Pantheon tickets: the €7 entry, how to book a time slot, and the free first Sunday

💡 The Short Version: Entry costs €7 since 1 July 2026 (it was €5), and it has needed a ticket since July 2023. Tickets are for a time slot and carry your name, so bring ID that matches. Buy at the door, at the ticket office or a machine, or online at Musei Italiani; the Ministry of Culture says those are the only official sellers, and that no “skip-the-line” entry exists. It is open daily 9:00 to 19:00, last entry 18:30, and free on the first Sunday of the month (queue on the day). Or book an audio guide: the Pantheon entry ticket with official audioguidead is from £6.00, the same as the €7 (about £6.00) official price.

The tickets, compared

Official prices from the Ministry of Culture’s Pantheon page, 30 September 2026, converted at the ECB rate of 29 September 2026 (€1 = £0.857). GetYourGuide prices are its lowest “from” price on the same day.

• A ticket is for one visit, in its time slot. Arrive on time; the Ministry asks for punctuality.
• The name on the ticket must match your ID. Show the ticket and an identity document, or a copy of it. One change of name is allowed on tickets bought on the Musei Italiani site, made in your account at least 72 hours before the visit.
• The Roma Pass does not include it (see is the Roma Pass worth it?).
• Free tickets are not booked. On free Sundays, all visitors queue at the entrance and collect a ticket that carries no name.

How to buy

• Online: on the Musei Italiani site, or its app. Register with your name, email and a password, choose a date, time and ticket type, and pay through PagoPA. Each month’s calendar goes on sale in the middle of the month before, so October’s slots appear in mid-September.
• On the day: at the ticket office, in cash or by card, or at an automatic ticket machine. The ticket office stops selling at 18:00.
• If the ticket does not arrive: if you bought as a guest, register on Musei Italiani with the same email address and look in “My Tickets”. Otherwise the payment receipt, showing your name, date and time, is accepted at the entrance.
• The Ministry says access is only with tickets bought on Musei Italiani, in its app or at the ticket offices. A ticket from any other site is a resale.

Entry with an audio guide

GetYourGuide sells entry with an audio guide from the same price as the official ticket, with the audio guide added. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” price on 30 September 2026.

Entry with an interactive app

From £6.00 · 4.5 stars from 10,082 reviews · 1 hour

Rome: Pantheon Entry Tickets with Interactive Appad is pre-booked entry with a multilingual digital audio guide, with free cancellation and a listed 15-minute minimum notice.

Entry with the official audioguide

From £6.00 · 4.4 stars from 31,654 reviews · 1 hour

Rome: Pantheon Entry Ticket and Official Audioguidead is entry with the official audio guide, which tells the stories of historical figures and the building’s architecture.

The church’s own site, pantheonroma.com, also sells an official audio tour, in nine languages, and a one-hour guided tour.

What to see

The Pantheon was built by Agrippa between 27 and 25 BC and rebuilt under Hadrian between 118 and 125 AD. It became a church, Santa Maria ad Martyres, in 609, and still holds services. A visit takes about an hour, in a single round room.

The Pantheon’s portico, with Agrippa’s inscription across the front, from Piazza della Rotonda. Photo: Deb Nystrom, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

1. The portico. The inscription across the front reads “Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, consul for the third time, built this.”
2. The dome. Its height equals its diameter, and the Ministry calls it the largest unreinforced dome ever built.
3. The oculus. The opening at the top is almost nine metres across. Rain falls through it, and the floor is slightly convex, with 22 drainage holes.
4. The disc of light. On a sunny day the sun’s disc moves across the coffers; at midday on the winter solstice it strikes the highest row.
5. Raphael’s tomb. The painter asked to be buried here.

The oculus and the coffered dome of the Pantheon, seen from the floor. Photo: T. Le Berre, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hours and rules

• Open every day, 9:00 to 19:00. The ticket office closes at 18:00 and last entry for individuals is 18:30. Closed on 25 December and 1 January.
• Mass: at 17:00 on Saturdays and the days before holidays, and 10:30 on Sundays and holidays, only worshippers are admitted, and ticket sales stop an hour before any service.
• Dress: shoulders covered, and no shorts or short skirts. No food or drink; silence phones and keep quiet.
• No cloakroom. Animals are not allowed, except assistance dogs.
• Step-free entry is by the ramp on the Via della Minerva side.
• Getting there: Barberini on metro line A is about 700 m away; buses 30, 40, 62, 64, 81, 87 and 492 stop at Largo di Torre Argentina, about 400 m away (pantheonroma.com, 30 September 2026).

The Pantheon sits between Piazza Navona and the Trevi Fountain, and the 3-day Rome itinerary walks them together on day two after the Vatican. The other tickets to plan are the Colosseum, which sells out, and the Vatican Museums. For every closing day, see what to book before you go in Rome.