What's Open in Rome on a Monday?

1. 09:00Colosseum · about 104 min

2. Walk · 0.8 km · about 16 min

   11:00Roman Forum & Palatine Hill · about 138 min

3. 13:18Lunch break · about 60 min

4. Walk · 1.4 km · about 24 min

   14:42The Aventine Keyhole · about 29 min

5. Public transport (planner estimate) · 2.0 km · about 18 min

   15:29Gianicolo terrace · about 52 min

6. Walk · 1.6 km · about 27 min

   16:48Piazza Navona · about 40 min

Castel Sant'Angelo — Tue–Sun 09:00–19:30, last entry 18:30; closed Monday, 1 January and 25 December. In 2026 it also opens on the first Monday of each month, 14:00–20:00 (last entry 19:00). Free on the first Sunday of the month: no online booking, one queue for a free ticket at the cashier. Official site, as of 12 October 2026.

Baths of Caracalla — Tue–Sun, seasonal: 09:00–19:15 (29 Mar–31 Aug), 09:00–19:00 (September), 09:00–18:30 (1–24 Oct), 09:00–16:30 (25 Oct–28 Feb), 09:00–17:30 (1–28 Mar); last entry about 1 hour before closing; closed Monday.

Galleria Borghese — Tue–Sun 09:00–19:00 (last entry 17:45; two-hour timed slots); closed Monday. Reservation required for every ticket, including free ones. Closed 25 Dec and 1 Jan.

Palazzo Massimo — Tue–Sun 09:00–19:45; closed Monday.

Centrale Montemartini — Tue–Sun 09:00–19:00; closed Monday. Last admission one hour before closing. Also closed on 1 May and 25 December; 24 and 31 December 09:00–14:00.

Porta Portese flea market — Sunday mornings only, roughly 06:00–14:00.

Explora — Museo dei Bambini di Roma — Timed entry rounds, normally Tue–Sun at 10:00, 12:00, 15:00 and 17:00. Each visit lasts about 1 hour 45 minutes; reserve a specific round.

Piazza Navona — open-air, no ticket, no closing day.

Colosseum — Daily 08:30–16:30 until 28 Feb 2027 (last admission 15:30). The planner uses the stricter winter window (close 16:30) all year; re-check due end of February 2027. Closed 25 Dec 2026 and 1 Jan 2027. Closes early on specific dates for events (e.g. Good Friday Way of the Cross). Arena floor and underground need a separate, timed ticket.

Roman Forum & Palatine Hill — Daily 09:00–16:30 until 28 Feb 2027 (last admission 15:30); single combined ticket with the Colosseum. The planner uses the stricter winter window (close 16:30) all year; re-check due end of February 2027. SUPER sites (House of Augustus, House of Livia, Palatine Museum, Santa Maria Antiqua) need a separate SUPER ticket and are occasionally closed independently.

Pantheon — Daily 09:00–19:00, last entry 18:30. Paid entry (€7, reduced €2); the ticket office closes at 18:00, last entry 18:30. Free on the first Sunday of the month.

Trevi Fountain — open-air, no ticket, no closing day.

St Peter's Basilica — Daily 07:00–20:00 (current hours, in force since 1 June). Free entry, but can close without notice for papal ceremonies. The dome climb is a separate ticket: 07:30–17:00 since late October 2026.

Trastevere — open-air, no ticket, no closing day.

Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel — Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 (last entry 18:00); closed Sunday except the last Sunday of the month 09:00–14:00 (free, last entry 12:30). Timed-entry booking strongly recommended; the last-Sunday-of-month free opening draws very long queues.

The schedule above is what the MEVAYA planner builds for a Monday. It only contains stops that are open that day — the planner reads each stop's closing days and will not route you to a closed venue, even one marked as essential.

The day covers about 3.8 km on foot and 1 public-transport hop (about 2.0 km), used only where walking would cost more time than it saves.

Only 2 stops need booking: Colosseum and Roman Forum & Palatine Hill. Everything else is free or sold at the door.

09:00–10:44 — Colosseum. Fifty thousand spectators, eighty entrances, and a system for flooding the arena. The standard ticket is a combined one that also covers the Forum and Palatine across the road, valid over 24 hours. Verified opening hours: Daily 08:30–16:30 until 28 Feb 2027 (last admission 15:30). The planner uses the stricter winter window (close 16:30) all year; re-check due end of February 2027. Closed 25 Dec 2026 and 1 Jan 2027. Closes early on specific dates for events (e.g. Good Friday Way of the Cross). Arena floor and underground need a separate, timed ticket. Book ahead: this stop needs a reservation or a timed ticket.

11:00–13:18 — Roman Forum & Palatine Hill. The civic centre of the ancient world, and the hill above it where the emperors actually lived. Bigger and less signposted than people expect — the Palatine side is consistently emptier and has the better views. Verified opening hours: Daily 09:00–16:30 until 28 Feb 2027 (last admission 15:30); single combined ticket with the Colosseum. The planner uses the stricter winter window (close 16:30) all year; re-check due end of February 2027. SUPER sites (House of Augustus, House of Livia, Palatine Museum, Santa Maria Antiqua) need a separate SUPER ticket and are occasionally closed independently. Book ahead: this stop needs a reservation or a timed ticket.

13:18–14:18 — Lunch. The planner reserves time to eat right after Roman Forum & Palatine Hill, so the afternoon continues from where the morning ended instead of detouring for food.

14:42–15:11 — The Aventine Keyhole. Look through the keyhole of the Knights of Malta gate and the dome of St Peter’s appears perfectly framed at the end of a hedge tunnel, in another country, a kilometre and a half away. Free, and one of the few genuinely secret things left in Rome. It is a public open-air space with no ticket and no closing day.

15:29–16:21 — Gianicolo terrace. The hill above Trastevere with the widest view over the historic centre — every dome and rooftop laid out at once. Free, never crowded, and a cannon is fired here at noon every day. It is a public open-air space with no ticket and no closing day.

16:48–17:28 — Piazza Navona. Built on the footprint of a Roman stadium, which is why it is shaped like a racetrack. Bernini’s Four Rivers fountain in the middle, baroque façades all around, free and open at every hour. It is a public open-air space with no ticket and no closing day.

Built by the MEVAYA planner from MEVAYA's curated Rome data. Opening hours were checked against official and independent sources in September 2026; the route, times and durations are the planner's own output, not estimates written by hand.