What a Cinecittà ticket gets you
Two products share the name, and most search traffic mixes them up, so here is the split.
Cinecittà Studios: Cinecittà si Mostra
Cinecittà was built in 1937 on Via Tuscolana and is still Europe’s largest film studio, with 19 sound stages. Fellini shot most of his films here, Hollywood made Ben-Hur, Cleopatra and Gangs of New York on the lot, and HBO’s Rome left behind a full-scale ancient Rome set that the studio kept. Since 2011 the visitor programme, Cinecittà si Mostra (“Cinecittà shows off”), lets you into a defined part of the site.
The ticket covers:
- Exhibitions in the historic buildings by the entrance: the story of the studios, Fellini’s Rome, costumes and props, and a hands-on section on how sets, sound and effects are made.
- The permanent outdoor sets, visited on the guided walk: the ancient Rome forum built for HBO (used since by Rome-themed productions), the Florence of the 1400s built for the TV series Francesco, and the Temple of Jerusalem set.
- Cinebimbicittà on Sundays: workshops and interactive events for children, included in the ticket.
- Special events, evening openings and set visits with production staff are extra and announced on the official site.
Tickets are from €14 on Tiqets (checked , rated 3.9 from about 130 reviews; the official price is similar, about €15 full. Tiqets tickets here are non-refundable. Plan 2–3 hours; the guided set walk is the highlight and the timetable is posted at the desk when you enter.
Three facts to place the studios: Mussolini opened them on 28 April 1937 to compete with Hollywood; after the war the lot housed refugees before Quo Vadis (1951) brought the Americans and the “Hollywood on the Tiber” decade; and Fellini kept Studio 5, the largest stage in Europe, as his second home until his death in 1993. It is still a working studio, so what you can visit depends on what is shooting: a set in use is closed, and the guides say so on the day.
Who each one suits
Choose the studios if you are an adult travelling without children, a film fan, or anyone relying on public transport: it is a museum-style visit with a walk, not a day out. Choose the park if you have children over 120 cm and a car or a shuttle booking, and if a summer day of coasters and pools sounds better than another ruin. Families with children under 6 will get more from Roma World alone than from the main park, where the height limits exclude most rides.
Cinecittà World: the theme park
Cinecittà World opened in 2014 on the site of the old Dino De Laurentiis studios at Castel Romano, 25 km south of the centre on the Via Pontina. It is a cinema-themed amusement park with about 40 attractions, designed with sets by Dante Ferretti, and it runs a full show programme daily.
The main rides:
- Altair, a roller coaster with 10 inversions
- Inferno, an indoor coaster in the dark, themed on Dante
- Volarium, the flying-cinema simulator, 12 m above the floor
- Jurassic War, a dinosaur dark ride, and Aktium, the water-battle slides
- Family rides, a children’s zone, a cinema, the Cinetour behind-the-scenes walk and daily stunt and dance shows
The park ticket includes two sister parks on the same site: Aqua World, a water park with the 1,700 m² Cinepiscina, the 300-m Paradise River, the Vortex and Boomerang slides and Phuket Beach with loungers, open in summer; and Roma World, an ancient-Rome experience park in the cork woods with a legionary camp, a gladiator arena, market stalls and Roman food, aimed at families with children under 12.
On Tiqets the open-date entry ticket is from €39 on Tiqets (checked , with free cancellation up to 24 hours before, and it includes Aqua World and Roma World. The official site sells fixed-date tickets at €29 adult and €24 for children up to 140 cm, open-date at €39/€30, and a €69 season pass for 2026 (a VIP pass with FastPass is €109). Roma World alone is from €19 on Tiqets and Aqua World alone from €22, so if you only want the water park in July, buy that.
Timing is everything
Studios. Open every day except Tuesday, roughly 9:30 to 18:30 with last entry an hour before. Go on a weekday morning for the sets without groups; Sunday brings families for the workshops. Summer afternoons on the outdoor sets are hot with no shade: aim for the first set walk of the day. The ancient Rome set is best photographed before 11:00, when the light is low on the painted facades.
Park. The season runs from around Easter to early January, with the park open daily in July and August and only at weekends and holidays in spring, autumn and the Halloween and Christmas periods; there are closed days in November and January. Standard hours are 11:00 to 19:00, later for summer nights and Halloween, when the park runs a horror programme that is not for young children. Arrive at opening: Altair and Inferno have short queues until about 12:30. Aqua World runs June to September; on a weekday in early July the pools are quiet, on an August Sunday they are not. Roma World is at its best in spring and October, when walking in the cork woods is pleasant.
How to save
- Fixed-date beats open-date at the park: €29 against €39 on the official site. Use the Tiqets open-date ticket when your weather day is uncertain and you value the free cancellation.
- Children under 100 cm are free and up to 140 cm pay the child rate.
- Season pass at €69 pays off from the third visit; Roman families use it, tourists rarely will.
- Do not buy Aqua World and the park separately: the park ticket already includes it.
- Studios reductions for 6–18s, students and over-65s exist at the desk; under-6s are free.
- No city pass covers either site. Roma Pass and Omnia are irrelevant here; see City passes for what they do include.
- Hotel package: the park sells a €54 two-day parks-plus-hotel deal in low season; worth a look for a family staying near the outlet.
How to get there
- Cinecittà Studios: Metro A, direction Anagnina, to Cinecittà (about 25 minutes from Termini). Cross Via Tuscolana; the visitor entrance is at number 1055, next to the main studio gate. Buses 557 and 590 also stop outside. Standard ATAC fare.
- Cinecittà World: by car, Via Pontina (SS148) exit Castel Romano, then follow signs; free parking. By public transport, Metro B or the Roma–Lido line to EUR Magliana or Tor di Valle, then a taxi (about 20 minutes). A paid shuttle from central Rome runs on park days and must be reserved on the official site.
- Fares, day passes and the airport lines are in Transport & transfers.
What is nearby
- Near the studios: the Parco degli Acquedotti, three stops back on Metro A at Giulio Agricola, for the aqueducts at sunset; and the Appian Way, 15 minutes by taxi, where the Gladiator School is.
- Near the park: the Castel Romano designer outlet next door; Ostia Antica, 25 minutes by car, for a real Roman city; and the beaches at Torvaianica and Ostia, where Zoomarine is too.
- For the other parks in this family see Water parks & zoo.
Booking checklist
- Decide which Cinecittà you mean: studios (film history, Metro) or park (rides, car).
- Studios: buy on Tiqets or at the desk; note the time of the next set walk on arrival.
- Park: fixed-date official ticket if the day is certain, Tiqets open-date if it is not; check the calendar for closed days.
- Park: children’s height decides the price and which rides they can board; measure before you book.
- Aqua World: swimwear, towels, sunscreen, cash or card for loungers; lockers are on site.
- Studios: mostly outdoor set walk, hat and water in summer; photography allowed, drones not.
- Both accept mobile tickets; the park scans at the turnstiles, the studios at the desk.
Cinecittà in Rome is either a €14 afternoon among real film sets on Metro A or a €29–39 day of coasters and water slides at Castel Romano; pick the ticket that matches your group, and book the park for a fixed date when the forecast is clear.
