Sistine Chapel
Rome, Italy
There is no ticket to the Sistine Chapel on its own. The chapel sits at the far end of the Vatican Museums, and every…
241 tickets & tours
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Best churches to visit in Italy
Italy has more churches in this catalogue than any other country, and the most visited church interiors in the world: the Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s in Rome, the cathedral and baptistery complex of Florence, St Mark’s in Venice and the roof of Milan Cathedral. Beyond the big four, the list runs from the gold mosaics of Monreale and Ravenna to Giotto’s chapel in Padua and the cave churches of Matera.
Rome 14Venice 11Florence 9Naples 9Ravenna 6Palermo 5Assisi 4Lecce 4Matera 4Padua 4Milan 3Turin 3Bari 2Bologna 2Como 2Olbia 2Pisa 2Siena 2Sorrento 2Syracuse 2Verona 2Acireale 1Amalfi 1Arezzo 1Bolsena 1Brescia 1Camogli 1Cascia 1Cassino 1Catania 1Cefalu 1Chiusdino 1Ferrara 1Gaeta 1Gornate Olona 1Lucca 1Mantua 1Modena 1Modica 1Monopoli 1Monreale 1Montalcino 1Monza 1Noto 1Orvieto 1Perugia 1Pompei 1Positano 1San Gimignano 1San Giovanni Rotondo 1Spello 1Taormina 1Trani 1Tuscany 1
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St Peter’s Basilica
Rome, Italy
Entry to the basilica itself is free, which surprises many visitors, so what you pay for is either speed or access to…
154 tickets & tours
St Mark’s Basilica
Venice, Italy
Entry to the basilica costs a few euros and the queue along the arcade can take an hour in season, which makes the…
69 tickets & tours
Florence Cathedral
Florence, Italy
The cathedral nave is free to enter, and the queue for it moves steadily along the north side of the building.
67 tickets & tours
Milan Cathedral
Milan, Italy
Tickets here are modular and the choice matters more than at most cathedrals. The cheapest covers only the church.
61 tickets & tours
Monreale Cathedral
Monreale, Italy
The church is free to enter for prayer but a ticket is charged for the tourist visit, and there are three things to pay…
31 tickets & tours
San Clemente
Rome, Italy
The upper church is free. The ticket, bought at a desk in the sacristy, is for the excavations below and is…
23 tickets & tours
Santa Maria Maggiore
Rome, Italy
Santa Maria Maggiore is free to enter and stands five minutes from Termini station, so the question is never access but…
23 tickets & tours
Capuchin Crypt
Rome, Italy
A single modest ticket covers the museum of the Capuchin order and the crypt beneath it, and the route runs one way…
17 tickets & tours
Pisa Cathedral
Pisa, Italy
Everything on the Piazza dei Miracoli is sold through one office, and the pricing is unusual: the cathedral is free,…
12 tickets & tours
Scrovegni Chapel
Padua, Italy
Entry is strictly controlled and cannot be improvised. Tickets are timed to the quarter hour, must be booked at least a…
10 tickets & tours
Madonna di San Luca, Bologna
Bologna, Italy
The Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca stands on the Colle della Guardia, a wooded hill about three hundred metres…
8 tickets & tours
Siena Cathedral
Siena, Italy
The cathedral is sold through a single combined pass, the OPA SI, which covers the church, the Piccolomini Library, the…
8 tickets & tours
Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
Assisi, Italy
Entry is free, including the Upper Church, the Lower Church and the crypt, and there is no ticket office.
7 tickets & tours
Santa Croce
Florence, Italy
One ticket covers the church, the chapels, the cloisters, the Pazzi Chapel and the museum in the old refectory, and it…
7 tickets & tours
Palatine Chapel
Palermo, Italy
The chapel is inside the Norman Palace, which is also the Sicilian regional parliament, so the ticket covers the palace…
6 tickets & tours
Sansevero Chapel
Naples, Italy
One timed ticket covers the chapel, which is a single room and a basement;
5 tickets & tours
Basilica of Santa Rita of Cascia
Cascia, Italy
Entry is free. The monastery museum beside the basilica, the cell where Rita lived and the lower church are also free…
4 tickets & tours
Medici Chapels
Florence, Italy
The ticket covers both chapels attached to San Lorenzo: the Chapel of the Princes, a vast domed octagon lined in…
4 tickets & tours
Naples Cathedral
Naples, Italy
The cathedral is free to enter. What costs money is the layered archaeology and the treasury: a ticket covers the…
4 tickets & tours
Palermo Cathedral
Palermo, Italy
The church is free to enter; the paid parts are sold as a combined ticket and are worth the small sum.
4 tickets & tours
Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Crown
Verona, Italy
The Sanctuary of the Madonna della Corona clings to a cliff face on the side of Monte Baldo, above the Adige valley,…
4 tickets & tours
Archbasilica of St John Lateran
Rome, Italy
The basilica is free to enter. Three neighbouring things are ticketed and cheap: the cloister, with its twisted inlaid…
3 tickets & tours
Bari Cathedral
Bari, Italy
Bari Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Sabinus, stands in the old town of Bari, Puglia, a few minutes'
3 tickets & tours
Italian churches are mostly free to enter, but the famous parts are ticketed and timed: domes, roofs, museums, crypts and the chapels with the great frescoes. Shoulders and knees must be covered, and many churches close in the early afternoon. The pages below say which ticket covers what.