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9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
P.za del Duomo, Milano
2.5H Approx.
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The Duomo di Milano, from the nave to the rooftops

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Duomo di Milano e Museo: Admission Ticket

Highlights

Experience the grandeur of Europe’s largest Gothic cathedral.

Discover the intricate details of the church’s interior.

Visit the Duomo Museum and learn about its fascinating history.

Explore the historic Church of San Gottardo in Corte nearby.

Enjoy this cultural highlight located in the heart of Milan.

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Admire the beauty of Milan Cathedral, the museum and its terraces

Highlights

Discover the splendid design of the Duomo di Milano’s interior.

Ascend to the rooftop for sweeping views of Milan.

Explore the detailed stained glass windows and elaborate sculptures.

Access the rooftop via elevator or stairs according to your preference.

Experience one of Italy’s most renowned landmarks in comfort and style.

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Duomo di Milano: Entry ticket + Archaeological area

Highlights

Discover the stunning Gothic architecture of the Duomo di Milano.

Explore the exhibits at the Duomo Museum.

Visit the fascinating archaeological area beneath the cathedral.

Enter the historic Church of San Gottardo in Corte.

Discover the Duomo di Milano

Milan’s cathedral took the better part of six hundred years to finish, and you can read that span in the building: Gothic bones, Renaissance detail, a façade completed under Napoleon. Inside it’s vast and dim and unexpectedly quiet. Up on the roof you walk between the spires with the city laid out below, and on a clear day the Alps sit on the horizon.

About the Duomo di Milano

  • Milan’s cathedral is built out of one stone, from one quarry. The marble comes from Candoglia, a hamlet above the river Toce at the mouth of the Ossola valley in Piedmont. It is crystalline and shot through with pink, and hard enough that the architects designed around what it could do.

    The original plan called for brick. Gian Galeazzo Visconti overruled it, and on 24 October 1387 he handed the Candoglia quarry to the Veneranda Fabbrica and granted the marble free passage down the waterways. It travelled the Toce to Lake Maggiore, down the Ticino, along the Naviglio Grande and into the city as far as a small lake a few hundred metres from the building site. The lake is gone. The street that replaced it is still called via Laghetto. Blocks came in by water until 1920.

    The quarry is still working and still belongs to the Veneranda Fabbrica. The vein is narrow, so getting the stone out has never been cheap or easy. Six hundred years on, the cathedral has never quite stopped being a building site.

Why Visit the Duomo di Milano

A Gothic cathedral like nowhere else in Italy: spires, statues and marble tracery worked by hand across six centuries.

Walk on the roof: the terraces put you among the spires, looking out over Milan and, on a clear day, as far as the Alps.

Stained glass worth an hour on its own: enormous windows that read like illustrated books, panel by panel.

The Duomo Museum: original sculptures, models and treasury pieces taken down from the building, seen at arm’s length instead of a hundred feet overhead.

A working cathedral: Mass is still said here daily, and the place feels different for it.

Dead centre of Milan: the Galleria, La Scala and the Palazzo Reale are all a few minutes’ walk from the square.

Opening Hours

  • The Duomo is not one building on one schedule. The cathedral, the rooftop terraces and the museum each keep their own hours, and the museum takes a day off midweek.

    Cathedral: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., every day of the year. The last ticket is sold at 5:50 p.m. and the last entry is at 6:00 p.m. Closing procedures start at 6:30 p.m., so arriving at five to six gets you in but gives you about half an hour.

    Rooftop Terraces: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with the same last ticket and last entry as the cathedral. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through the summer season, and on selected public holidays, the terraces stay open until 8:00 p.m. with the last entry at 7:00 p.m.

    Duomo Museum and Church of San Gottardo in Corte: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., last admission 6:00 p.m., closed on Wednesdays. If Wednesday is the only day you have, plan on the cathedral and the terraces instead.

    Hours move around for religious celebrations, restoration work and public holidays, so it’s worth checking the current schedule close to your visit.

Best Times to Visit

  • The Duomo is one of the most visited buildings in Italy, and the gap between arriving at opening and arriving at lunchtime is the gap between a cathedral and a crowd.

    First thing: arrive close to opening and the nave is quiet enough to hear your own footsteps, with low sun coming through the stained glass.

    Late afternoon on the roof: the marble takes on colour in the last couple of hours of light, which is when the terraces photograph best.

    Summer evenings: through the summer season the terraces stay open until 8:00 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, last entry 7:00 p.m. In 2026 that runs from 5 June to 13 September.

    Heat: the terraces are fully exposed and there’s no shade. Through high summer the Veneranda Fabbrica staffs a medical point on the roof from midday to 5:00 p.m. and sets out water distribution points; in 2026 that ran from 15 June to 13 September. Visits in the middle of the day are not recommended in high summer for anyone with heart, breathing or mobility difficulties.

    Season and day: April to June and September to October give you the kindest weather. Winter days are short but the queues are shorter with them. Any weekday beats a Saturday.

Address

The cathedral stands on the square that shares its name, in the middle of Milan’s historic centre, with the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II opening off one side and the Palazzo Reale on the other.

The address is:
Piazza del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy

How to Get to the Duomo di Milano

The metro is the simplest way in. Line M1 (red) and Line M3 (yellow) both stop at Duomo, and the exits come up directly onto Piazza del Duomo, facing the cathedral.

From Milano Centrale the ride is around 10 minutes on M3.

Trains run from early morning until around midnight, every few minutes through the day.

Dining Near the Duomo di Milano

  • There’s no restaurant inside the cathedral complex, but you’re standing in one of the best-fed square kilometres in Italy.

    For coffee and something quick, Motta Milano 1928 sits under the glass roof of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, two minutes from the cathedral doors.

    For a view with the meal, the rooftop of La Rinascente faces the Duomo across a narrow gap. It’s about as close as you’ll get to eating at eye level with the statues.

    Step two or three streets back from the square and the prices come down while the cooking gets better. This is the home of risotto alla milanese and cotoletta alla milanese, and plenty of places within a short walk still do both properly.

Gift Shop at the Duomo di Milano

  • The DuomoShop occupies the Sala delle Colonne at Piazza Duomo 14/A, in the building to the right of the cathedral.

    What’s on the shelves comes out of the building itself: guidebooks and photographic volumes on the cathedral, prints and postcards, devotional items, and small cast replicas of the spires and statues. The publications on the construction history go into far more depth than anything you’ll find elsewhere in the city.

    The shop is run by the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo, the body that has looked after the cathedral since 1387.

Accessibility at the Duomo di Milano

  • Access varies a great deal between the different parts of the complex, so it’s worth knowing what’s reachable before you book.

    Cathedral: two 20-metre ramps with handrails run up from the parvis at a maximum 8% incline, and both entrances have a short 15 cm ramp. The aisles are wide and level. The Scurolo di San Carlo and the Baptistery of St Stephen are down stairs and are hard to reach in a wheelchair.

    Rooftop Terraces: the lift reaches the first terrace only, and wheelchair access there is limited to the back-choir area, daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second level and the entire descent are stairs only, so plan the visit around the first terrace if steps are a problem.

    Duomo Museum: all on the ground floor, entered from the left side of the Palazzo Reale courtyard through a 5% ramp and a double swing door. The route inside runs on ramps of no more than 9%. Several halls are kept deliberately dark.

    Church of San Gottardo in Corte: the internal passage from the museum has steps. For step-free entry, walk around the Palazzo Reale along via Carlo Maria Martini to via Palazzo Reale, then turn into via Pecorari.

    Wheelchairs: a manual wheelchair can be borrowed free of charge at the DuomoInfopoint in Piazza Duomo 14/A, in exchange for an identity document.

    Deaf and hard of hearing: a video guide with Italian Sign Language interpretation and subtitles covers selected points in the cathedral, on the terraces and in the museum, opened by QR code along the route.

    Guide dogs: guide dogs for blind and visually impaired visitors are welcome. Other animals are not admitted.

    Getting there is straightforward: Duomo metro station has lifts and step-free access.

Know Before You Go

Tickets: the cathedral, the terraces and the museum are ticketed separately or in combination. Check what yours covers before you queue.

Dress code: shoulders and knees covered. No sleeveless tops, shorts or short skirts, and hats come off inside.

Security: bags are screened at the entrance. Suitcases, large backpacks, glass, ceramics and sharp objects are refused.

Stairs or lift: the stair route to the terraces is 251 steps. The lift reaches the first level only, and everyone comes back down on foot.

Photography: personal use only. No flash in the museum, and no tripods or drones anywhere in the complex.

Weather: the terraces are open to the sky and can close in bad weather.

Heat: there’s no shade on the roof. In July and August, go early or late and carry water.

Prams and strollers: prams are not allowed on the terrace route, and strollers must be folded.

Guide dogs only: no other animals are admitted to the cathedral, the terraces or the museum.

Wednesdays: the Duomo Museum and the Church of San Gottardo in Corte are closed.

FAQs

Where is the Duomo di Milano?

In Piazza del Duomo, at the centre of Milan. Metro lines M1 (red) and M3 (yellow) stop directly underneath, and seven tram routes pass the edges of the square.

Do I need a ticket to go inside?

Yes. The cathedral, the rooftop terraces and the Duomo Museum are all ticketed, separately or in combination. Booking ahead saves you the ticket-office queue, which is usually the longer of the two lines.

What are the opening hours?

The cathedral and the terraces are open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The last ticket is sold at 5:50 p.m. and the last entry is at 6:00 p.m. The Duomo Museum runs 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and closes on Wednesdays.

How long does a visit take?

About an hour for the cathedral and the museum. Add another hour for the terraces, more if you take the stairs and stop on the way up. Two to two and a half hours covers everything without rushing.

Is there a dress code?

Yes, and it’s enforced at the door. Shoulders and knees must be covered, so no sleeveless tops, shorts or short skirts. Hats come off inside.

How many steps are there to the roof?

251 on the stair route. The lift skips those, but it only reaches the first level of the terraces, and everyone walks back down.

Can I reach the terraces in a wheelchair?

Partly. The lift reaches the first terrace, where wheelchair access is limited to the back-choir area, daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second level and the descent are stairs only.

Can I attend Mass?

Yes. Services run throughout the week, with their own entrance separate from the visitor route. Parts of the cathedral close to sightseers while a service is on.

Is this the venue's official website?

No. This site sells official tickets to the Duomo di Milano but it isn’t run by the venue.

This website sells official tickets for this venue. Please note, however, that it is not the official website of the venue.

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