Monuments to visit: tickets and what to see
The Pantheon’s open oculus, Oceanus at the Trevi Fountain and Michelangelo’s ceiling in the Sistine Chapel: three monuments to visit, each with its official ticket office.
Places to visit
Julian Lupyan, CC0Timed entryPantheon
The oculus. The open eye at the top of the dome has never been covered: rain lands on the floor and runs off through drains in the paving.Rome, Italyfrom €7
Antoine Taveneaux, CC BY-SASistine Chapel
The Creation of Adam. One of the nine Genesis panels along the center of the vault, between the Creation and the Flood.Vatican Cityfrom €20
Wilfredor, CC0Trevi Fountain
Oceanus and his chariot. In the central niche, Pietro Bracci’s Oceanus drives a shell-shaped chariot pulled by a restive horse and a calm one.Rome, Italyfrom €2Map
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Three monuments to visit, three kinds of ticket
The Pantheon, rebuilt by Hadrian between 118 and 125 and a church since 609, holds the largest unreinforced dome ever built, 43.30 meters across and exactly as high, under an oculus that was never covered.
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The ticket, sold by Italy’s Ministry of Culture on Musei Italiani or on site, carries your name and a time slot. Visitors under 18 and residents of Rome enter free, as does everyone on the first Sunday of the month.
The Trevi Fountain, where the Acqua Vergine aqueduct of 19 BC ends, was designed by Nicola Salvi and completed in 1762: 26.3 meters high and 49.15 meters wide, with Oceanus on his shell chariot at the center. The square is free at any time. The ticket covers the inner perimeter at the edge of the basin, for about 400 people at a time, and the only thing allowed into the water is the traditional coin.
The Sistine Chapel is entered through the Vatican Museums, with their ticket, valid on the day it is issued. Michelangelo painted the nine Genesis scenes of the ceiling between 1508 and 1512, and the Last Judgement on the altar wall between 1536 and 1541. Inside, phones and photos are forbidden and silence is requested.
What sets these monuments apart
- Named tickets. At the Pantheon the ticket carries your name, and an ID is checked at the door.
- Card payment at the gate. The Trevi ticket office on Via della Stamperia takes cards only, and the ticket stays due on the first Sunday of the month.
- Places of worship. The Pantheon asks for covered shoulders and closes to tourist visits during Mass. The Sistine Chapel is where the cardinals meet in conclave.