Organise your visit
The monumental complex of Santa Croce welcomes thousands of visitors every year who flock to discover its immense historical and artistic heritage. On this page you can consult all the information useful to plan your visit: from opening hours to ticket prices, as well as facilities for visitors with disabilities and indications for groups.
Opening Times
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday No further admission after 4.15 pm | 11.00 am – 5.00 pm |
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Sunday and Religious Holidays Epiphany (6 January), Assumption (15 August), All Saints (1 November), Immaculate Conception (8 December). | 1.00 pm – 5.00 pm |
Holiday Closure New Year's Day (1 January), Easter, Feast of St. Anthony of Padua (13 June), Feast of St. Francis of Assisi (4 October), Christmas Day (25 December) and Boxing Day (26 December) |
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased weekly up from May 10 at the ticket office of the monumental complex or online. In compliance with government regulations for the reopening of cultural institutions, booking is mandatory for all visitors on weekends and public holidays. This service will be provided for free during the first weeks after the reopening. ID must be shown in support of concessions and/or free admission.
To celebrate Santa Croce's reopening to visitors, we have devised special weekend guided tours for only €14.00 per person (€12.00 for concessions and €6.00 for Florentine residents and anyone entitled to free admission).
For further information on the tours, times and how to book, please see the dedicated page on our website.
To help us ensure smooth access and visitor influx compliant with the measures designed to contain the spread of Covid-19, we higly reccommend you would to book your visit through our on-line ticketing service.
Full price Individual visitors | 8€ |
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Concessions Individual visitors (aged 12–17) | 6€ |
Families Admission free for children under 18 if accompanied by parents paying for admission | 8€ |
Free Children aged 0–11 | |
Audio-guide supplement | 4€ |
Services
Santa Croce has put together a number of visitor aids to make it simpler for you to visit the complex and to offer you a richer visitor experience such as free Wi-Fi points, an audio-guide and our apps offering special themed itineraries. We also have a small on-site bookshop where you'll be able to buy guidebooks and both historical and art history publications.
Groups and Guides
In compliance with the measures against the spread of Covid-19, groups of up to 20 people (plus guide) are admitted at a rate of one group every 15 minutes. Guides must inform admission staff of their group's presence and use a radio-guide system if their group comprises six or more people.
No special group discounts are available, but the discounts and free admission terms applying to individual tickets also apply to individual group members on presentation of the appropriate ID. Free tickets should be collected at the ticket office.
Tickets can be purchased weekly up from May 10 at the ticket office of the monumental complex or online. As required by government regulations for the reopening of cultural institutions, on weekends and public holidays booking is mandatory for all visitors. During the first weeks after the reopening, this service is provided for free.
Tickets for groups may be purchased:
- through the dedicated portal Groups and Guides, operating from May 10;
- at the on-site ticket office on weekdays only. Online reservation is mandatory on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Accessibility
Discover our virtual tour on Santa Croce App
How to reach us
The Santa Croce complex is situated in the very heart of Florence, in one of its oldest and most characteristic neighbourhoods. If you arrive by train at Santa Maria Novella station, you can easily reach us on foot via the city's historic centre in about 15 minutes. The visitor entrance and ticket office are situated on the north side of the basilica in Largo Bargellini.
