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Skip-the-Line Tickets to Santa Croce Basilica Complex

Name: Skip-the-Line Tickets to Santa Croce Basilica Complex
Start: 2026-10-01T10:45:00
End: 2026-10-01T17:30:00
Location: Basilica of Santa Croce

4.6/5(457)

Angela F

Couple

Verified booking

2 weeks ago

Really helpful to have bought the entry tickets to Santa Croce Basilica. There was a long queue for people to buy tickets. Thank-you Headout for all your assistance. What an amazing building , really was quite spectacular. Lots of helpful information was provided. Wonderful to see spectacular art and sculpture all within the area of the Basilica.

Roberto S

Family

Verified booking

Last week

It was really a huge help to be able to buy tickets with Headout!! On a very hot day in Florence, with a huge line in front of the Basilica of Santa Croce, being able to enter in just a few moments thanks to the skip-the-line access made the visit more pleasant and, above all, safe for my child as well. Fantastic experience! I won't do without it again.

Anna S

Solo

Verified booking

Sep 2026

If you are a huge fan of history and architectural beauty, that is where you should head out with Headout. The Basilica is magnificent. In fact, you can spend half of your day there either discovering the history in front of you, or simply finding some peace wandering about the complex. Thank you, Headout, for making this experience so magical

Leslie N

Group

Verified booking

2 weeks ago

This was an easy and convenient way to purchase tickets so I could skip the line at Santa Croce Basilica in Florence Italy. The church itself was beautiful and the statutory and monuments to the great artists and notable figures entombed there was magnificent. Should definitely be on your Florence list.

Graeme R

Couple

Verified booking

6 days ago

Santa Croce Basilica is enormous, beautiful, and richly decorated with religious artifacts by the grearmasters. It contains the tombs of many historically significant people. A surprise must-see in a side room is Saint Francis of Assissi's black sackcloth robe and rope belt.

Katja J

Group

Verified booking

Last week

Traveling with a wheelchair, free entry with a companion. Free tickets are issued quickly here and the group tour is not interrupted. Very pleasant and accommodating. Thank you very much for the great experience.

Skip the ticket queue and walk straight into the world's largest Franciscan basilica. The full complex is yours to explore at your own pace.

Stand before Giotto's 14th-century frescoes in the Bardi and Peruzzi Chapels, among the finest surviving examples of pre-Renaissance painting in Italy.

Pay your respects at the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo, and Machiavelli: three of history's greatest minds, all buried within the same nave.

Wander through Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel, the cloisters, the crypt, and the Opera Museum. One ticket covers it all, with nothing extra to pay inside.

While admiring these masterpieces, do not forget to witness Pio Fedi’s Freedom of Poetry, a marble statue symbolizing freedom of expression. It is believed that Freedom of Poetry inspired the Statue of Liberty of New York!

Fast-track entry to the Basilica of Santa Croce

Access to Pazzi, Bardi and Peruzzi chapels

Access to tombs

Access to Refectory Museum (Cimabue's Cruxifix)

Live guide

Audio guide

Hotel transfers

Meals

These tickets can't be cancelled or rescheduled.

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What our guests say
Leslie N
Group
Verified booking
2 weeks ago
This was an easy and convenient way to purchase tickets so I could skip the line at Santa Croce Basilica in Florence Italy. The church itself was beautiful and the statutory and monuments to the great artists and notable figures entombed there was magnificent. Should definitely be on your Florence list.
Jorge C
Couple
Verified booking
Last week
Fast, accurate, no lines. Easy to find with no hassle in the entrance. The QR code was right there in tha app so they read it right away at the entrance.
Manuela B
Family
Verified booking
2 days ago
Visit to the Accademia Gallery in Florence... after spending 20 minutes in line, we found out that we didn't have valid tickets and had to collect them at the agency. Panic. We found the agency and got back in line... but our entry slot had already passed because of the people in line. In the end, they took pity on us and let us join the queue.
Philip J
Couple
Verified booking
2 weeks ago
Visit to the Santa Croce was very enjoyable, appreciated the saving with the combo ticket. Bus tour was good and well organised, but only one route was working. Also, there were limited attractions to view on part of the trip and we thought a little more commentary on local features, origins of road and district names there would have added to the experience.
Angela F
Couple
Verified booking
2 weeks ago
Really helpful to have bought the entry tickets to Santa Croce Basilica. There was a long queue for people to buy tickets. Thank-you Headout for all your assistance. What an amazing building , really was quite spectacular. Lots of helpful information was provided. Wonderful to see spectacular art and sculpture all within the area of the Basilica.

Santa Croce holds 250 tombs, Giotto's frescoes, and Brunelleschi's finest chapel. This ticket gets you into all of it without having to wait in the ticket queue.

Getting started

Present your ticket at the entrance on the north side of the basilica in Largo Bargellini. No counter exchange needed. Once inside, the complex is self-guided and yours to explore at your own pace. Plan for one to two hours to cover the main highlights.

What to expect

Basilica di Santa Croce

Florence's largest Franciscan church has been the burial place of the city's greatest minds since the 13th century. Step inside the vast Gothic nave and let the scale of it settle before you start to explore.

Walk the length of the nave and look down: the floor itself is a mosaic of tomb markers, each one a name from Florence's past.

Pause in front of the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo, and Machiavelli, set into the walls of the main nave. Each monument was designed by a different hand and reflects the era it was made in.

Spend time in the Bardi and Peruzzi Chapels, where Giotto painted two fresco cycles in the early 14th century. These are among the earliest surviving examples of naturalistic painting in Western art.

Cross to the cloister and enter Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel, completed in the 1470s. The proportions are deliberate and precise — it is one of the clearest examples of early Renaissance architecture in Florence.

Continue through to the Opera Museum, the crypt, and the Medici Chapel. All are covered under your ticket with nothing additional to pay.

What's not allowed

Pets, except service animals

Accessibility

The basilica is wheelchair accessible.

Additional information

The average user takes about 50 minutes to tour the basilica independently, but visitors can stay for as long as they like till the closing time i.e. 5:30pm.

Since this is an active place of worship, visitors must dress respectfully before entry. Shoulders and knees must be covered.

Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.

Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.

Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.