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
Admission Tickets may be purchased at the on-site ticket office in the Santa Croce complex or on line. ID must be shown in support of concessions and/or free admission. We would ask you wherever possible to use our on-line ticketing service to book your visit to Santa Croce in order to help us ensure smooth access and visitor influx compliant with the measures designed to contain the spread of Covid-19.
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€ |
Combined ticket Santa Croce + Museum of the Cathedral Full price | 12 |
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 designed to contain 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 for groups may be purchased:
- at the on-line ticket office by clicking on the "Full Price for Groups" option;
- by e-mail, writing to booking@santacroceopera.it and specifying date of visit, time slot, the number of members in each group and the name of the guide or accompanying person;
- at the on-site ticket office, but only for same-day visits and only if sufficient places are available.
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.
