Milan Cathedral (Duomo) & Rooftop Terraces

Duomo di Milano (Cattedrale Metropolitana della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria)

A walk across the roof among a forest of marble spires

⚠ Shoulders and knees covered

Hours

Cathedral 08:00–19:00 (last entry 18:10); terraces 09:00–19:00 (last entry 18:10); Duomo Museum Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00 (as of June 2026; changes for services)

Tickets

Duomo Pass (cathedral + terraces + museum): stairs €22, lift €26 (June 2026 guide); under-6s free, reductions for 6–17, students, over-65s. Official site or on-site ticket offices

Address

Piazza del Duomo; the cathedral door faces the square, the terrace entrances are separate, along the sides of the building

Step into the piazza and the white marble front is wider than any photo suggests, bristling with spires. Inside it is dim and cool, with stained-glass light pooling between enormous columns. The real fun is upstairs: take the stairs or the lift and you walk on the sloping marble roof itself, threading between pinnacles and statues, close to the gilded Madonnina on top. On a clear day you can see over the Galleria's glass roof to the Porta Nuova towers and, on the horizon, the Alps.