Last Supper tours in Milan: all six compared, official route first
The cheaper route, which is not mine
I spent six years guiding in Milan and I still send people to the official site first. The face-value ticket has no booking fee, it is free for under-18s and €2 for ages 18 to 25, and the first Sunday of the month is free if you book it the Wednesday before. Every one of those still needs a reservation attached to a named timed slot; there is no walk-up, no queue you can stand in, no counter that will take pity on you. The only thing wrong with the official ticket is that it is almost never buyable. Vivaticket puts a whole quarter on sale at once and it goes in minutes, which means the question is not whether the official ticket is better value — it plainly is — but whether it exists on the days you are in Milan.
The size of the gap, in multiples
The cheapest tour here is about four times face value, and the dearest is roughly three times the cheapest tour again. I give it in multiples deliberately. The tour prices are “from” figures that the booking widget re-prices by date and party size, so a subtraction would be stale by the time you read it, and a multiple tells you the shape of the thing regardless. What the multiple buys is access to a room you otherwise cannot enter, plus a guide who has fifteen minutes to make sense of a wall for you. It does not buy longer, and it does not buy a better slot. The arithmetic laid out properly is on face value against what a tour costs.
The six, side by side
All six include the entrance ticket, all six run in Milan, and all six put you in the same refectory for the same quarter of an hour. What differs is how much of the city comes attached, how long you are out for, and how big the group is.
| What it is | From | Rating | What comes with the ticket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guided walking tour with the ticket — 3 h | $114 | 4.7 (6,512) | Sforza Castle, the Duomo, the Galleria, Piazza della Scala, headsets |
| Ticket and guide — 1 h | $57 | 4.8 (1,794) | Licensed guide, headsets, the museum, refectory, convent and garden |
| Duomo and Last Supper combo — 3 h | $159 | 4.7 (1,332) | Skip-the-line at both, Galleria, Teatro alla Scala, hotel pickup |
| Da Vinci’s Last Supper and walking tour — 3 h | $102 | 4.8 (773) | Ticket plus a guided walk of the centre |
| Da Vinci Last Supper tour — 1 to 6 h | $97 | 4.6 (687) | Varies by option; some add a city walk or the Duomo |
| Best of city walking tour — 3 h, max 15 | $132 | 4.6 (414) | Skip-the-line at the Last Supper and the Duomo, hotel pickup |
Most bookedMilan: Guided Walking Tour & Last Supper Visit with Ticket
Cheapest way inMilan: Last Supper Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket & Guided Tour
With the DuomoMilan: Duomo and The Last Supper Skip-the-Line Guided Tour
Highest ratedMilan: Da Vinci’s Last Supper and Guided Walking Tour
Flexible lengthMilan: Da Vinci Last Supper Tour
Small groupMilan: Best of City Walking Tour with Last Supper Tickets
The one most people end up on
The guided walking tour is the flagship by a wide margin: three hours, from $114, rated 4.7 from 6,512 reviews, which is more than the other five put together. You get the skip-the-line Last Supper ticket, a live English guide with audio headsets, and a walk of the historic centre taking in Sforza Castle, the Duomo, the Galleria and Piazza della Scala. The reviews are the usual pattern for this city, which is that people remember a person rather than an itinerary. Veronica thanked her guide Chiara by name. Susan wrote that David was a perfect guide, very knowledgeable and attentive to their needs. Marek, from Estonia, said he liked the passion of the guide and how he talked about his city. If you want one recommendation and no further reading, that is the one, and its review base is the reason.
The other five, briefly
The ticket-and-guide option, one hour, from $57 and rated 4.8 from 1,794 reviews, is the cheapest way through the door and the closest thing here to buying just the ticket: entry, skip-the-line, a licensed English guide with headsets, and access to the museum, refectory, convent and garden. Geri wrote that Flavia was knowledgeable and friendly and that they enjoyed learning about the church and the painting; Lisa, from Australia, said Viktor was an excellent guide and the tour was very well managed; José, from Brazil, praised the guide’s depth on Leonardo and the historical context. That route has its own page at the ticket-and-guide option in full.
Da Vinci’s Last Supper and Guided Walking Tour, three hours from $102, is the joint highest-rated of the six at 4.8 from 773 reviews — the ticket plus a guided walk, and nothing more complicated than that. Aleksandar, from Bulgaria, thanked Sylva and said they learned a lot of new things about Milan. Liliane called Barbara informative, generous with her explanations and passionate about the subject. James, writing from France, credited excellent knowledge of art history. The Da Vinci Last Supper Tour, from $97 and rated 4.6 from 687 reviews, is the flexible one and the one I hedge on hardest: it runs anywhere from one to six hours depending on the option chosen, and some options add a city walk or the Duomo. Read the option you are actually buying rather than the headline. Jacob said JonLuca was wonderful and that they learned more than he thought possible; Jolyn, from Singapore, said Christina gave very detailed information about each site; Lee called it informative, comfortable and smooth.
Two of the six bundle the city centre properly. The Duomo combo, three hours from $159 and rated 4.7 from 1,332 reviews, is the dearest thing here and the one that bundles Duomo entry, with skip-the-line at both sites, a guaranteed fifteen-minute viewing, the Galleria and Teatro alla Scala, headsets and hotel pickup and drop-off. The small-group city walk, from $132 and rated 4.6 from 414 reviews, caps the group at fifteen and lists skip-the-line at the Last Supper and the Duomo, plus Teatro alla Scala, the Galleria and hotel pickup. Whether either bundle is worth buying depends entirely on what you had already planned for the cathedral, which is the whole argument of the combo tours page.
The three most people shortlist
| Milan: Last Supper Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket & Guided Tour | Most bookedMilan: Guided Walking Tour & Last Supper Visit with Ticket | Milan: Duomo and The Last Supper Skip-the-Line Guided Tour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price, per person | $57 | $114 | $159 |
| Length | 1 h | 3 h | 3 h |
| Time in the refectory | 15 min | 15 min | 15 min, guaranteed |
| What it includes beyond the ticket | Licensed guide, headsets, museum, convent and garden | Guide, headsets, walk of the centre past the Duomo and the Galleria | Duomo entry, Galleria, Teatro alla Scala, hotel pickup |
| Rating | 4.8 (1,794) | 4.7 (6,512) | 4.7 (1,332) |
| Best for | Getting in and getting on with your day | Most people, on the review base | One day in Milan and no cathedral plans |
| View → | Book this → | View → |
Whichever you book, the fifteen minutes are the fifteen minutes. Entry runs to a clock through a set of climate doors that close behind each group, so a late arrival at the meeting point on Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie is not a small problem — it is the whole visit. Give yourself a spare half hour on the way there and read the room before you go in, not while you are standing in it.
How I would choose
If you want in and nothing else, take the one-hour ticket-and-guide option and spend the rest of the day as you please. If you want the safest bet and a walk of the centre attached, take the flagship; nothing else here has a review base that size. If this is your only day in Milan and the cathedral is still unticked, one of the two combos does real work. If your group is small and you dislike being one of forty, the capped tour is the one to look at. And if the official window happens to be open for your dates, book that instead and enjoy the fact that this page cost you nothing. Every one of the six has a longer write-up, complaints left in, at the tour reviews.
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Frequently asked questions
Which Last Supper tour in Milan should I book?
For most people the guided walking tour: three hours from $114, rated 4.7 from 6,512 reviews, which is a larger review base than the other five combined. If you want the door and nothing else, the one-hour ticket-and-guide option is from $57 and rates 4.8 from 1,794 reviews. If the cathedral is still on your list, look at the two combos instead. All six are pulled apart one by one at the tour reviews.
Do all these tours include the Last Supper entrance ticket?
Yes, every one of the six. That is the entire reason they are on this site: they hold their own allocation when the official site has none, so what you are buying is access rather than a cheaper ticket. Each of them also costs a multiple of face value, the cheapest being about four times it. If you have not tried the official route yet, do that first — here is what to do when it is gone.
How much do Last Supper tours cost in Milan?
The one-hour ticket-and-guide option is from $57, the Da Vinci tour from $97, the Da Vinci walking tour from $102, the flagship walking tour from $114, the small-group city walk from $132 and the Duomo combo from $159. All are “from” prices per person and the booking widget re-prices by date and party size. The comparison against face value is on what you actually pay.
Can I just buy the official ticket instead of a tour?
You can, and you should try. It is sold by Vivaticket at face value with no booking fee, and reservation is compulsory for every ticket type including the free ones. The difficulty is timing: releases come a quarter at a time and sell out almost immediately, so the months you want may simply not be on sale today. The release, explained covers when to look and what to do with the tab open.