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The Secret Castle - Guided Tour of Castel Sant'Angelo

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CASTEL SANT'ANGELO GUIDED TOUR - THE SECRET CASTLE SPECIAL OPENING

The "Secret Castle" is the name given to this new tour of Castel Sant'Angelo, a project that gives visitors the opportunity to go down to the heart of the monument and visit some sections usually closed to the public for safety reasons. The conformation of these environments in fact makes them not suitable for being visited by many visitors at the same time. These are rather narrow areas with sometimes winding access points. The opening to visitors of these areas is therefore limited to the participants of this tour to be considered an exceptional and exclusive event.
The visit takes place in small groups accompanied by an official guide who comments on the itinerary in English. This tour is also available in Italian.
The itinerary includes a visit to the historic Prisons, the so-called Oliare, rooms that were once used as food warehouses, the Lion's Courtyard, the room called "il Forno" and the Stufetta, a tiny room that was once the bathroom of Pope Clement VII, particularly famous for being decorated with frescoes from Raphael's workshop.

The reservation to access the tour is mandatory.

When you can take the tour of the "Secret Castle"

Every day the monument opens.
Hours available: 10:00 am or 3:00 pm
From April to October the afternoon timetable of the tour is postponed to 4:30.
The reservation to access the tour is mandatory.
Full ticket price: 25.00 euros per person
Duration: about 40 minutes
once the tour is over, participants can stay inside the monument and visit it freely.

TICKET REDUCTIONS

Half price ticket: European citizens from 18 to 24 years old.
Free ticket: children from 4 to 17 years old.
Price includes: guided tour in English, special opening of closed sections, entrance ticket and on-line reservation fees.
Babies under 3 years old do not need any reservation.
Disabled people can enter free. Please note: this building is not suitable for people with walking problems.

 

WHERE CASTEL SANT'ANGELO
 IS LOCATED ANF HOW TO GET THERE

Address: Lungotevere Castello, 50, Roma

Underground Line A: stop Lepanto; stop Ottaviano-San Pietro
Bus: lines 62, 23, 271, 982, 280 (stop Piazza Pia)

line 40 (stop Piazza Pia)

line 34 (stop via di Porta Castello)

lines 49, 87, 926, 990 (stop Piazza Cavour-fermata via Crescenzio)

lines 64, 46 (stop Santo Spirito)

Cancellation policy

From the date of booking until 7 days before the day of the tour, the cancellation fee is €8.00 per ticket.
From 6 days before the tour time and for no-shows (unused tickets), the cancellation fee is 100% of the amount paid, i.e. there is no right to a refund.
You may change the date and time of booking up to 7 working days before the booked date paying a €2.50 fee per ticket. After that point, the voucher may no longer be changed.
Requests of changes must always be communicated in writing by email.

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