Pantheon Admission and Interactive Audio Guide, Sent by Email

There is no meeting point and no host. Golden Ticket sends the admission and the audio guide instructions by email, so check the inbox and the spam folder before you leave the hotel. At the monument, go straight to the security check and use the middle queue. That last detail is worth more than it sounds. Three lines form at the entrance and they move at very different speeds; the middle one is for visitors who already hold a ticket, which is what this booking makes you. Inside, the interactive guide runs at whatever pace you keep. The dome overhead is the largest ever built in unreinforced concrete, a record it has held since the 120s AD and one no later builder took back: Brunelleschi's dome in Florence spans a comparable width, but it is brick, and ribbed. Around the wall are the tombs of Raphael and of the kings of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II and Umberto I. One point to weigh before booking: the cancellation terms here are stricter than most, and a week is not a long window when travel plans move.