The Pantheon ticket is now €7

How much does the Pantheon cost from 1 July 2026?

€7 for a full ticket, €2 for EU citizens aged 18 to 25, and free for under-18s, Rome residents, disabled visitors with a companion, worshippers and everyone on first Sundays.

Only the full price changed. Finestre sull'Arte reported that the reduced €2 ticket for 18 to 25-year-olds and every existing free category stay the same. That makes the Pantheon a cheap visit for families: anyone under 18 walks in for nothing, with or without a parent paying.

The ticket is for the monument only. No audio guide, no guide, no reserved queue beyond the time slot you choose online. You buy it on the official Musei Italiani portal (an account is needed) or at the ticket office and machines on the piazza, while same-day slots last. Our full ticket guide walks through the booking screens.

Who decided the Pantheon price rise, and where does the extra €2 go?

Italy's Ministry of Culture and the Diocese of Rome, in a new agreement signed on 10 April 2026. The extra €2 goes to the ministry's Piano Olivetti for local libraries.

The Pantheon is two things at once: a state monument and the Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres, a working church. Any ticket needs both owners to agree. The new convention was signed at the ministry on 10 April 2026 by Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli and Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the Pope's vicar general for Rome, with the basilica's rector Monsignor Daniele Micheletti present, according to Finestre sull'Arte.

The ministry tied the €2 to a specific use: the Piano Olivetti per la Cultura, which supports "biblioteche di prossimità" (neighbourhood libraries) in inland and struggling parts of Italy. Your extra two euros do not go into the dome. They pay for a reading room in a mountain village somewhere.

The reasoning is easy to follow. About 4.5 million people visited in 2025, The Local reported, and at €5 the Pantheon was already one of the cheapest big sights in Rome. Two euros more will not turn many of them away.

What has the Pantheon ticket cost since paid entry began in 2023?

Free for centuries, then €5 from 3 July 2023, with Rome residents free from the start, and €7 from 1 July 2026.

Paid entry came out of an earlier deal. On 16 March 2023 the ministry and the Chapter of the basilica agreed a ticket of at most €5, with 70% of the takings for the ministry and 30% for the Diocese of Rome. The diocese said its share would pay for charity work, culture and the upkeep of the church; the ministry covers maintenance and cleaning.

The money came in fast. In the first four weeks, from 3 to 31 July 2023, 228,043 tickets earned €865,982. In 2024, the first full paid year, the Pantheon had 4,086,947 visitors and €14,712,752 in revenue, fourth among Italy's state sites. That is a lot less traffic than the free years, when estimates ran to around 9 million a year.

Is a Viator Pantheon ticket worth it now the official one is €7?

Only if you value the host, the audio guide or a slot the official portal has sold out. For a plain walk-in, €7 on the official site is the deal.

The gap narrowed. At €5 a $10 Viator ticket cost roughly double. At €7 the official ticket is not far below the $10 ticket with audio guide, which adds a host on Piazza della Minerva and an audio guide on your phone (bring earphones). The $14 Crown Tours visit goes further: a live guide for about 30 minutes inside plus 15 minutes outside. Both include the €7 entry in the price.

Here is where Viator earns its margin: sold-out days. The portal releases slots a month ahead and popular morning times go early in spring and summer. One guest on the hosted entry ticket wrote in October 2026: "Tickets at the venue were sold out for the day, but Viator had some available [...] We did pay a slight premium over reserving tickets online, or waiting in line at the location, but I thought the hassle-free experience warranted the price."

Our take: if the portal has your slot, pay €7 and keep the difference. If it does not, or you want someone to explain the dome, the 45-minute guided tour is the best value on the list. The guide or audio guide comparison goes deeper.

The cheapest Viator entry: a host on Piazza della Minerva hands over your timed ticket and sets up the audio guide on your phone.

★ 4.4 · About 45 minutes · from $10

Explore the ticket with audio guide → Tour details

Do I still need to book the Pantheon ahead at €7?

From spring to autumn, yes. Same-day tickets are sold on site until 18:00 while slots last, and sales stop about an hour before Mass.

The price rise did nothing for the queue. Art Visit Guide puts the 9:00 to 10:00 hour as the calmest and 11:00 to 14:00 as the worst, when tour groups peak. The on-site office closes at 18:00, though the building stays open until 19:00 with last entry at 18:30.

Mass is the other trap. The Pantheon closes to sightseers for the Saturday 17:00 and Sunday 10:30 services, and ticket sales pause beforehand. Check the opening hours and Mass times before you pick a slot, and carry ID: Viator tickets are in your name.

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