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Rome has 66 basilicas and over 900 churches. Here you will find the opening hours of the most important basilicas and churches in Rome (as of 2026).
Pope Basilicas
St. Peter’s Basilica: Tickets, Hours & Tours 2026
Campo Santo Teutonico
Founded by Charlemagne in the 8th century, the Campo Santo Teutonico is often regarded as the last remnant of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The area belongs to Italy but is only accessible through Vatican territory. To gain access, you must request entry in German from the Swiss Guard between the Palace of the Congregation of the Faith and the left colonnade of Bernini.
The cemetery and church are accessible Monday to Saturday from 8 to 13, except on Wednesdays during the papal audience. Entry is also granted for the daily Mass at 7 a.m. On Sundays, access is granted exclusively for the Holy Mass at 10 a.m. (on 9 November at 9 a.m.) in the church of Santa Maria della Pietà. In August the church remains closed. → https://www.camposantoteutonico.va/
Saint John Lateran
The Basilica of San Giovanni is the oldest basilica in the Western world and the seat of the Bishop of Rome. Pope Sylvester I consecrated it in the 4th century to Christ the Saviour (Cristo Salvatore). Sergius III added John the Baptist in the 9th century, and Lucius II added John the Evangelist in the 12th century.
After the security check, there is an information office on the right at the entrance offering audioguides (Mon–Sat 9–16, closed on Sundays). Toilets are located on the left side of the basilica. → https://www.basilicasangiovanni.va/
The octagonal baptistery, located in front of the basilica on Piazza Giovanni Paolo II to the right of the obelisk, also has its origins in the 4th century.
Opening hours: Basilica 7–18:30, Sacristy 8–12 / 16–18, Cloister 9–17, Baptistery 9–19, Museum 9–17:30
Scala Sancta – The Holy Staircase
Opposite the Lateran Basilica stands the building housing the Scala Santa, the staircase said to have been used by Jesus on his way to Pontius Pilate. It was brought to Rome around 1450 and presented to Pope Sixtus I. The faithful ascend the steps on their knees. It is also possible to walk up a separate staircase to the papal chapel, the Sancta Sanctorum.
Opening hours: 6–13:30 / 15–18:30, Sundays and public holidays from 7 → https://www.scala-santa.com/
St. Paul Outside the Walls
The basilica is open year-round 7–18:30, admission is free. All areas of the basilica are wheelchair accessible.
The cloister is open 8–18, admission €4
The basilica complex includes a souvenir shop, a bar, restrooms and a Vatican Post Office letterbox.
The basilica grounds and the adjacent branch of the Bambino Gesù children’s hospital are part of Vatican territory. → https://www.basilicasanpaolo.org/
Santa Maria Maggiore
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is the most important of Rome’s more than 40 Marian churches and dates from the 4th century. It is the oldest Marian church in Rome. The Cappella Paolina houses the ancient icon “Salus Populi Romani”, venerated as miraculous. The Pope visits on 8 December, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, to pray before the icon.
The basilica was consecrated on 5 August 432. According to tradition, on the night of 5 August 358, the Virgin Mary appeared to a Roman patrician and his wife, asking them to build a basilica where snow would fall the following morning. Snow was indeed found there the next day, and the “Miracle of the Snow” is still celebrated every 5 August.
Pope Francis, who died on 21 April 2025, was buried here in a niche in the left nave between the Cappella Paolina and the Sforza Chapel, near the altar of St Francis. The simple tombstone of Ligurian marble bears only the inscription “FRANCISCUS”. He is not the first pope to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore – seven other popes have found their final resting place in this oldest Marian church of the Western world.
Opening hours: Basilica 7–19, Sacristy 7–12:30 / 15–18:30, Museum 8–18:30 → https://www.basilicasantamariamaggiore.va/
Marian Churches
Santa Maria in Trastevere is possibly the oldest Christian place of worship in Rome, built by Pope Callixtus in the 3rd century. Opening hours: 7:30–20:30, Fridays from 8:30, in August Sat+Sun until 20:00. → https://www.santamariaintrastevere.it/
Santa Maria in Traspontina near Castel Sant’Angelo. Opening hours: 9–20. → https://www.parrocchiatraspontina.it/
Santa Maria in Cosmedin – Bocca della Verità. Opening hours: 9:30–17:50. → https://cosmedin.org/
Santa Maria in Ara Coeli at the Capitoline Hill, a popular wedding church. Opening hours: 7:30–19. → https://www.sanmarcoevangelista.it/le-rettorie/365-santa-maria-in-aracoeli-al-campidoglio
Santa Maria del Popolo. Visiting hours outside Mass times: weekdays 8:30–9:45 / 10:30–12 / 16–18, Sundays and public holidays 16:30–18. → https://santamariadelpopoloroma.it/
Santa Maria in Monte Santo near Piazza del Popolo. Mon–Fri 17:30–19:30, Sat+Sun 11:30–13:30, Artists’ Mass Sun 12:00. → https://chiesadegliartisti.it/
Santa Maria dei Miracoli near Piazza del Popolo. Opening hours: 7–12:30 / 16–19.
Santa Maria dell’Anima in the street of the same name at number 66, behind Piazza Navona. Opening hours: Mon–Sat 9–12:45 / 15–19, closed Wednesday mornings. Masses in German: Mon–Fri 18:00, Sat vigil Mass 18:00, Sun and public holidays 10:00. → https://www.pisma.it/
Santa Maria in Via Lata on the Via del Corso. Opening hours: 17:00–21:00 (in summer from 18:00). → https://www.cryptavialata.it/
Santa Maria Sopra Minerva behind the Pantheon. Opening hours: Mon–Fri 8–20, Sat+Sun 10:30–13 / 14–19:30. → https://www.santamariasopraminerva.it/
Santa Maria della Vittoria Via XX Settembre. Opening hours: 6:45–12 / 16–19, Sun 9–12 / 16–18. → https://www.carmelitanicentroitalia.it/dove-siamo/conventi-della-provincia/s-maria-della-vittoria-roma/
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri near Piazza della Repubblica. Opening hours: 8–13 / 16–19, Sat+Sun from 10. → https://www.santamariadegliangeliroma.com/
Monti
Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli. The church houses the chains with which St Peter is said to have been shackled in Jerusalem and in Rome. Also remarkable is the tomb of Pope Julius II by Michelangelo Buonarroti – the Pope was ultimately buried in St Peter’s Basilica. Due to a mistranslation of the Bible, Michelangelo gave Moses horns. Opening hours: Mon–Sat 7:30–12:20, Sun+public holidays 9–12. Afternoons daily: winter time 15–17:50, summer time 15–18:50. → https://www.lateranensi.org/sanpietroinvincoli/
Basilica of Santa Prassede. Opening hours: Mon–Sat 10–12 / 16–18, Sun 10–11 / 16–18. → https://santaprassede.wordpress.com/
Basilica of SS. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti with origins in the 4th century, on the Oppian Hill. Opening hours: 9–12 / 16–18. St Martin’s feast day with procession at 18:30. → https://www.parrocchiasanmartinoaimonti.it/
Celio
Basilica of San Clemente. Opening hours: Mon–Sat 9–12:30 / 14–18, Sun 12–18 (last entry 17:30). Online pre-booking is mandatory for the archaeological excavations – daily visitor numbers are limited. The excavations are not wheelchair accessible and photography is not permitted inside. Admission to the excavations: adults €10, under-16s accompanied by a parent free of charge. → https://www.basilicasanclemente.com/
Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati at the Augustinian convent. Opening hours: Mon–Sat 6:30–12:45 / 15:15–19:30 (Tuesday afternoons 15:15–15:30 / 17–19:30), Sun 6:45–12 / 15:30–19:30. → https://monacheagostinianesantiquattrocoronati.it/
Santo Stefano Rotondo – a remarkable circular church. Closed on Mondays. Summer: 10–13 / 15:30–18:30, Winter: 10–13 / 14–17. → https://www.cgu.it/it/santo-stefano-rotondo/
Basilica of SS. Giovanni e Paolo on the Caelian Hill. Opening hours: 8:30–12:45 / 14–17. → https://basilicassgiovanniepaolo.it/
Aventine
Santa Sabina – one of the oldest churches in Rome (5th century) with one of the earliest depictions of the Crucifixion in Christian art on its original wooden doors. Popular as a wedding church. Opening hours: Tue–Sat 8–19, Sun+Mon 12–19. → https://basilicasantasabina.it/
Santi Bonifacio e Alessio. Opening hours: Winter 8:30–12:30 / 15:30–18:30, Summer 8:30–12:30 / 15:30–20. → https://santalessiocrs.altervista.org/
Sant’Anselmo. Opening hours: 8–19, Sun 10–13. Known for the Gregorian chant of the Benedictine monks during services. → https://santanselmoaventino.it/
Centre
Sant’Andrea al Quirinale. Opening hours: 9–12 / 15–18, closed on Mondays. → https://santandrea.gesuiti.it/
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (San Carlino) – a Baroque church by Francesco Borromini. Opening hours: Mon–Sat 10–13 / 15–17 (Oct–Apr) or 16–19 (May–Sept). → https://sancarlino.org/
Trinità dei Monti – the French church above the Spanish Steps. Opening hours: Mon–Sat 10:15–19:45 (Wed from 12), Sun 9–19:30. → https://trinitadeimonti.net/
SS. Vincenzo e Anastasio at the Trevi Fountain. Behind the altar, the viscera (precordi) of 22 popes are preserved – from Sixtus V to Leo XIII – a unique curiosity found nowhere else in the world. Opening hours: 9–20. → https://cultura.gov.it/luogo/ss-vincenzo-e-anastasio
Sant’Ignazio The Jesuit church is famous above all for the perspectival ceiling fresco by Andrea Pozzo, “Gloria di Sant’Ignazio” (1691–1694). In 1685 Pozzo also created the trompe-l’œil illusion of a dome painted on the church ceiling. Opening hours: 9–23:30. → https://chiesasantignazio.it/
Santi Ambrogio e Carlo Via del Corso. Opening hours: 7–19. → https://www.arciconfraternitasantiambrogioecarlo.it/
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini Opening hours: Mon–Sat 7–12 / 16–18, Sun 8:30–13 / 17:30–19:45. → https://sangiovannibattistadeifiorentini.it/
San Luigi dei Francesi – famous for Caravaggio’s paintings of the life of St Matthew. Opening hours: Mon–Fri 9:30–12:45 / 14:30–18:15, Sat 9:30–12 / 14:30–18:30, Sun 12–12:45 / 14:30–18:30. → https://saintlouis-rome.net/
Sant’Agnese in Agone Piazza Navona. Opening hours: Tue–Fri 9–13 / 15–19, Sat+Sun until 20, closed on Mondays. → https://www.santagneseinagone.org/
Sant’Andrea della Valle. Opening hours: 9–20, Sat from 12. → https://santandrea.teatinos.org/
Chiesa del Gesù. Opening hours: Mon–Fri 7:30–12:30 / 16:30–19:30, Sat 7:30–12:30 / 16:30–20, Sun+public holidays 8:30–13:30 / 16:30–20 (in summer afternoons from 17:00). Every day at around 17:30, a gilded statue of St Ignatius is unveiled at his altar on the left side of the church. → https://www.chiesadelgesu.org/
Seven Churches Pilgrimage Route
St Sebastian on the Via Appia Antica. Opening hours: Oct–Mar 8:15–18, Apr–Sept 8:15–19. → https://www.sansebastianofuorilemura.org/ For the catacombs, see Catacombs in Rome.
Sanctuary of Divino Amore. Opening hours of the Antico Santuario: daily 6:45–21. → https://www.santuariodivinoamore.com/
Holy Cross in Jerusalem – Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. Opening hours: 7:30–19, Museum 10–12 / 16–17:30. → https://www.santacroceroma.it/
St Lawrence Outside the Walls – San Lorenzo fuori le Mura at the Verano monumental cemetery. Opening hours: 7–12 / 16–19. → https://www.basilicasanlorenzofuorilemura.it/
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