Opening Hours & Tickets
All the useful information to plan your visit to Orvieto Cathedral. For updated hours, ticket prices and online booking, always refer to the official website.
Opening hours and admission fees may vary depending on the season and liturgical celebrations. The information provided is indicative only.
Visit the official website →Listen to the Cathedral as you visit
To listen to the Cathedral audio guides, download the official app “Opera del duomo di Orvieto”.
Visiting Hours
Access hours to Orvieto Cathedral may vary throughout the year and during religious celebrations. During liturgical services, tourist visits are not permitted.
Official Hours →Tickets and admission
Opening hours and tickets may change during the year. Up-to-date information is always published on the official channels of the Opera del Duomo.
Tickets
Admission types, prices and online purchase on the Opera del Duomo website.
duomodiorvieto.it →Bookings and enquiries
Visit bookings, groups, schools and special requests.
duomodiorvieto.it →Cathedral and Museum hours
Current opening hours of the Duomo and the Museo dell’Opera.
duomodiorvieto.it →How the visit works
Orvieto Cathedral is not a museum with a single route: it is a living cathedral, where worship comes before tourism. The nave, the Cappella di San Brizio with Signorelli's frescoes, the Cappella del Corporale, the Museo dell'Opera and the underground all belong to a monumental complex managed by the Opera del Duomo, which sets access and routes.
How long it takes
The cathedral and the facade take 60–90 minutes. Adding the Cappella di San Brizio at a slower pace, the Museum and the underground easily brings you to 2–3 hours. The facade alone, seen from the square, deserves a quarter of an hour — which is why many visitors come back at sunset, when the mosaics catch the light.
When to come
Spring and autumn offer the best balance of weather, light and visitor numbers. On busier days the first hour of the morning is the quietest. Sundays and public holidays follow a different rhythm, shaped by services: if your aim is to study the frescoes at leisure, those are the days to avoid.
During services
During liturgical celebrations tourist visits are not permitted, neither in the nave nor in the chapels. This is not an occasional restriction but the basic rule of the monument: worth bearing in mind when planning your day, especially if you arrive by train on a tight schedule.
What to wear
As in all Italian cathedrals, appropriate dress is required: shoulders and knees covered. Inside, keep your voice low and silence your phone. For filming and photography, particularly in the Cappella di San Brizio, follow the instructions of the staff and of the Opera del Duomo.
These notes describe how a visit unfolds and do not change over time. Opening hours, prices and the make-up of each route do change: for those, always refer to the official channels of the Opera del Duomo listed above.