# Cerveteri and Tarquinia: one listing, two visits

> Cerveteri and Tarquinia share one UNESCO listing from 2004 but are separate sites in two towns. The Banditaccia costs €13 and closes on Mondays (2026).

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Last updated: 2026-09-11

The Etruscan necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia went onto the UNESCO list together in 2004, but they are two separate sites in two towns, and the Banditaccia at Cerveteri costs €13 and closes on Mondays (2026).

## One 2004 listing, two day plans

The 2004 UNESCO inscription covers both cemeteries under one name, and that single entry is where itineraries go wrong: it reads like one site, and it isn't.

Cerveteri is the architecture: mounds and a road of tombs you walk along. Tarquinia is the painting: tombs you visit for what's on their walls. They answer different questions.

The road distance between the two towns isn't among the figures verified here. Check it before promising yourself both in one afternoon.

## Banditaccia: Tuesday to Sunday, 9 am to 7:30 pm

The Banditaccia necropolis at Cerveteri opens Tuesday to Sunday from 9 am to 7:30 pm and is closed on Mondays (2026).

The full ticket is €13 and the reduced one €2, and an annual pass costs €30. All prices are in euros and come from the Ministry of Culture's page for the site.

The integrated ticket with the Museo Nazionale Cerite, in the town, stays valid for a month. That takes the pressure off: the museum can wait for another day.

## A 2 km burial road and mounds 40 meters across

The fenced sector at Cerveteri covers about 20 hectares, with a burial road 2 km long and tumuli up to 40 meters in diameter.

That's a walk, not a stop. The mounds are the reason people come, and the largest ones are big enough to feel like buildings rather than graves.

## Tarquinia: about 6,000 tombs, about 200 painted

The Monterozzi necropolis at Tarquinia holds about 6,000 tombs across 130 hectares, and about 200 of them are painted, between the 7th and the 2nd century BC.

The ministry describes it as the most important group of pre-Roman classical painting in the Mediterranean. The figures follow a fixed convention: men in red, women in white.

The ministry's numbers are themselves approximate, and they're given here the way the source gives them.

## Two town museums, 43 years apart

Each necropolis has a museum in its town: Tarquinia's opened in 1924 and the Museo Nazionale Cerite at Cerveteri in 1967.

At Cerveteri the museum is tied to your necropolis ticket through the integrated ticket valid for a month, so the town visit can wait for a second trip.

## Tarquinia's hours and prices: not verified

Opening hours and ticket prices for the Monterozzi necropolis are not verified for this page, and no figure is given rather than a guessed one.

Check the Ministry of Culture's page for the Tarquinia necropolis before you go. For the rest of the region's listings, see [UNESCO sites in Lazio](/unesco/in-lazio) and [Lazio](/regions/lazio).

## FAQ

### Can you visit Cerveteri and Tarquinia in one day?

You can, but plan it as two visits, not one: they are separate necropolises in two towns under a single 2004 UNESCO listing. The Banditaccia at Cerveteri is closed on Mondays and open 9 am to 7:30 pm the rest of the week (2026).

### How much is the Banditaccia necropolis in Cerveteri?

€13 full and €2 reduced (2026). An annual pass costs €30, and the integrated ticket with the Museo Nazionale Cerite stays valid for a month, so the museum doesn't have to be the same day.

### How many painted tombs are there at Tarquinia?

About 200, out of about 6,000 tombs across 130 hectares of the Monterozzi necropolis, painted between the 7th and 2nd centuries BC. Men are painted in red and women in white, a convention the ministry's own description spells out.

### Is the Cerveteri necropolis open on Monday?

No. The Banditaccia is closed every Monday and opens Tuesday to Sunday from 9 am to 7:30 pm (2026). Inside the fence, the burial road alone runs 2 km, so arrive with time to spare rather than an hour before closing.

## Sources

| Fact | Source | Confidence | Valid until |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Necropoli della Banditaccia di Cerveteri, iscritta nella Lista UNESCO nel 2004 insieme a quella di Tarquinia, e' aperta da martedi' a domenica dalle 9:00 alle 19:30 ed e' chiusa il lunedi'; il biglietto intero costa 13,00 euro e il ridotto 2,00 euro, e il biglietto integrato con il museo vale un mese (2026). | [Ministero della cultura](https://cultura.gov.it/luogo/necropoli-della-banditaccia); [Direzione regionale Musei Lazio - Ministero della cultura](https://lazio.cultura.gov.it/?page_id=5707) | high | 2027-06-30 |
| La necropoli dei Monterozzi di Tarquinia conta circa 6.000 tombe su 130 ettari, di cui circa 200 dipinte tra il VII e il II secolo a.C.: e' il piu' importante insieme di pittura classica pre-romana del Mediterraneo. A Cerveteri il settore recintato della Banditaccia copre circa 20 ettari, con tumuli che arrivano a 40 metri di diametro. | [Direzione regionale Musei Lazio - Ministero della cultura](https://lazio.cultura.gov.it/?page_id=5707) | medium | 2099-12-31 |

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