The Pantheon’s Opening Hours
Here are the Pantheon’s opening hours and holiday arrangements.
Opening time:
9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., every day of the week (last admission 6:30 pm for individual tickets, 6:00 pm for groups and schools; the ticket office closes at 6:00 pm).
Sunday:
9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., the same as every other day (last admission 6:30 pm).
Public holidays:
9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., the same as every other day (last admission 6:30 pm). 1 May is not a closing day: the Pantheon opens with its usual hours.
Please note the Pantheon closes on the following dates:
. 1st January
. 25th December
Visits are not allowed during Masses (Sundays and public holidays: 10.30 am; Saturdays and pre-holiday days: 5.00 pm). Only those attending the celebration may enter during Mass, free of charge.
If you want to be at the door when it opens rather than arriving from the other side of the city, hotels within a few minutes’ walk of the Pantheon are the place to start: the walk from each door to the portico in minutes, the price band for each stretch, and what to check before you book.
Ticket Information
Opening hours of other attractions
Trevi Fountain
Trevi Fountain opens at all time. It’s a public fountain. It’s much more quiet and peaceful if you visit in early morning. You may even see the cleaning crew cleaning up the fountain and pick up all the coins at the bottom of it.
The Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
The Roman Forum opens every day from 8:30 a.m. with the last admission time being one hour before the closing time. In summer, it closes at 7:15 p.m.. As day light gets less towards winter, the closing time gets earlier and earlier – from 19:00, 18:30, 17:30, 17:00 to 16:30 in winter. It also closed on 1 Jan, 1 May and Christmas day.
Colosseum
Same as the Roman Forum.
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
It opens daily from 7 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.. It closed at 6:00 p.m. in winter.
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
The basilica opens daily from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Basilica di San Paolo Fuori Le Mura
The church opens daily from 7;00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.. The Cloister opens from 8:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.
Chiesa di Sant’ Ignazio di Loyola
It opens from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. from Monday to Saturday. 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Entrance Fees to the Pantheon
Used to be free, but finally the fee has been introduced after being discussed for 5 years.
Unless you are a resident of Rome you will need to pay a 5 Euro fee to enter the Pantheon, except on Sunday mornings. Buy a ticket at the ticket office, or in advance at the government museum ministry website. https://museiitaliani.it/en/buy-tickets. (Click here to see the Guide to Pantheon Tickets, as many visitors found the government website confusing and can be difficult to navigate).
If you think you can cope then go to the official ticket site above, try searching by name “PANTHEON” at the list of museums and click the picture. You will have to create an account at one point, either at the beginning or before checkout.
Tickets are 5 Euros for adults, 3 for young persons between 18 and 25, and free for children.
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However you pay there will be a 1 Euro book fee regardless of the number of tickets.
The 5 Euros is only for entrance, guided tours will be extra.
The funds collected would be used to help support the upkeep of the building.