Ticket with audio guide · Meeting point with staff
The entry ticket with an audio guide on your phone and the climb to the panoramic terrace, under the bronze Archangel. You collect everything from the staff at the meeting point, then tour on your own.
On GetYourGuide it has 4.2 out of 5 with 89 reviews and starts from $21 per person, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Includes the entrance ticket, access to the panoramic terrace, a multilingual audio guide to use on your phone and assistance at the meeting point, where staff hand you the tickets before you enter.
The terrace is the highest point of the museum route, the one all visitors reach. According to Turismo Roma, from up there you see, from left to right, the Palace of Justice, Villa Borghese, the Quirinal, the Pantheon, the Campidoglio, the Aventine, the Janiculum and St Peter's. What the listing adds is the ready ticket, the audio guide and someone to ask: according to one review, when the audio would not load, staff resent everything via WhatsApp.
There is no live guide. Security checks are mandatory and may cause waiting, and the listing warns the terrace may sometimes remain closed due to weather or organisational reasons. There are stairs and uneven floors: wear comfortable shoes. According to the listing, it is not suitable for those with mobility issues.
At the meeting point indicated in your confirmation, staff will hand you the tickets. Go there first before heading to the castle: the listing asks you to collect them before entering.
Security checks, then open the audio guide on your phone. It tells the history and legends of the castle.
Stone corridors and the ramp rising into the heart of Hadrian's tomb, the 2nd-century AD mausoleum completed in AD 139.
Military bastions, courtyards and the decorated rooms where popes took refuge behind the walls. Paul III Farnese turned it into a true residence.
Beneath Peter Anton von Verschaffelt's 1753 bronze Archangel Michael, the city opens up in all directions. The castle is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:30, with last entry at 18:30.
★★★★★We couldn't load the audio guide, but a staff member contacted us immediately on WhatsApp and resent everything. Excellent service, I can only recommend it!
★★★★★A beautiful monument, with a very beautiful view of the city from all floors, and very interesting. I highly recommend it.
★★★★★Excellent [...] the best part was at the top, from where we saw the river and St Peter's Basilica.
★★★★★Excellent and very interesting tour of the castle.
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Yes, the terrace is part of the museum route, as Turismo Roma also explains. This listing includes it along with a multilingual audio guide and ticket collection with staff help.
No: it is a self-guided visit, and the listing states this clearly. Explanations come from the audio guide on your phone. For a live guide, there is the tour with a guide.
According to Turismo Roma, from left to right: the Palace of Justice, Villa Borghese, the Quirinal, the Pantheon, the Campidoglio, the Aventine, the Gianicolo and St Peter's. Below, the Tiber and Ponte Sant'Angelo with its ten angels.
The listing warns it may remain closed due to weather or organisational reasons. Check the forecast before choosing your date: cancellation is free up to 24 hours before.
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The ticket with access to the panoramic terrace and a multilingual audio guide, collected from the staff. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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