# Banditaccia Necropolis in Cerveteri

What to do en Cerveteri and Tarquinia · Cerveteri and Tarquinia

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/things-to-do/banditaccia-necropolis · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 13 € 
- Duración: 2 h 30
- Temporada: All year, Tuesday to Sunday
- Para quién: Families, teenagers, archaeology

An Etruscan city of the dead: streets between tuff tumuli and tombs dug like houses, with the Tomb of the Reliefs; World Heritage site, closed on Mondays.

The Banditaccia is the necropolis of Caere, one of the great Etruscan cities, on the outskirts of present-day Cerveteri. It is not a field of ruins: it is a city of the dead with streets, where the tombs were dug into the tuff like houses, with rooms, doors, ceilings with beams carved in the stone and beds for the dead. On the outside, many are covered by large round grass-covered tumuli. It has been a World Heritage site together with Tarquinia since 2004.
What to see
Follow the Via dei Sepolcri and enter the open tombs: the great tumuli, the cube tombs lined up like houses in a street and, above all, the Tomb of the Reliefs, of the 4th century BC, with walls and pillars covered in painted stucco reliefs that reproduce the objects of the house: weapons, kitchen utensils, animals. Wear comfortable shoes: there are steps and uneven ground.
Opening times and tickets
Tuesday to Sunday; closed on Mondays. From 25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027, from 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry at 16:00); from late March to October, until 19:30. The Cerveteri combined ticket, necropolis and Cerite Museum, costs €13 and is valid for 30 days; the circuit of the park's four sites, with Tarquinia, €21, is valid for four months. Under-18s enter free; ages 18 to 25, EU citizens, €2. On the first Sunday of the month entry is free.
Getting there
The necropolis is about 2 km from the centre of Cerveteri, along a road that is partly pavemented; by car there is parking at the entrance. From Rome, about 45 km by the A12 or the Aurelia.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 42.00404, 12.09577

## Cerca de aquí

- [Cerite National Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/things-to-do/cerite-national-museum), a 668 m

## Consejos

### Buy the circuit ticket if you are also going to Tarquinia
€21 for the four sites against €26 separately.

### Phone torch
Some tombs are dark.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does it cost?
€13 with the Cerite Museum; free for under-18s.

### Which day is it closed?
Mondays.

### How much time is needed?
Between two and three hours.

Destino: [Cerveteri and Tarquinia](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia.md)