Diocletian’s Palace
Split, Croatia
Diocletian's Palace is the retirement residence that the Roman emperor Diocletian built on the shore at Split…
31 tickets & tours
Europe
Ancient sites with free entry in Europe
Europe's free sites are mostly ruins woven into towns or left open on hillsides and moors. Diocletian's Palace in Split leads: its streets are the old town, while the cathedral, bell tower and cellars are ticketed. The Roman Theatre of Malaca below the Alcazaba can be seen from the street at any hour, the Acropolis of Rhodes is an open hill reached by city bus, and the Aqueduct of Segovia spans a city square. The Antequera dolmens are free only for EU citizens, and the Lugdunum Museum beside the Fourvière theatre charges a small fee.
| # | Site | Country | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diocletian’s Palace | Croatia | Free to walk in; cathedral, bell tower and cellars ticketed |
| 2 | Roman Theatre of Malaga | Spain | Free |
| 3 | Kokino Megalithic Observatory | North Macedonia | Free; no ticket office on the summit |
| 4 | Hill of Tara | Ireland | Free; small fee for the summer visitor centre |
| 5 | Acropolis of Rhodes | Greece | Free |
| 6 | Aqueduct of Segovia | Spain | Free |
| 7 | Ancient Sparta | Greece | Free; the town museum and other sites charge separately |
| 8 | Roman Theatres of Fourvière | France | Free; the Lugdunum Museum charges a small entry fee |
| 9 | Callanish Stones | United Kingdom | Free |
| 10 | Necropolis of Pantalica | Italy | Free |
| 11 | Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro | Portugal | Free |
| 12 | Tuvixeddu Necropolis | Italy | Free park entry; guided tomb visits charged |
| 13 | Dolmens of Antequera | Spain | Free for EU citizens; a small fee for other visitors |
| 14 | Ancient Theatre of Milos | Greece | Free |
| 15 | Ancient Agora of Kos | Greece | Free |
| 16 | Roman Theatre of Sagunto | Spain | Free |
| 17 | Roman Theatre of Trieste | Italy | Free to view from the street |
| 18 | Heraion of Perachora | Greece | Free or a small fee, depending on the season |
| 19 | Tombe dei Giganti di Madau | Italy | Free |
| 20 | Olous Sunken City | Greece | Free |
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Kokino Megalithic Observatory
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Rhodes, Greece
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Aqueduct of Segovia
Segovia, Spain
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Sparta, Greece
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Roman Theatres of Fourvière
Lyon, France
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1 ticket or tour
Callanish Stones
Callanish, United Kingdom
The Callanish Stones are a Neolithic stone circle on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, raised around 2750 BC,…
1 ticket or tour
Necropolis of Pantalica
Ferla, Italy
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1 ticket or tour
Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro
Évora, Portugal
The Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro is a Neolithic burial chamber in the cork-oak country south-west of Evora, built between…
1 ticket or tour
Tuvixeddu Necropolis
Cagliari, Italy
Tuvixeddu is a limestone hill inside Cagliari riddled with more than a thousand shaft tombs cut by the Carthaginians…
1 ticket or tour