Check availability

4 options • from $18.70

Tiqets' choice

Entry ticket

Papal Palace & Secret Gardens at Castel Gandolfo

Available today

Audio guide

4.5 (395)

From

$18.70

Entry ticket

Papal Palace & Gardens of Castel Gandolfo: Entry + Optional Astronomical Dome

Available tomorrow

3.5 (34)

From

$30.39

Guided Tour

Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo Gardens: Eco Minibus Tour

Available tomorrow

4.2 (44)

From

$25.72

Entry ticket

Castel Gandolfo: Vatican Observatory Experience

Available tomorrow

From

$19.87

Papal Palace & Gardens of Castel Gandolfo reviews

4.4

473 verified customer reviews

294

125

Customer images

3 reviews

John, United States

29 Jun 2025

Excellent

This was a secret gem. Not crowded in June. The secret garden is lovely. The Papal artifacts, portraits and Papal apartments were amazing. Not a long trip from Rome and worth every penny.

Papale Gardens & Palace at Castel Gandolfo

Anonymous

22 May 2025

Good

The Gardens very fantastic, worth to add the actual castle as well. Persoanlly I am not a minibus fan, that it is the only chance you get to enter and it was well organzied.

Gardens of the Pontifical Villa in Castel Gandolfo: Tour on Eco Minibus

Kathleen, United States

15 May 2025

Excellent

Close up look at church legacy. Guides were personable and helpful. They spoke Rnhlish… a plus for us!

Papale Gardens & Palace at Castel Gandolfo

About: Papal Palace & Gardens of Castel Gandolfo

The Pontifical Villas, commissioned by Pope Urban VIII in the 17th century as a papal country home, are located 25 km south of Rome in the town of Castel Gandolfo.

The property opened to the public in 2014 and covers 55 hectares, including the palace and large gardens built on the 2,000-year-old ruins of Emperor Domitian's residence.