Tickets carry your name: bring ID that matches, or you're turned away without a refund. Cover your shoulders. No Metro (subway) stop is close; it's about 15 minutes' walk from Barberini or Spagna on Line A.
Pantheon Tickets (2026): The €7 Ticket, Free Days, Mass Times and Hours (2026)
The Pantheon, the best-preserved building of ancient Rome: the €7 ticket, who pays €2 and who goes free, where to buy, the hours, the Mass times when ticket sales stop, free first Sundays, the dress code, and four stops within five minutes' walk.
The Pantheon, Rome The €7 ticket, Mass times and free Sundays
The Pantheon is the best-preserved building of ancient Rome. Agrippa founded the temple between 27 and 25 BC; Hadrian rebuilt it in its present form between 118 and 125 AD; and in 609 it became a church, the Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres, which is why it survived. Inside is a single round hall 43.3 metres across and just as high, under a coffered concrete dome with an open hole, the oculus, about 9 metres wide.
Entry is by ticket, and since 1 July 2026 the ticket costs €7 (it was €5). Ticket sales stop during Mass, so check the Mass times before you go, and buy direct rather than from a reseller.
Within a five-minute walk: a Gothic church with a Michelangelo, a Baroque ceiling that fakes a dome, three Caravaggios you can see for free, and a coffee roaster that's been on the square since 1944. Piazza Navona is five minutes west and the Trevi Fountain ten minutes east; for the rest of the city, see things to do in Rome or our 3-day itinerary.
Pantheon
The short version. Buy the €7 ticket on the Musei Italiani portal or at the machines on site, bring ID with the same name, cover your shoulders, and avoid Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, when ticket sales stop for Mass. Allow 30 to 45 minutes. If your budget is tight, the first Sunday of the month is free, with a single queue at the door.
What you're looking at. The portico stands on sixteen Corinthian columns of grey and pink granite, under the inscription M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIUM·FECIT (Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, consul for the third time, built this). The bronze doors are 7.53 meters high and each leaf weighs seven tons. Inside, the oculus is the only window: at noon its beam lines up with the main door, and rain falls straight through and drains away through 22 holes in the floor.
Who's buried here. The kings Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy lie here, along with artists including Raphael.
Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Santa Maria sopra Minerva sits right behind the Pantheon, on the site of ancient temples to Minerva, Isis and Serapis. Inside are the tomb of St Catherine of Siena, the burial place of the painter Fra Angelico, Michelangelo's statue of Christ the Redeemer, the Carafa Chapel and Bernini's funeral monument to Maria Raggi. Outside, Bernini designed the base for a small Egyptian obelisk of the 6th century BC: an elephant, nicknamed the Pulcino della Minerva. It pairs well with the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, five minutes east.
Directly behind the Pantheon, a one-minute walk. Look at Bernini's elephant carrying an Egyptian obelisk in the square outside. While restoration work lasts it's on temporary hours: weekdays 4pm-7.30pm only, weekends 10.30am-1pm and 2pm-7.30pm. It's a church, so dress as for the Pantheon.
Church of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola
Sant'Ignazio is the Jesuit church three minutes east, and its ceiling is the show. Andrea Pozzo, a Jesuit painter, painted the vault with the glory of St Ignatius held up by angels, and he painted a dome that doesn't exist, a fake architecture whose perspective is built to fool you as you walk up the nave. It's free, and open until 11.30pm every night, so it works after dinner.
Walk slowly up the nave looking up at Andrea Pozzo's painted dome and vault: the perspective trick is built to catch you as you advance. About three minutes' walk east of the Pantheon.
San Luigi dei Francesi
San Luigi dei Francesi, the French national church, holds three paintings by Caravaggio of the life of St Matthew, including the Calling of St Matthew and his Martyrdom, commissioned in 1600 and the turning point of his career. Entry is free and needs no ticket. Watch the hours: it closes at lunchtime and opens only from noon on Sundays.
A free audio guide in English runs on your phone from a QR code inside. About three minutes' walk north-west of the Pantheon, on the way to Piazza Navona.
La Casa del Caffè Tazza d'Oro
Tazza d'Oro (La Casa del Caffè Tazza d'Oro) started in 1944 as a roastery in the old center, and its bar opened in 1946 for people to taste the blends before buying. Stand at the counter for an espresso, and take home a bag of La Regina dei Caffè, which the roastery calls its best-known blend. For more coffee stops, see breakfast and coffee in Rome. The Rome restaurants guide covers where to eat nearby, including Armando al Pantheon.
A coffee roaster since 1944, with a bar since 1946, a one-minute walk from the Pantheon's portico. It doesn't publish its bar prices or hours online. Phone +39 06 6789792.
Pantheon ticket prices, and who goes free
Full price: €7. The price rose from €5 to €7 on 1 July 2026, under an agreement between the Ministry of Culture and the Diocese of Rome signed on 10 April 2026. The extra €2 goes to the Ministry's Piano Olivetti projects, supporting libraries in disadvantaged neighborhoods and inland areas. Reductions and free categories didn't change.
Reduced: €2 for EU citizens aged 18 up to their 25th birthday (non-EU citizens get the same where their country offers reciprocity).
Free: under-18s; residents of the Comune di Roma; licensed tour guides (badge checked); disabled visitors and one family member or companion (the companion may need to show they belong to a social-care service); and some EU school, university and fine-arts academy categories, listed in full on the Ministry's free-entry page (cultura.gov.it/agevolazioni). Everyone goes free on the first Sunday of the month and on national free days.
Not included: the Pantheon isn't part of the Roma Pass or the Omnia Card.
Where to buy, and how booking works
Official channels only: the Musei Italiani portal (portale.museiitaliani.it) or the Musei Italiani app, or on site at the ticket desk (cash or card) and the automatic machines. On the portal you register, pick the day, time slot and ticket type, and pay through PagoPA.
Booking is optional. Booking online fixes a time slot; buying on the spot works too. Each month's calendar goes on sale in the middle of the previous month. Entry is in order of arrival, and there is no skip-the-line option, so a 'skip the line' Pantheon ticket is a reseller's product.
Your name is on the ticket. Bring the original ticket and an ID document, or a copy. If the name doesn't match, you aren't let in and there's no refund. You can change the name once, from your account, up to 72 hours before the visit.
Opening hours, and the Mass times when sales stop
Hours: every day, 9am to 7pm. The ticket desks close at 6pm; last entry is 6.30pm on an individual ticket (6pm for groups and schools). Closed 25 December and 1 January.
Mass: the Pantheon is a working basilica. Mass is at 5pm on Saturdays and on the eve of public holidays, and at 10.30am on Sundays and public holidays. Ticket sales stop an hour before every service, and during the service, entry is free and for worship. So for sightseeing, plan around Saturday from 4pm and Sunday from 9.30am.
Coming up: Tuesday 8 December is a public holiday (Mass 10.30am, and 5pm Mass the evening before). The Pantheon is closed on 25 December.
Free first Sundays and free days
Entry is free on the first Sunday of every month and on the Ministry of Culture's national free days. The next ones: Wednesday 4 November 2026 (National Unity and Armed Forces Day, 9am-7pm, last entry 6.30pm) and Sunday 6 December 2026.
On free days nothing can be booked online. Everyone, individuals and groups alike, joins one queue at the entrance to pick up a free, unnamed ticket. Expect it to be long, and note that the first Sunday of the month also has the 10.30am Mass.
Dress code, rules and accessibility
Dress: shoulders covered; no very short shorts or skirts; nothing too low-cut or see-through. Staff can refuse entry if you don't comply.
Inside: keep quiet, silence your phone, and don't eat, drink or smoke. No dogs except guide dogs and certified assistance animals. There's no cloakroom, so bring a small bag.
Access: visitors with disabilities or limited mobility go in by the outside ramp on the Via della Minerva side.
Getting there
The Pantheon is in the middle of the historic center, on Piazza della Rotonda, and no Metro (subway) station is close. Spagna and Barberini on Line A are both about 15 minutes' walk. Most visitors walk in from elsewhere in the center: it's five minutes from Piazza Navona, ten from the Trevi Fountain and about 15 from the Spanish Steps.
To price the rest of your trip, see our Rome trip-cost guide, and for a base within walking distance, Centro Storico hotels or where to stay in Rome.
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