Castel Sant’Angelo: from mausoleum to fortress castle

Highlights

• Free and priority entry to the city’s most popular attractions, museums and guided tours with the Rome City Pass – one ticket, everything included! 
• The ticket for Castel Sant’Angelo is included in your City Pass. 
• Book your preferred date in advance and receive your admission ticket at one of the pick-up points – you will receive all the information you need with your City Pass. 

• Explore the castle that became known as Galileo Galilei’s prison.
• Discover the museum with its impressive medieval weapons collection.
• Visit the treasury.
• Exhibition with furniture, ceramics, weapons and paintings from the Renaissance 
• Enjoy the fantastic view over Rome from the roof terrace – and admire the bronze statue of St Michael the Archangel.

Castel Sant’Angelo is one of Rome’s landmarks – a museum with an eventful history

What awaits you on site

Once built as an imperial mausoleum for the Roman Emperor Hadrian and his descendants, Castel Sant’Angelo served for a time as part of the city walls, was then used as a fortress by several popes for a very long time and was later converted into a dungeon and refuge. As a refuge, it was located outside the Vatican area, but was connected to the Vatican by a tunnel from 1722. Today, Castel Sant’Angelo is a national museum with six floors and 58 rooms.

How to get there

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Address:
Lungotevere Castello 50 00193 Rome 

Good to know

• Opening hours
  Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 am to 7.30 pm. (last admission 6.30 pm).
• Closed on Mondays, 25 December, 1 January 
• Different opening hours:
  On some local public holidays, Castel Sant’Angelo and the Pantheon offer free admission. Therefore, no time slots can be reserved for visits on these days. 
• Opening times are subject to change (depending on the season). For up-to-date information, please check the official website of the Castel Sant'Angelo

• Reservation is not mandatory but recommended on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. 
• During the high season, April to October, we strongly recommend that you reserve a ticket using the booking link that we send you. 
• Please note that one ticket entitles you to a 90-minute visit 

Our included Top Attractions

Skip-the-line at Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel

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Free entry to Castel Sant’Angelo

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Free entry to Pantheon

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Optional: Airport transfer (Fiumicino & Ciampino)

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Optional: Free entry to Colosseum

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