Verona Churches Ticket: San Zeno, the Duomo, Sant'Anastasia and San Fermo

Verona churches ticket prices

The Chiese Vive foundation, which runs tourist visits to the city's four historic churches, sells two tickets. The Four Historic Churches Pass costs 8.00 EUR, or 7.00 EUR for visitors over 65 and students. It gives one admission to each of the Basilica of San Zeno, the Cathedral complex, the Basilica of Sant'Anastasia and the Church of San Fermo, to be used within 90 days of purchase, and it is sold at the church ticket offices and online (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a).

The single entry ticket costs 4.00 EUR and admits you to one church of your choice. It is sold only at the ticket offices of the four churches and is valid only at the moment of purchase; it cannot be booked or bought in advance (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a).

The arithmetic is simple: two single tickets cost the same as the pass, so anyone visiting two or more churches should buy the pass. An audio guide in seven languages costs 1.00 EUR extra with a single ticket, or 2.00 EUR with the pass for all four churches, and is available up to 30 minutes before closing (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a).

Opening hours from November 2026 to February 2027

Each church has its own visiting hours. From 1 November 2026 to 28 February 2027 the foundation gives these times (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026b).

San Zeno: Monday to Friday 10:00 to 17:00, Saturday 9:30 to 17:30, Sundays and religious holidays 13:00 to 17:30.

The Cathedral complex: Monday to Friday 10:00 to 17:30, Saturday and the day before a holiday 10:00 to 15:30, Sundays and religious holidays 13:30 to 17:30. On Sunday 13 December 2026 the Cathedral is open to visitors only from 13:30 to 14:30.

Sant'Anastasia: Monday to Friday 10:00 to 17:30, Saturday and the day before a holiday 9:30 to 18:00, Sundays and religious holidays 13:00 to 17:30.

San Fermo: Monday to Friday 10:00 to 17:00, Saturday and the day before a holiday 10:00 to 17:30, Sundays and religious holidays 13:00 to 17:30.

The Cathedral's early Saturday closing is the one to watch: a Saturday visit should start there. Services take priority, and the foundation publishes temporary changes on the same page, so check it on the day.

Opening hours from March 2027

Longer hours start on 1 March. For San Zeno, the Cathedral and Sant'Anastasia, the foundation already lists times from 1 March to 31 October 2027 (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026b).

San Zeno: Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 18:00, Sundays and religious holidays 13:00 to 18:30.

The Cathedral complex: Monday to Friday 11:00 to 17:30, Saturday 11:00 to 15:30, Sundays and religious holidays 13:30 to 17:30. In summer the Cathedral opens later in the morning than in winter.

Sant'Anastasia: Monday to Friday 9:30 to 18:30, Saturday 9:30 to 18:00, Sundays and religious holidays 13:00 to 18:00.

For San Fermo the page still shows the 2026 summer timetable, from 1 March to 1 November 2026: Monday to Saturday 9:30 to 18:00, and Sundays and religious holidays 13:00 to 18:00. Expect similar hours in 2027, and check the page in February for the new dates.

In every season, Sunday mornings are reserved for worship. Entering to pray is always free (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026b).

Who enters free and other reductions

Entry is free for residents of Verona, its province and its diocese, children under 11, tour guides registered with the Ministry of Tourism, members of religious orders, journalists, military personnel, and visitors with disabilities together with a companion (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a).

Families get a generous rule: for every two paying adults, up to three young people under 18 enter free, on both the single ticket and the four-church pass (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a). A family of two adults and three teenagers therefore pays 16.00 EUR for all four churches.

Groups of more than 20 pay 3.00 EUR each at the ticket offices, with one free place for every 20 paying guests, and groups of more than 10 accompanied by an authorised tour guide pay 2.00 EUR each. Secondary school groups pay 2.00 EUR per student (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a).

Verona Card holders enter all four churches free (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a). At the church ticket offices you can also buy entry to the Biblioteca Capitolare, the Cathedral chapter library, at a reduced 6.00 EUR (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a).

The four churches and how to plan the route

The foundation's itinerary starts at the Basilica of San Zeno, a Romanesque church with bronze entrance doors and a triptych by Andrea Mantegna. In the centre, the Basilica of Sant'Anastasia holds Gothic frescoes by Pisanello and Altichiero. Nearby, the Cathedral complex groups the baptistery, the church of Sant'Elena with early Christian remains, and the Duomo, which has an altarpiece by Titian. On the bank of the Adige, San Fermo is two churches one above the other: a Gothic Franciscan basilica with fourteenth-century frescoes over a Romanesque lower church (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026b).

San Zeno lies west of the centre, about 1.5 km on foot from Piazza Bra and about 1.9 km from Piazza delle Erbe (FOSSGIS, 2026), so visit it first or last and walk the other three together. Sant'Anastasia and the Cathedral are close to each other in the river bend. By bus, ATV urban line 31 runs via San Zeno, and lines 52 and 70 to 73 via San Fermo (ATV, 2026).

Access differs: the Cathedral and Sant'Anastasia have wheelchair access, San Zeno only in part, and San Fermo none because of steep stairs (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026b). For the city around them, see our pages on the Lamberti Tower and where to stay in Verona.

Chiese Vive pass or Verona Card?

The two tickets suit different trips. The Chiese Vive pass costs 8.00 EUR, covers only the four churches, and lasts 90 days, so it suits a visitor who wants the churches at an unhurried pace or over several trips (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a).

The Verona Card costs 33 EUR for 24 hours or 38 EUR for 48 hours and includes the four churches together with the Arena, Juliet's House, Castelvecchio, the Lamberti Tower, the Roman Theatre's archaeological museum and the city buses (Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, 2026). It pays off only if you fit several ticketed museums into its 24 or 48 hours; for the churches alone it costs far more than the pass. Our Verona Card page sets out what it includes.

Neither ticket needs a booking at the churches. Buy the pass at the first church you visit, or online, and keep it for the other three (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a). Guided tours at scheduled times can be booked through the foundation, and agencies arrange group visits by email to [email protected] (Fondazione Chiese Vive, 2026a).