italy.

Is the Roma Pass worth it for three days?

Only if both free entries go on expensive sites. The 72-hour pass costs €62.90² and bundles two free entries with unlimited city transport; a 72-hour ATAC transport ticket on its own is €22.00.

So the pass's extra €40.90 has to buy two entries worth more than that, and a full Colosseum ticket is €18. The 48-hour version costs €38.00 with one free entry, and both versions cover the urban network for the life of the card.

Five ZTLs and about 50 cameras

Rome has five limited traffic zones, and the Centro Storico one is active Monday to Friday from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm and on Saturday from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm, holidays excluded (06:30 to 18:00 and 14:00 to 18:00 on the signs). The Tridente runs Monday to Friday 6:30 am to 7:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am to 7:00 pm (2026).

At night, Trastevere and San Lorenzo close Wednesday to Saturday from 9:30 pm to 3:00 am, and the Centro Storico and Testaccio on Friday and Saturday from 11:00 pm to 3:00 am, except in August, when the night zones are suspended. About 50 electronic gates read plates. The map is at ZTL in Rome.

Trevi: €2 since February 2, 2026

Going down to the basin of the Trevi Fountain has cost €2 for non-residents since February 2, 2026. Hours are Monday and Friday 11:30 am to 10:00 pm and the other days 9:00 am to 10:00 pm, with last entry at 9:00 pm.

Residents of Rome and its metropolitan area, under 6s, disabled visitors with one companion and licensed guides enter free. On site you pay only by card.

Colosseum, Pantheon, Vatican

Colosseum tickets are named and timed and go on sale online 30 days before the visit; the standard 24-hour ticket costs €18, includes the Forum and Palatine, and allows 75 minutes inside the amphitheater (2026). How the release works is at the Colosseum ticket release.

The Pantheon went from €5.00 to €7.00 on July 1, 2026, with €2.00 for 18 to 25s and free entry under 18, daily 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. The Vatican Museums cost €20.00 plus €5.00 to book online, and are free on the last Sunday of each month. What a skip-the-line ticket actually buys is at what skip-the-line skips.

Fiumicino to Termini: 32 minutes, €14

The Leonardo Express runs nonstop between Fiumicino and Roma Termini in 32 minutes, every 15 minutes, for €14.00 one way (2026). From Termini the first train leaves at 4:50 am and the last at 11:05 pm; from the airport, 5:38 am to 11:27 pm.

Under 4s ride free, and one child aged 4 to 12 rides free with each paying adult. Other ways into the city are at getting to Rome.

Weather: August at 77.7°F

August is Rome's warmest month, averaging 77.7°F (25.4°C¹⁰) with a mean daily high of 88.9°F (31.6°C), and January the coolest at 45.5°F (7.5°C), on the 1991-2020 normals from Ciampino.

Plan the outdoor sites for the morning from June to September. Month by month, the numbers are at weather in Rome, and the city at Roma. Prices on this page are in euros.

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