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
From Monday to Saturday No further admission after 5.00 pm | 9.30 am – 5.30 pm |
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Sunday and Religious Holidays Epiphany (6 January), Assumption (15 August), All Saints (1 November), Immaculate Conception (8 December). | 12.30 pm – 5.45 pm |
Free entrance to the Basilica New Year's Day (1 January), second Sunday of February, Easter, Feast of St. Anthony of Padua (13 June), Feast of the Assumption (15 August), Feast of the Holy Cross (14 September), Feast of St. Francis of Assisi (4 October), second Sunday of November, 22 December, Boxing Day (26 December), European Heritage Days. | 12.30 pm – 5.45 pm |
Holiday Closure Christmas Day (25 December) |
Price list
Tickets can be purchased at the ticket office of the monumental complex or online.
ID must be shown in support of concessions and/or free admission. Free tickets must be collected directly at the ticket office of the monumental complex.
Please remember that, in the case of online ticket purchasing, a booking fee of €1 for each ticket is applicable (except schools and family tickets).
To help us ensure smooth access, we recommend you book your visit through our on-line ticketing service.
PLEASE RETAIN YOUR ENTRANCE TICKET
Showing your Santa Croce entrance ticket at the Casa Buonarroti museum, Casa Vasari, Horne and Galileo museum allows you to purchase a reduced price entrance.
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 | 0 € |
Full price ticket + guided tour The service is available on Sundays and Mondays at fixed time departures | 25 € |
Reduced ticket + guided tour The service is available on Sundays and Mondays at fixed time departures | 20 € |
Free ticket + guided tour The service is available on Sundays and Mondays at fixed time departures | 15 € |
Audio-guide (online rental) Available in Italian, English, French, Spanish, German. | 4 € |
Audio-guide (onsite rental) Available in Italian, English, French, Spanish, German. | 6 € |
Radio earphones rental for groups and schools Please note: earphones are used during group visits. They are not an audio-guide and do not include the guide service | 1,5 € |
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 bookshop where you'll be able to buy guidebooks and both historical and art history publications.
Groups and Guides
We allow groups up to a maximum of 35 people plus the guide.
Tour guides are required to communicate the presence of their group at the entrance and to equip them with earphones or headesets if the group is made up of 10 or more. Earphones can also be rented at the ticket office before the visit.
A reduction for groups is envisaged, starting from 15 participants. It is also possible to take advantage of the same reductions and offers applicable to single tickets, by presenting a valid id at the entrance. Guides can access for free by showing their badge.
You can book when purchasing tickets at the monumental Complex ticket office or online at Admission for Groups – Online Tickets (midaticket.it)
In the case of delay your booked slot lapses 15 minutes after the given time.
For more information, please contact our booking service.
Guided tours in English are available, to discover the most important art masterpieces of the monumental complex. The tours take place on Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays with a fixed departure and are open to a maximum of 25 participants. Visits can be purchased at the ticket office or online, until 15 minutes before. To book and for more information, please visit the dedicated page.
It is possible to request private tours for small groups and families and to organize visits of the monumental complex behind closed doors. For more information, visit the dedicated page.
Accessibility
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 20 minutes. The visitor entrance and ticket office are situated on the north side of the basilica in Largo Bargellini.
