15 sights Updated September 29, 2026

Sights in Parma

What each is for, what it costs, and what is closed

The cathedral and Baptistery, Correggio's two domes, the Pilotta and its wooden theater, the opera house and the small museums, each with the 2026 price, the closing day and what is shut for restoration.

WHERE TO START

Where to start

Three starting points for a first day.

Only a morning

First-timers

Free, open from 7:45 a.m., and Correggio's dome is overhead.

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You came for the art

Art lovers

Five museums and the Teatro Farnese on one €18 ticket.

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You came for Verdi

Music lovers

A €12 daytime tour, or the opera itself from €10.

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Romanesque facade of Parma Cathedral with loggias and brick bell tower under a blue skyWorth it

Parma Cathedral (Duomo)

Free to enter, open all day, and home to Correggio's Assumption dome. The crypt, the 1178 Antelami relief and the timing that keeps you out of Mass.

Free for individual visitors 7:45 a.m.–7:20 p.m., no break Piazza Duomo, old town
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Pink marble octagonal Baptistery of Parma on Piazza Duomo beside the Bishop's PalaceWorth it

Baptistery of Parma

Antelami's pink Verona-marble octagon, begun in 1196. The €12 permit also covers the Diocesan Museum and lasts two days. Here is why the inside earns the fee.

€12 with the Diocesan Museum Daily 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Piazza Duomo, next to the Duomo
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Brick wings and ground-floor arcades of the Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma under a blue skyWorth it

Palazzo della Pilotta

The Farnese palace holds the Teatro Farnese, the Galleria Nazionale and three more museums on one €18 ticket. The after-5 p.m. deal, the Monday closure and a 2-hour plan.

€18, or €10 after 5 p.m. Tue–Sun 9 a.m.–7 p.m. Five museums, one ticket
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Wooden tiers and arched loggias of the Teatro Farnese in Parma, seen from the stage floorWorth it

Teatro Farnese

A 1618 court theater of painted wood and stucco that once flooded its floor for a sea battle. You reach it through the Pilotta, on the €18 ticket. What to look at and how long it takes.

On the €18 Pilotta ticket Tue–Sun, last entry 6 p.m. Allow 25 to 30 minutes
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Marble facade and bell tower of San Giovanni Evangelista church in ParmaWorth it

San Giovanni Evangelista

The Benedictine abbey church behind the Duomo: Correggio's first dome, Parmigianino's early frescoes, and a 13th-century-rooted pharmacy on a separate €5 ticket.

Church free; Spezieria €5 Daily 8:30–noon, 3–8 p.m. Behind the Duomo apse
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Santa Maria della Steccata

A domed Renaissance church off Piazza Garibaldi. Parmigianino's Wise and Foolish Virgins, the commission that got him jailed, and the burial place of the Farnese dukes.

Free entry Daily, closed about noon–3 p.m. 140 m from Piazza Garibaldi
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Neoclassical facade and colonnaded portico of the Teatro Regio di Parma in late sunIt depends

Teatro Regio di Parma

Marie Louise's 1829 opera house. The 30-minute tour costs €12 and can be cancelled by rehearsals; the loggione and a night at the opera are the fuller experience.

Tour €12, €8 reduced 30-minute guided visit Strada Garibaldi, near Pilotta
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Palazzo del Governatore and its clock tower lit at dusk on Piazza Garibaldi, ParmaWorth it

Piazza Garibaldi

The civic heart of Parma, on the old Roman forum. What to look at on Palazzo del Governatore, the evening passeggiata, and the Van Gogh to Modigliani exhibition opening October 2, 2026.

Free, open all hours Best at 6–8 p.m. passeggiata Where Strada Farini begins
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Correggio's frescoed vault with putti in ovals in the Camera di San Paolo, ParmaSkip it

Camera di San Paolo

Correggio's painted room for Abbess Giovanna da Piacenza is closed for restoration until an expected spring 2027 reopening. What it is, what it will cost, and where to see Correggio meanwhile.

Closed since August 31, 2026 Reopening expected spring 2027 €8 when open; not on Pilotta
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Parco Ducale

The Farnese dukes' garden across the river from the Pilotta. Free, open late, with a newly restored fountain. The palace in the middle houses the Carabinieri and is not regularly open.

Free entry Apr–Oct 6 a.m.–midnight Fountain restored July 2026
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Gothic brick facade and rose window of San Francesco del Prato in ParmaWorth it

San Francesco del Prato

A Gothic Franciscan church turned into Parma's prison under Napoleon, abandoned in 1993 and reopened in 2021. Free, four minutes from the Duomo, with a busy October 2026 for Saint Francis's 800th.

Free entry Visits 9–12:15, 3–6:30 p.m. 4 minutes from the Duomo
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Museo Glauco Lombardi

Napoleon's second wife became Duchess of Parma, and this museum keeps her portraits, jewels, needlework and fortepiano. €7, closed Mondays, and closing at 4 p.m. most days.

€7; free up to age 14 Tue–Sat 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Strada Garibaldi 15
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Arturo Toscanini's Birthplace

The Oltretorrente house where the conductor was born in 1867, a city museum since 1967. €4, closed Monday and Tuesday. For non-opera fans, a maybe; with the Teatro Regio tour, a good pairing.

€4, or the €15 city pass Wed–Sun 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Borgo Rodolfo Tanzi 13
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Casa del Suono

A museum of sound reproduction in the former church of Santa Elisabetta: about 400 radios, phonographs and players, and two listening installations built on wave field synthesis. €4, 45 minutes.

€4, or the €15 city pass Wed–Sun 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Next to San Francesco del Prato
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Pinacoteca Stuard

The city's own picture gallery in the former San Paolo monastery: Tuscan gold-ground panels, Guercino, Reni, Lanfranco and a Parmigianino greyhound. €4, and quiet while its famous neighbor is shut.

€4, or the €15 city pass Closed Tuesdays Borgo del Parmigianino 2
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