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Opening hours and admissions
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday: 8.45-19.15. Closed on Sundays. Ticket-office: closed at 18,30
Admission:
€ 6,50
€ 3,25 concession for all EEC-citizens from 18's to 25's
Free entrance for UE citizens up to 17's and over 65's and all Italian
schools.
It is necessary, for groups and individuals, to make reservations from March 15th to October 15th, this can be done directly by Alliet’ARTI only in case groups or agencies are not Italian. In case groups or agencies are not Italian, tickets and bookings can be paid on visiting day, otherwise everything must be settled within 2 weeks from reservation date. Reservation fees: € 20,00 each adult group, € 10,00 each student group. In the museum, for safety reasons, groups of not over 31 people have admission. Groups with more than 31 people have to book entrances according to the people numbers and they need guides according to the people numbers, too. Adults with free entrance must show a document, certifying their exact age, on visiting day.
Palazzo Ducale - Ducal Palace - Duke's Palace and Saint George castle
The Ducal Palace really is “a town in the shape of a palace”. The royal palace consists of 34,000 square meters and it contains over 500 elaborate rooms, lanes, squares, courtyards, gardens and hanging gardens. This palace, which was the symbol of power, was and still is a wonderful show piece for great works of art. In four centuries of domination the Gonzagas had an extraordinary ability to attract here the great artists of the times such as Pisanello, Andrea Mantegna, Leon Battista Alberti, Giulio Romano, Rubens, Costa il Giovane and many others and their works in the Palace are evidence of the Gonzagas’ influence as patron of the arts. The lords of Mantua engaged the best artists in order to make their palace as prestigious as the Courts of the great European capitals. It is quite impossible to list here all the treasures that are kept in the Palace, among these the famous room painted by Mantegna, the roon painted by Pisanello, the room of the tapestries displaying Raphael’s tapestries and the rooms where Isabella d’Este lived, the rooms frescod by Giulio Romano and his school. The tour of the complex takes an hour and half at least. To visit the famous “Camera degli Sposi” or better called “Camera Picta”, painted by Andrea Mantegna, it is necessary for groups and individuals to make a reservation from mid-March to the end of October.
Guide Turistiche
Alliet'ARTI
Tel: 328 4532069
Fax: 0386 51324