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💡 The Short Version: The Medici Chapels are €11 plus a booking fee (Michelangelo’s New Sacristy is inside), open Tuesday to Sunday and closed Mondays. The San Lorenzo basilica next door is a separate €9 ticket at its own ticket office, Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays. Michelangelo’s hidden room is a reservation-only add-on: 15 minutes, four people at a time, a narrow 12-step staircase, no children under 10. Both state museums are free on the first Sunday of the month. Book the chapels at b-ticket.com, which the museum names as its official channel. Or book: GetYourGuide’s reserved entrance to the Medici Chapelad is from €17.75.
The tickets, compared
Prices are the adult rate from the Medici Chapels’ tickets page and the San Lorenzo complex’s visit page. Search results for both include sites that say on their own pages they are independent sellers.
| Ticket | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Medici Chapels | €11, plus a booking fee | The Medici Crypt, the Chapel of the Princes and Michelangelo’s New Sacristy |
| Medici Chapels, reduced | €2, plus the fee | EU citizens aged 18 to 25 |
| Medici Chapels, under 18 | Free | |
| Michelangelo’s hidden room | Combined ticket with the chapels | Reservation only. Information and purchase |
| Six museums, 72 hours | €38, plus the fee | Every open museum of the Accademia and Bargello group, including the chapels |
| San Lorenzo basilica complex | €9 | The basilica, the Old Sacristy, the cloisters, the treasury museum, the crypt and the monumental undergrounds. Children to 12 free |
- Reservation is optional at the chapels, unless a ticket says otherwise, and the hidden room is reservation only. Phone: +39 055 294883.
- The San Lorenzo ticket is sold at the basilica’s ticket office and does not include the Medici Chapels or the Medici Library.
- The Firenze Card covers the chapels and San Lorenzo. See Firenze Card: is it worth it?.
Which to book
- The chapels for Michelangelo’s New Sacristy. This is the sight most visitors come for.
- San Lorenzo for the basilica and Brunelleschi’s Old Sacristy, on its own ticket. Each has its own queue and hours.
- The hidden room only if you can manage a narrow 12-step staircase with no lift. Admission is limited on conservation grounds, to protect the small room’s microclimate, so reserve a slot.
- On a Monday, only San Lorenzo is open: the chapels are closed.
Tours worth paying for
Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.
Reserved entrance
From €17.75 · 4,230 reviews
Reserved Entrance Ticket to the Medici Chapelad is sold by GetYourGuide itself, against the museum’s €11 plus a booking fee.
Guided tour of the chapels
From €52.90 · 1.5 hours · 302 reviews
Florence: Medici Chapels Guided Tourad is a 90-minute guided visit.
Medici family secrets and the chapels
From €79 · 2 hours · 616 reviews
Guided Tour of Medici Family Secrets and Chapelsad is a two-hour tour of the Medici story that includes the chapels.
What to see
The chapels are the burial place of the Medici, made a state museum in 1869. The visit runs from the crypt up to the sacristy:
- The Medici Crypt. The visit starts here, where the Grand Dukes and their families are buried, from Cosimo I to Gian Gastone, who died in 1737 and ended the dynasty. The Lorraine Crypt holds the Habsburg-Lorraine tombs.
- The Chapel of the Princes. On the upper floor, the grand-ducal mausoleum, in multicoloured marbles and hardstones, under a dome frescoed by Pietro Benvenuti (1828 to 1837).
- The New Sacristy. Michelangelo designed the architecture and carved the sculpture between 1519 and 1534 for the tombs of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino, and Giuliano, Duke of Nemours. The allegories of Night, Day, Twilight and Dawn are on the dukes’ monuments, and a Madonna and Child between Saints Cosmas and Damian is on the tomb of Lorenzo the Magnificent and Giuliano.
- Michelangelo’s hidden room, if you reserve it: a small room with mural drawings attributed to Michelangelo.
- San Lorenzo basilica, on its own ticket: Brunelleschi’s Old Sacristy, the cloisters, the treasury and the crypt. It was the Medici family’s official church, and they buried their dead in it up to the last descendant, Anna Maria Luisa.
The dome of the Chapel of the Princes. Photo: Benjamin Janecke, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What to skip: the hidden room, if you have little time or dislike narrow stairs. The museum calls the New Sacristy an absolute masterpiece of architecture and sculpture.
Hours, rules and getting there
- Medici Chapels: Tuesday to Sunday, 8:15 to 18:50, with the last entrance 40 minutes before closing. Closed Mondays, 25 December and 1 January. A special evening opening on Monday 30 November 2026 runs 17:15 to 21:00.
- Free days: the first Sunday of the month and 4 November 2026, when booking is not available.
- Access: the ground floor has a ramp, and a lift reaches the Chapel of the Princes, with a platform lift on to the New Sacristy.
- San Lorenzo: Monday to Saturday, 10:00 to 17:30, last entry 16:30. Closed 1 January, 6 January and 10 August, and services can change the hours. Visitors must be appropriately dressed. Photography is allowed without flash or tripods.
- The hidden room: 15 minutes, four people per slot, a staircase of 12 steps, no children under 10 or unaccompanied minors, and no access for people with mobility limitations. It is not recommended for heart conditions, claustrophobia or advanced pregnancy.
The unfinished front of San Lorenzo. Photo: Zairon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
The Accademia sits on the same ticket group, and Florence museums prices the Bargello and the others. Florence churches covers Santa Croce, Santa Maria Novella and San Miniato. What to book before you go to Florence has the closed days, and Florence in one or two days puts the chapels away from Monday. To stay nearby, see where to stay in Florence and hotels near the Duomo.
Common questions
How much are the Medici Chapels?
€11 for an adult, plus a booking fee if you reserve a time. The reduced ticket is €2 for EU citizens aged 18 to 25, and under-18s are free. The chapels are open Tuesday to Sunday, 8:15 to 18:50, and closed on Mondays.
Does the Medici Chapels ticket include the San Lorenzo basilica?
No. The basilica complex is a separate €9 ticket, sold at its own ticket office, and the Medici Chapels and the Medici Library need other tickets. Hours, tickets and limits are independent at each of the three.
What is Michelangelo's hidden room?
A small room with mural drawings attributed to Michelangelo. It is visited by reservation only, on a combined ticket with the Medici Chapels, in 15-minute slots for four people, down a narrow staircase of 12 steps.
Who cannot visit Michelangelo's hidden room?
Children under 10 and unaccompanied minors are not admitted, and the museum does not recommend it to people with heart conditions or claustrophobia, or in advanced pregnancy. There is no lift and it is not accessible for people with mobility limitations.
When is San Lorenzo open?
Monday to Saturday, 10:00 to 17:30, with last entry at 16:30. It is closed on Sundays, 1 January, 6 January and 10 August, and services can change the hours.
Are the Medici Chapels free on the first Sunday?
Yes, and on 4 November 2026. Booking and educational activities are not available on free days. The next first Sundays are 1 November and 6 December 2026.
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