Landmarks · Rome
Piazza del Popolo
Rome's front door, with a pharaoh's obelisk inside the northern gate.
Admission and address
- Address
- Piazza del Popolo
- Admission
- The square is free and always open. Santa Maria del Popolo, in the corner by the gate, is free to enter but keeps short and awkward hours: Monday to Saturday 08:30 to 09:45, 10:30 to 12:00 and 16:00 to 18:00, and on Sundays and feast days 16:30 to 18:00 only. Visits are not allowed during Mass at any time. That makes the late afternoon the dependable slot for the two Caravaggios in the Cerasi Chapel, and it means a Sunday morning here will find the church shut to sightseers. Bring a euro or two in coins, since the chapel light is generally on a meter. Nothing here needs booking.
- Category
- Landmarks
- Coordinates
41.91075, 12.47636
Where it is
Walk it with the guide
Piazza del Popolo is one of 19 stops on Rome Essentials. The guide adds the story behind it, the detail worth crossing the square for, and the tip that only someone who has stood here would write down.
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