A Quick Guide To The OPA Si Pass in Siena — ALONG DUSTY ROADS

How & Where To Buy The OPA Si Pass

It’s best to buy your pass in advance online, and you have two options, each with pros and cons.

The first is via the official website. However, it doesn’t actually sell the tickets directly, and instead takes you to a third-party Italian website called Vivatickets.

It defaults to Italian, so you need to change it to English, then select the Complesso Monumentale del Duomo di Siena / Siena Cathedral Monumental Complex ticket option. To purchase, you then have to set up a profile on the website and select a specific time slot for your entry to the Cathedral, and confirmation + tickets will be e-mailed.  It’s not possible to process refunds or amendments.

The second option is to buy your OPA Si Pass on GetYourGuide.

On this website, you have more flexibility as you can ‘reserve and pay later’, and it also offers free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund. It costs slightly more to buy via this webiste, but is a much simpler process.

The date you choose when buying the pass is the specific date for your visit to the Cathedral. You then simply have to collect your OPA Si Pass at the ticket office located Cripta del Duomo di Siena (here on Google Maps, right by the Cathedral and separate to the queues to enter the Duomo itself).

With the official website, you must be at the Cathedral for your specified time slot. If buying the Pass on GetYourGuide, you will be able to access it via the express / skip-the-line queue at the earliest available time on the day you selected after you collect the ticket. 

Wherever you purchase the pass, it’s valid to enter all the other sites for three consecutive days from the day you enter the Cathedral or your first activation. For tickets purchased via the official website, it has to done be within 72 hours ‘from the time booked for the Duomo’.

Both Vivatickets and GetYouGuide charge a small booking fee in addition to the official price.

The third option is to arrive in Siena and buy your OPA Si Pass in person at the ticket office.

It would be possible to visit all the sites covered by the OPA Si Pass in a few hours, if queues for the Facciatone viewpoint are reasonable, but we think it’s best to spread them across your days if staying in Siena for a few nights.

Note that all the included sites have distinct opening + closing hours, and last entrance is usually 30 minutes before close. We’ve shared more info on specific opening times and each of the attractions in our main guide: 13 Wonderful Things To Do In Siena (published soon).

Buy your OPA Si Pass on GetYourGuide or the Opera Duomo site.