Siena Duomo and The Gate of Heaven

Your visit to the 'Gates of Heaven' will need to be on the date selected and you will have to pick up your tickets 15 minutes before the specified start time. The pass is valid for 3 days and you may visit the other places covered by the pass as you wish.

The cathedral complex dominates the skyline of Siena and with this single pass you may explore the whole of it, below ground, the interiors and their history, and a final visit to on high to enjoy some simply jaw-dropping views across Siena and the surrounding Tuscan countryside.

The pass covers: The Duomo di Siena (cathedral), Baptistery of San Giovanni, the cathedral crypt, the cathedral museum, the panoramic terrace of the Duomo Nuovo, the Oratory of San Bernardino and access to the 'Gate of Heaven' rooms high up in the cathedral roof space.

Opening hours vary from season to season. Please note that on Sundays the cathedral is closed until 13.30.

Each year there is usually a time when the incredible marble floors are uncovered - 'Scopertura Pavimento'. This inlaid marble floor is a magic carpete that is covered for most of the year – to protect it – comprising 56 panels from many a noted artist such as Sassetta, Domenico di Bartolo, Matteo di Giovanni, Domenico Beccafumi and Pinturicchio (the Hill of Wisdom). In the event that the Pavimento del Duomo is open, your tickets also include access to this famous marble-graffito, described by Vasari as ‘the most beautiful… largest and most magnificent… that was ever made’.