Castel Sant’Angelo Rome Tickets: Book Your Visit Online

Castel Sant’Angelo, also known as Hadrian’s Mausoleum, is one of the most fascinating buildings in Rome and one of Italy’s most visited sites: on this page you will find the different purchase options and ticket prices for your visit to the museum, as well as basic information (opening hours and accessibility) to better organise your experience.

Before we begin, a brief preamble: online ticket booking for Castel Sant’Angelo is strongly recommended.

By booking in advance, you will avoid long queues and crowds at the ticket office and can choose from different ticket types (e.g. guided tours) that may no longer be available if you buy your ticket on the spot.

If you need to decide quickly, the most popular option is the basic ticket, which gives you access to the Castle and the National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo.

This ticket includes an audio guide, or you can choose to book a guided tour for a deeper dive into the history and architecture of this iconic monument.

If you’re looking to save money, we recommend choosing a combo ticket, which allows you to add another major Rome attraction—like the Colosseum or a boat tour—to your Castel Sant’Angelo ticket.

Now that we’ve covered the basics, let’s take a look at all the ticket options available for visiting Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome!

Castel Sant’Angelo Tickets: Description and Prices

To begin with, here is a table with all the tickets (and related costs) to access Castel Sant’Angelo Rome.

Castel Sant’Angelo	Price	Shop online
Entrance ticket + Audio guide app	from 20€	Buy now
Skip-the-line ticket + Multimedia videos	from 30€	Buy now
Entrance ticket + Guided tour in multiple languages	from 59€	Buy now
Entrance ticket + Quick guided tour in English (1 hour)	from 80€	Buy now
Combined ticket for Castel Sant’Angelo + Pantheon	from 35€	Buy now
Combined ticket for Castel Sant’Angelo + St. Peter’s Basilica + Dome	from 79€	Buy now
Combined ticket for Castel Sant’Angelo + Galleria Borghese	from 50€	Buy now
Combined ticket for Castel Sant’Angelo + bus tour of Rome	from 52€	Buy now
Roma Tourist Card	from 88€	Buy now

Castel Sant’Angelo: admission ticket + audio guide

If you are interested in learning more about the structure, interiors and works inside the museum without taking a guided tour, I recommend purchasing a ticket with audio guide. Once you have purchased your ticket, you can use the audio guide on your smartphone via the POPGuide app (available on Google Play or the App Store). The app will guide you through yourvisit to the National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo. Tickets start at €20.

Castel Sant’Angelo: skip-the-line ticket + multimedia videos

This is one of the most popular tickets among visitors and includes fast-track access to the Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo thanks to the skip-the-line option. In addition to priority entry, the ticket includes a series of multimedia videos that you can watch on your smartphone to learn more about the history of the monument during your visit. Ticket prices start at €30.

Guided Tours of Castel Sant’Angelo Rome

The best way to get to know Castel Sant’Angelo in depth is with a guided tour: for enthusiasts and the curious alike, an expert guide will introduce you to the secrets of Hadrian’s Mausoleum.

You will be able to access the different areas of the museum by skipping the queue at the ticket office. Crossing the Angel Bridge and entering the fortress, you will discover in detail the mausoleum, the courtyard, the prisons and finally the Angel Terrace with a breathtaking panoramic view of the entire city.

For the guided tour there is usually a meeting point at the main entrance or at the Bridge of Castel Sant’Angelo, but you will find all the details on the purchase.

Below you will find all possible guided tours, let’s go!

Castel Sant’Angelo: visita guidata veloce (1h) in inglese

If you have little time available but don’t want to miss out on the company of an expert guide, this tour is for you! The tour lasts about 1 hour and costs €80. The ticket includes skip-the-line entry to the museum, and at the end of the guided tour, you can continue your visit to Hadrian’s Mausoleum on your own.

Castel Sant’Angelo: guided tour in Italian, English or Spanish

This guided tour is ideal for exploring the architecture and areas inside the ancient fortress at your own pace and in detail. The tour with the guide lasts two hours or more, and prices start at €69.

Book your guided tour here in Italian, English or Spanish:

If you did not find a guided tour to your liking, you can find some alternatives here:

Combined Tickets for Castel Sant’Angelo

Combination tickets are the best choice if you plan to visit other attractions on your Roman holiday (e.g. the Pantheon, St Peter’s Basilica or the Vatican Museums) or if you are curious about experiences such as a bus tour of Rome. 

Combined tickets also save money by having a lower total cost than single tickets.

Search among the available offers for the monument or museum you want to visit or get inspired!

Castel Sant’Angelo + Pantheon + audioguide tickets

This option combines the entrance ticket to Castel Sant’Angelo, including a downloadable audio guide app, with the fast-track ticket to the Pantheon accompanied by the official audio guide. Ticket prices start from 35€.

Castel Sant’Angelo admission ticket + multimedia videos + guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica and Dome

This option combines a ticket for a guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica (including ascent to the dome) with a skip-the-line ticket to Castel Sant’Angelo with multimedia videos on the history of ancient Rome. Ticket prices start at 79€.

Castel Sant’Angelo + Galleria Borghese Entry Ticket

This option combines a fast track ticket with audio guide for the Castel Sant’Angelo Museum with a ticket for the Galleria Borghese. The ticket price starts at €41.

Castel Sant’Angelo Entry Ticket + Audio Guide + Bus Tour in Rome

With this package, you can explore Rome aboard the Big Bus with a hop-on hop-off ticket, listening to the multilingual audio commentary during the journey, and skip the queue to enter Castel Sant’Angelo. Admission to the Castle also includes a downloadable audio guide (optional). The total price starts from52€.

Other Combined Tickets Options

If you have not found a combination that suits your taste or needs, you can search here for alternatives.

Roma Tourist Card

If you plan to visit Castel Sant’Angelo, St. Peter’s Basilica and other places of interest in Rome, you may want to consider purchasing a tourist pass, which entitles you to access several attractions at a reduced price.

Rome Tourist Card

If you are planning a stay of a few days or a week in Rome, the Tourist Card brings together numerous attractions at an affordable price. You can also compose your ticket according to your needs and preferences.

The tickets included are:

• Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill.
• Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel.
• A museum of your choice between Castel Sant’Angelo, Galleria Borghese or the Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica.
• Audioguide app with more than 130 points of interest in Rome.
• 10% discount other attractions in Rome

Visiting Castel Sant’Angelo: Brief Description of the Tour

Below is the experience of a castelsantangelorome.com member, who took a tour inside the attraction:

On my last trip to Rome, I chose to buy online a skipping ticket with audio guide for my visit to the wonderful Castel Sant’Angelo;

I chose to book my entry on a warm morning in the middle of the week, as I was looking for a time slot that would give me maximum comfortableness and above all plenty of time to take photos and notes;

A few minutes before my appointment I crossed the Ponte Sant’Angelo and, having arrived in front of the entrance to the National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo, I looked around. I immediately recognised the girl from Touristation by her divisa and turned to her for the exchange of my voucher. With her help, I then converted my voucher into an actual entrance ticket and downloaded the POPGuide app onto my smartphone;

This app ensured that I had a map of the castle at my fingertips at all times and an audio guide that could be activated as soon as I was near a point of interest. In order not to disturb other users, I decided to use my Bluetooth earphones to listen to the guide;

From the entrance, the path is essentially free, although the numbering of the rooms suggests an ideal itinerary that proceeds by levels. In fact, the castle is ideally composed of seven levels that start from the Ambulacrum of Boniface IX, i.e. the court between the castle cylinder and the outer walls, and rise up to the Terrazzo dell’Angelo;

The POPGuide app features eighteen audio tracks that, as the tour progresses, help to better understand the history of the different environments that make up the castle. If desired, the tracks can also be read.

Here are, in order, the tracks I listened to during my visit to Castel Sant’Angelo:.

• the outside;
• fortification, bastions;
• the Passetto di Borgo;
• the Shooting Court and the Chapel of the Condemned;
• the Dromos and the Atrium, the Interior and the Elicoidal Ramp Elicoidal Ramp;
• the Rampa diametrale;
• the Urn Hall;
• the Cortile dell’Angelo;
• the Hall of Apollo;
• the “Giretti“;
• the Loggia of Paul III;
• the Library Room;
• the Treasure Room;
• the Terrazza dell’Angelo;
• the Panoramic view from the Terrace;
• the Sala Paolina;
• the Loggia of Julius II;
• the Courtyard of Alexander VI;

The tracks can be freely re-read and listened to even when one is not in the environment they describe;

I must say that I am glad that I bought my ticket with audioguide already online: it allowed me to skip the queue that was forming in front of the ticket offices and guaranteed me on-site support from the staff of a specialised tourism organisation like Touristation;

Moreover, the comfortable audio guide was able to give me the freedom of movement that I was looking for, allowing me to visit Castel Sant’Angelo in the manner I preferred;

Castel Sant’Angelo Museum Rome: Where It Is, Opening Hours and Booking

Where it is located and how to get there

Castel S.Angelo is located at Lungotevere 50, Rome, the entrance to which is situated on the bank of the Tiber, at one end of Ponte S.Angelo. If you are visiting other sites in Rome, it is useful to know that Castel Sant’Angelo is a 35-minute walk (2.9 km or 1.8 mi) from the Colosseum and a 6-minute walk (1.3 km or 0.8 mi) from the Vatican City.

For more information, read the post with all the datails on the location and how to get there.

Opening and visiting hours

Castel S. Angelo Rome is open every day of the year (including holidays) from 9 am to 7.30 pm. Last admission is at 6 pm.

For more information, read the article with the opening and closing hours of Castel S.Angelo.

Reservations for schools or large groups

On opening days during regular opening hours, reservations are compulsory for groups of more than 15 people. Access to non-booked groups will be subject to quota rules for security reasons.

School groups may enter by maximum:

• 10 students with 1 accompanying person (pre-school, primary and secondary school);
• 15 students with 1 accompanying person (secondary school).

To book, please send an e-mail to: info@tosc.it

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Contacts and Ticketing

• National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo
• Address: Lungotevere Castello, 50 – 00193 Rome
• Email: info@tosc.it
• Tel: +39 06 6819111 (from Italy)
• Director: Prof. Massimo Osanna