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Rome's museums and churches

7 placesFreeUpdated November 5, 2026

The Vatican Museums and St Peter's, the Borghese Gallery, the Capitoline Museums, Castel Sant'Angelo and the mosaics of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

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  1. Essential

    Museums & culture· Vatican

    Vatican Museums

    The popes' collections, from classical sculpture to the Raphael Rooms, with the Sistine Chapel at the end of the route.

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    The entrance to the Vatican Museums cut into the Vatican walls
  2. Essential

    Museums & culture· Vatican

    St Peter's Basilica

    The Vatican's great church, with Michelangelo's dome and Pietà inside and Bernini's colonnaded square in front.

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    Inside St Peter's, with Bernini's bronze baldachin over the high altar

  3. Museums & culture· Villa Borghese

    Borghese Gallery

    A 17th-century villa in the Borghese park holding Bernini's sculptures and paintings by Caravaggio, Raphael and Titian.

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    The white façade of Villa Borghese, home of the Borghese Gallery, with its garden in front

  4. Museums & culture· Campidoglio

    Capitoline Museums

    The world's oldest public museum, set on Michelangelo's square, with the Capitoline Wolf and a terrace looking over the Forum.

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    The coffered ceiling and frescoes of the Hall of the Captains in the Capitoline Museums

  5. Museums & culture· Borgo

    Castel Sant'Angelo

    Emperor Hadrian's mausoleum turned papal fortress, linked to the Vatican by a raised passage and topped by a terrace over the Tiber.

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    Castel Sant'Angelo lit up at night beside the Tiber
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    Museums & culture· Centro storico

    Pantheon

    A Roman temple nearly 1,900 years old, later a church, crowned by a concrete dome that opens to the sky through a nine-metre oculus.

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    The Pantheon's columned portico and dome seen from the side and front

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Before you go

How to visit Rome's museums

  1. Borghese is booking only

    The Borghese Gallery runs on compulsory timed reservations that sell out days ahead. Book it first, on the official website.

  2. Vatican in the morning

    Take the first slot at museivaticani.va and leave St Peter's for afterwards: the basilica is free, but the security queue in the square gets long around midday.

  3. Last Sunday: free but packed

    On the last Sunday of each month the Vatican Museums open free in the morning, with very long queues. If time is short, pay on another day.

  4. Churches are open to all

    Santa Maria in Trastevere and most churches are free; avoid wandering during mass and carry something to cover your shoulders.

Checked on November 3, 2026. Opening hours and tickets can change, so check each place’s website before you go.

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