Castel Sant’Angelo & Passetto di Borgo Entry Tickets

This ticket lets you explore strategic aspects of Rome’s history, saving you from ticket queues and providing a guide through the secret passageway.

Getting started

From the gate at the corner of Piazza della Città Leonina, you enter the Passetto di Borgo, a discreet entrance to the corridor.

What to expect

Passetto di Borgo

Walk through the 800 m long corridor and view its enclosed design and engineering which offer it the strength to withstand attacks. Learn from your guide about stories of Pope Clement VII’s famous escape through the route during the Sack of Rome in 1527.

Towards the end of the route you emerge into the fortress walls of Castel Sant’Angelo.

Castel Sant'Angelo

Originally built as Emperor Hadrian’s mausoleum in 135 AD, Castel Sant’Angelo evolved into a fortress, papal hideout, and prison over centuries. Today, it stands as a museum capturing nearly 2,000 years of Roman history, architecture, and power. Walking through the papal rooms you can view the art by Renaissance artists such as Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta and Perin del Vaga. Descending down through the Court of Alexander VI, you can view the prisons where captives were tortured in the middle ages. Lastly, you can explore the Mausoleum of Hadrian which was originally home to funerary urns of Roman emperors.