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The Teatro Olimpico is the first indoor theatre in masonry in the world, with interiors made of wood, stucco and plaster.It was constructed by architect Andrea Palladio, between 1580 and 1585, when it was inaugurated.It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Teatro Olimpico is located in Piazza Matteotti 11, in Vicenza, city located between Milan and Venice in northeast Italy. The Teatro is openTuesday to Sunday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (last admission: 4.30 p.m. -In summertime 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. ) Closed on Monday.
The cost of entry ticket is € 11.00, available combined ticket, discounts for families, schools and groups.


In the Teatro Olimpico, which has 400 seats, are held theater and music productions: the "Settimane musicali al Teatro Olimpico" (Musical weeks), the Festival "Omaggio a Palladio", "Vicenza in Lirica" and the classical shows "Coversazioni" in autumn.

THE MAGIC OF ILLUSION

 

Here you are a video taken form the documentary "Empire of the Eye: The Magic of Illusion" released in 2003, presented by da Al Roker, an american productor and actor.
It describes the spectacular illusion effect created by Palladio in the scenery of the Teatro Olimpico, with the following words:

"Illusion becomes pure theater in Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, Andrea Palladio's last work. This extraordinary theater is designed in the style of a Roman amphitheater with phenomenal effect. Palladio takes us back in time. We enter into a spectacular and very special space, built in the 16th century. The Teatro Olimpico still operates today as a cultural center and as a theatre dedicated to presenting dramatic musical performances. Palladio created an imaginary world, the illusion of an outdoor theatre hidden like a secret treasure in the palace which houses and protects it..."

 

Visit

Visitors - prices 2026

PRICES 2026 

For individual visitors (less than 10 pax) reservation is not requested. 

The booking is not mandatory for individual visitors: the ticket can be bought directly at the ticket office next to the entrance of the Theatre, which is also our Tourist Office (Piazza Matteotti, 12) or at the Basilica Palladiana.

 

Validity

Full Prices

Reduced Prices*  Family 

VICENZA GOLD CARD

11 sights included

12 days

 €  22

 € 17

  € 26

2 adults with at least 1 and maximun 4 children up to 17 years old

VICENZA SILVER CARD 

4 sight of your choice

8 days

 € 16

 € 14  //

SINGLE TICKET TEATRO OLIMPICO

1 day

  € 12

€ 9  //

 

The 11 sights included in the VICENZA GOLD CARD are: Olympic Theatre, Civic Museum of Palazzo Chiericati, Natural history and archaeological Museum, church of Santa Corona, Galleries of Palazzo Thiene, Diocesan Museum, Palladio Museum, Gallerie d'Italia - Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Palladian Basilica (according to the visit policy of the monument in force on the day of the visit), Jewellery Museum and Resistance and Risorgimenti Museum, the only one that is not located inside the city centre.

The VICENZA SILVER CARD allows to choose four museums among the aformentioned ones.

There are no guided tours available inside the Olympic Theatre, but groups can contact an authorised tour guide privatly, to organize a tailor-made tour of the sights.

 

* Reduced prices for Vicenza Silver card and Vicenza Gold Card are applied to the following categories: students up to 25 years old with university card; FAI, TCI, ISIC,  Italia Nostra, CTG members, "Mantova Sabbioneta Card" holders, residents in the cities of Vicenza, Annecy and Pforzheim.

* Reduced prices for Vicenza Gold Cardare applied to residents in the city of Rimini.

* Reduced prices for Olympic Theatre and for Civic Museum of Palazzo Chiericatiare applied to holders of "Mantova Sabbioneta Card". 

 

Free admission is granted to the following categories: children up to the age of 17 years included, when not visiting with a school group; Italian and foreign journalists, upon presentation of document showing professional registration; Polizia di Stato, Carabinieri, Guardia di Finanza, Vigili del Fuoco e Polizia Penitenziaria; teachers and assistants accompanying school groups; ICOM member (International Council of Museums); authorised tour guides and tour leaders (with an official patent); people with disabilities and their accompanying person. 

Reduced and free tickets/cards are available only on the spot, at the ticket-offices.

 


BUY TICKETS ONLINE


If you need to pay individual tickets in advance, please send your request to booking@comune.vicenza.it ( we accept only bank transfer for payments in advance).

Invoice, booking and prepayment of single tickets are available for tour operators and travel agencies via request to booking@comune.vicenza.it , specifying the date of the visit, the number of visitors and the type of ticket. Reservation fee applied € 1.00 per ticket.

 

 

Schools

FARES 2025/2026

 

   

Validity

 Prices for school groups

VICENZA CARD

for schools

11 siti inclusi

1 year

 €  6.00

TICKET TO OLYMPIC THEATRE for Schools

1 sight included

1 day

 € 3.00

 

School groups can visit the theatre with the Vicenza Card for Schools that has a reduced price of  € 6 per student or enter the theatre only for € 3 per student.

The Vicenza Card enables entrance to Teatro Olimpico, Civic Art Gallery of Palazzo Chiericati, Natural History and Archaeological Museum,   Risorgimento and Resistance Museum, Santa Corona Church, Diocesan Museum, Palladio Museum, Gallerie d'Italia - di Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Palladian Basilica ( exhibitions excluded) Jewellery Museum and Galleries of Palazzo Thiene.


Free entrance tourist guides, teachers and assistants with school and other groups, disabled people and their accompanying person.Those prices are available also for university groups.


The visit of the Teatro lasts about 30 minutes and there is no internal guide service.
If you would like to reserve a guided tour of the Teatro, you can contact an authorised guide of Vicenza.

-ALBO GUIDE TURISTICHE ABILITATE -> REGIONE VENETO
-ELENCO NAZIONALE DELLE GUIDE TURISTICHE


Interested in learning about the special school rates for other museums and cultural sights in the city? Click here!

 

BOOK YOUR ENTRANCE!

Advance booking is always required for all groups exceeding 10 visitors:

-by mail: send your request to booking@comune.vicenza.it

-by phone: tel. +39 0444 964380 ( Mon-Fri 9-13,14-18)

At the moment of the reservation the information requested is number of students, number of eventual free admissions, name of the school, Country and city of origin, favorite time for the visit, age of the students.

The list of the students on the headed paper of the school is required at the visiting time.

Tickets have to be paid by bank transfer. Payments have to be received no later than 5 days before the date of the visit.
The tickets or museum cards will be issued by the ticket office at the Teatro Olimpico – Information Office of Piazza Matteotti 12 upon presentation of the registration form you will receive from the call center.
Confirmed reservations can be changed by phone call or e-mail only once.
Once the tickets are paid it is possible neither to cancel the transaction nor to be refunded.
Booking fees for schools: € 5,00 per class; for university € 5 every 25 students.

For your safety, please pay the utmost attention during your visit. Please do not lean over or against the railings
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Group visits - prices 2025

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PRICES 2025 

 

Groups (of minimum 10 participants) can buy the following tickets:

 

Validity

 Group prices

VICENZA GOLD CARD

11 sights included

12 days

 €  17

VICENZA SILVER CARD 

4 sight of your choice

8 days

 € 14

SPECIAL TICKET

FOR GROUPS

2 sights included: Teatro Olimpico and Palazzo Chiericati

8 days

  € 11

 

The 11 sights included in the VICENZA GOLD CARD are: Olympic Theatre, Civic Museum of Palazzo Chiericati, Natural history and archaeological Museum, church of Santa Corona, Galleries of Palazzo Thiene, Diocesan Museum, Palladio Museum, Gallerie d'Italia - Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Palladian Basilica ( according to the visit policy of the monument in force on the day of the visit), Jewellery Museum and Resistance and Risorgimenti Museum, the only one that is not located inside the city centre.

The VICENZA SILVER CARD allows to choose four museums among the aformentioned ones.

Free entrance is granted to authorised tour guides and tour leaders (with an official patent), people with disabilities and accompanying persons, children under 18 years old.

There are no guided tours available inside the Olympic Theatre, but groups can contact an authorised tour guide privatly, to organize a tailor-made tour of the sights.

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Group visits inside the Olympic Theatre last for about 30 minutes.

HOW TO BOOK YOUR ENTRANCE TO THE THEATRE (it is mandatory for groups):

 *Send an request in advance via email, at booking@comune.vicenza.it
or
*reach out to our call center at tel.0039 0444 964380 (Open Mon-Fri 9 -13 / 14-18)

At the moment of the reservation it is ncessary to specify the following data: type of chosen ticket, number of visitors, number of eventual free admissions, country and city of origin, favourite time for the visit. 

Before issuing the payment via bank transfer, it will be possible to modify the number of participants by writing to booking@comune.vicenza.it per ricevere il preventivo aggiornato.

Payments have to be received via bank transfer, no later than 5 days before the date of the visit. Invoices, if needed, must be requested at the moment of the booking.

Online payments are available only for individual visitors, on the Ticketlandia platform.

Reservation feei: € 10 every 25 participants.( maximum 50/60 people per time slot)


For your safety, please pay the utmost attention during your visit. Please do not lean over or against the railings.

Info & Opening times

Garden of Teatro Olimpico - Vicenza

The Teatro Olimpico is open to the public from Tuesday to Sunday. It is closed on Monday, on the 25th of December and on the 1st of January.

Winter/Autumn 

From September the 1st until June the 30th:
Tuesday to Sunday 9-17 (last entrance 16.30)

Summer
From July the 1st to August the 31st:
Tuesday to Sunday 10-18 (last entrance 17.30)
 
Extraordinary openings in 2026:

Holidays: open on 6/01 - 05/04 - 25/04 - 1/05 - 2/06 – 15/08 – 8/09 – 1/11 – 8/12 – 26/12.

Special Monday openings: open on 5th and 19th January (Blue Monday) and on 06/4 (Easter Monday). 1st of June: open! 

Extraordinary closures in 2026: check the NEWS section on the homepage!

 

Information

The ticket office is located in the Tourist Office just close to the main entrance. Individual visitors, families and small groups (up to 10 pax) can buy the tickets directly at their arrival. Check the opening times of the Tourist Office here.

Booking is requested for groups and schools.

Photography is permitted without flash light. You may not use tripods or monopods without permission.

The garden is currently closed to the public.


The POP light and sound show is included in the regular admission ticket. Reservations are required only for groups.
The sound and music performance is a 10-minute excerpt from the Palladio Olimpico Project, conceived by Alessandro Baricco and the Scuola Holden in 2018.
No reservation is required if you are not part of a group. Simply arrive 10–15 minutes early.
Scheduled at the following times:
September through June, Tuesday through Sunday: 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM, 3:30 PM, 4:30 PM
July and August, Tuesday through Sunday: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m.


Inside the Theatre, there is no internal guide service. In case of necessity, it is allowed to contact an external and expert tourist guide to visit the Theatre.

In the Teatro Olimpico and in the other Civic Museums the access is allowed to small pets (held in their owner's arms or with a dog carrier), guide dogs for visually impaired/blind people, servicedogs for assistance to people with disabilities, domestic pets certified by public health facilities to support therapeutic treatment (pet therapy).

Wheelchair access is possible. Equipped toilets are available.

Please note that another ticket office is located in the Basilica Palladiana, open 10 to 18.  Closed on Monday.


 

For your safety, please pay the utmost attention during your visit. Please do not lean over or against the railings. 

 Zu Ihrer Sicherheit bitten wir Sie um erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit während des Besuches. Bitte lehnen Sie sich nicht über oder gegen die Brüstungen. 
 
Pour la sécurité des visiteurs, nous vous prions d'être très attentifs pendant votre visite. Il est interdit de se pencher ou de s'appuyer sur les balustrades. 
 
Por su seguridad, le recomendamos que presten la máxima atención durante su visita. Por favor, no se asomen ni se apoyen en las barandillas. 
 
Para sua segurança, recomenda-se prestar máxima atenção durante a visita. Por favor, não se inclinar nem se apoiar nas balaustradas.

 

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OTTOBRE 2026:  Il Teatro è aperto alle visite dalle 9 alle 17 (ultimo ingresso 16.30) 
Chiuso il lunedì. Non è prevista la prenotazione per i visitatori individuali. 
In ottobre sono previste delle chiusure straordinarie.

OCTOBER, 2026: TEATRO OLIMPICO IS OPEN TUE-SUNT  from 9 am to 5 pm ( last entrance 4.30)
Closed on Monday. For individual visitors, the ticket can be bought directly at the ticket office, without reservation. 
Special closures are scheduled for October.