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Montagna Spaccata (Mount Orlando)
- Tue–Sun
- 09:00–12:0014:30–18:00
- Mon
- Closed
Hours valid until 25 October 2026. Information: +39 0771 462068, segreteria.gaeta@pime.org.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Santuario della Montagna Spaccata.
Opening hours · Gaeta
Gaeta monuments and museums: opening hours
Churches, sanctuaries, the castle, museums and the Monte Orlando headland: 62 places with opening hours read from their own pages, not copied from a leaflet.
How to read
One set of hours, the real one
Every line below comes from the place's own page — the same one Enea reads when you ask «is it open?». When hours change, they change there and here: there is no leaflet to redo each season.
«Today» is worked out by your phone as you read; seasons, where they exist, are listed with their dates. If an hour does not match what you find on the door, tell Enea: it is the fastest way to fix it.
4 places
Monte Orlando and the Split Mountain
The sanctuary, the cleft, the Turk's Grotto and the park: same headland, different hours. The sacred path is closed on Mondays.
Grotta del Turco (Mount Orlando)
- Tue–Sun
- 09:00–11:4514:30–17:30
- Mon
- Closed
The staircase is open again all the way down to sea level (Sanctuary notice of 3 October 2026); access may be suspended in bad weather or for safety reasons. Hours valid until 25 October 2026.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Santuario della Montagna Spaccata.
Shrine of the Holy Trinity (Mount Orlando)
- Every day
- 06:45–18:30
Chapel of the Most Holy Crucifix
- Tue–Sun
- 09:00–12:0014:30–18:00
- Mon
- Closed
It is visited along the Montagna Spaccata route and follows its opening hours. Hours valid until 25 October 2026.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Santuario della Montagna Spaccata.
12 places
Churches and sanctuaries
Visiting hours follow the services: during Mass you enter to pray, not to visit.
Cathedral Basilica of St. Erasmus
- Every day
- 10:30–12:3016:00–17:00
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Tempio di San Francesco
- Sat–Sun
- 10:30–12:30
- Mon–Fri
- Closed
Basilica «Porte Aperte» calendar, September–October 2026.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Chiesa di San Carlo Borromeo
- Every day
- 08:00–20:00
Chiesa di San Cosma Vecchio
- Sun
- 08:00–11:30
- Mon–Sat
- Closed
Chiesa di San Domenico
- Sun
- 10:00–12:00
- Mon–Sat
- Closed
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Chiesa di San Giacomo
- Every day
- 08:30–12:3017:00–19:30
Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista a Mare
- Fri–Sun
- 10:30–12:3016:00–18:00
- Mon–Thu
- Closed
Basilica «Porte Aperte» calendar, September–October 2026.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Chiesa di Santa Lucia (Auditorium Santa Lucia)
- Sun
- 10:00–12:00
- Mon–Sat
- Closed
Church of Mary Most Holy of Porto Salvo
- Mon–Sat
- 16:00–19:30
- Sun
- 09:30–12:0016:30–19:30
Convento Suore Crocifisse Adoratrici dell’Eucaristia
- Sun
- 10:00–12:0016:00–18:00
- Mon–Sat
- Closed
Crypt of St. Erasmus
- Every day
- 10:30–12:3016:00–17:00
Basilica «Porte Aperte» calendar, September–October 2026.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Santuario di San Nilo Abate
- Every day
- 07:30–20:00
5 places
Castle, fortifications and monuments
The Angevin Castle is visited only on the guided tour, which leaves at fixed times: last entry one hour before closing.
Santissima Annunziata Monumental Complex – Golden Chapel
- Tue–Fri
- 10:00–12:0015:00–18:00
- Sat–Sun
- 10:00–13:0015:00–20:00
- Mon
- Closed
- Agosto · 1/8 – 31/8
- Tue–Sun
- 10:00–13:0018:00–24:00
- Mon
- Closed
Hours valid for October 2026. Closed on Mondays.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Angioino-Aragonese Castle
- Mon, Thu
- 10:00–14:0015:00–17:00
- Tue, Fri
- 10:00–14:0015:00–18:00
- Wed, Sat–Sun
- 10:00–14:00
Guided visit to the former military prison. Admission €10, free under 14 and disabled. Saturday and Sunday afternoons not specified/closed.
Checked on 8 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Batteria “La Favorita”
- Tue–Fri
- 17:00–20:00
- Sat–Sun
- 17:00–22:00
- Mon
- Closed
Forno Reale
- Sun
- 10:00–12:00
- Mon–Sat
- Closed
Sepolcreto Marittimo
- Sat
- 18:30–20:30
- Mon–Fri, Sun
- Closed
5 places
Museums, palaces and library
Often open in the afternoon and at weekends: check the day before climbing up to old Gaeta.
City Library “Salvatore Mignano”
- Mon, Wed, Fri
- 08:00–13:30
- Tue, Thu
- 08:00–13:0015:00–17:45
- Sat–Sun
- Closed
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Municipal Picture Gallery “Antonio Sapone”
- Tue–Sun
- 16:00–20:00
- Mon
- Closed
- 10/6 – 20/9
- Tue–Sun
- 17:00–20:00
- Mon
- Closed
Visits on other days and times by booking: +39 320 3282380, pinacotecagaeta@gmail.com.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Museo del Centro Storico Culturale
- Mon–Fri
- 09:30–12:0015:00–19:00
- Sat
- 15:00–19:00
- Sun
- Closed
Museo del Mare
- Sat–Sun
- 17:00–20:00
- Mon–Fri
- Closed
Open Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; on request for groups and schools.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
Museo Diocesano
- Tue
- 09:00–13:00
- Thu, Sat
- 09:00–13:0015:00–19:00
- Fri
- 15:00–19:00
- Mon, Wed, Sun
- Closed
Sunday openings are scheduled and announced on Instagram.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · source: Pro Loco Gaeta.
1 places
Markets
One day a week, in the morning.
Gaeta Weekly Market
- Wed
- 08:00–13:00
- Mon–Tue, Thu–Sun
- Closed
Hours from the official market website, a City of Gaeta project.
Checked on 26 September 2026 · source: gaeta.ilmercatodeiborghi.it.
20 places
Always accessible
Hamlets, gates, mausoleums and open-air lookouts: no opening hours, you walk whenever you like.
- Borgo di Elena (Porto Salvo)
- Cappella della Madonna del Colle
- Cappella della Madonna di Casalarga
- Cappella della Madonna di Conca
- Cappella della Madonna di Longato
- Charles III Gate
- Devil’s Well
- Eucalipti e Via del Colle
- Gaeta Sant’Erasmo (Old Town)
- La Piaja, Conca e Sant’Agostino
- Mausoleo di Lucio Sempronio Atratino
- Monte Moneta
- Monte Tortona
- Polveriera Carolina
- Porta Domnica
- Rione Montesecco
- Rocky Coast (between Sperlonga and Gaeta)
- Statue of St. Mary Help of Christians
- Ulysses Riviera Regional Park (Mount Orlando)
- Villa of Gnaeus Fonteus
15 places
Currently closed
Not open to visitors for now: works in progress, no manager, or open only for events.
- Bastions Charles V
- Charles V Gate
- Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria
- Church of the Most Holy Rosary
- Church of the Most Holy Virgin of Sorrows
- Former Church of St. Jude Thaddeus
- Fort Emilio Savio
- Mausoleo di Lucio Munazio Planco Opening suspended due to technical problems, together with the Monte Orlando tourist shuttle: updates to follow.
- Palazzo della Gran Guardia
- Polveriera Ferdinando (Nature Museum)
- Polveriera Trabacco
- Torre Sant’Agostino
- Torre Scissure
- Torre Viola
- Torrione Francese
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