November 2025 in Rome: discover and experience Rome from 1 to 30 November 2025

Rome in November, a month of unmissable events and visit opportunities. Find out what to do from 1 to 30 November 2025 and follow the suggestions thought up by our editorial staff to experience and admire the city, including along less beaten paths.

• Roma Live events in November

• New entries and special events in November

• Rome free/low cost in November

• Jubilee 2025: the events in November

• Rome with kids in November

• The days of Rome: key dates in the city’s history and traditions in November

• The many facets of Rome: places of the ancient Rome, papal Rome and modern Rome to (re)discover in November

• Itineraries and curiosities: our tips for November 

Roma Live events

Roma Live is the calendar for experiencing Rome at 360°, a multimedia container dedicated to unmissable events for those living in the city and for tourists. Check here all the events for the month of November, navigating among the exhibitions, sporting events, concerts, theater shows, festivals, ballets and dance performances scheduled until 30 November. Please note: information available in this section is being updated constantly.

New entries and special events

• Roma Jazz Festival 2025 - Acclaimed jazz musicians, young performers and new orchestral productions, with a special tribute to John Coltrane: from 1 to 23 November, the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, the Casa del Jazz and the Club Monk will host the 49th edition of one of the most eagerly awaited musical events of the Roman autumn.
• Cartier and Myths at the Capitoline Museums - Timeless fame and beauty: at the Capitoline Museums, from 14 November, Maison Cartier’s refined creations interact with the ancient marble sculptures preserved in the Palazzo Nuovo and with a selection of equally precious artefacts, in an evocative journey that intertwines history, culture and myth.
• Musei in Musica - Concerts and live performances in exceptional locations with an admission fee of €1. On 29 November, for the 15th edition of Musei in Musica, Rome’s municipal museums will be open to the public from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., filling with music and atmosphere.

Rome free/low cost

Churches, palaces and fountains, courtyards and cloisters, elegant squares and secret piazzas, marbles and stones with a history stretching back thousands of years – even if you have a limited budget, the city does not skimp on its wonders. On 2 November, as on every first Sunday of the month, both the national cultural sites and the museums run by Roma Capitale will open their doors to the public free of charge. Please note: in some cases, a reservation is required, so always check in advance the websites of the museums. State museums and archaeological parks will also open to the public free of charge on 4 November, National Unity Day and Armed Forces Day. On 30 November, as on every last Sunday of the month, entry will be free to the Vatican Museums (from 9 am to 2 pm, last admission 12.30 pm). On all other days (excluding exception of Mondays), visitors can explore at no cost 8 small museums with small but valuable collections ranging from prehistory to modern and contemporary art. On the last Friday of every month, it is possible to visit the Farnesina collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation while on Saturday 8 and 15 November, Palazzo Chigi, seat of the Italian Government since 1961, will also open its doors free of charge. 

Free or low cost events and activities for the month of November include for example: the preview of Luce sull’Archeologia 2026 at the Teatro Argentina (9 November), the Tracce nordiche walks in Rome (15, 23, 30 November) and the cultural events at the Verano Monumental Cemetery (until 16 November); the exhibitions Chris Soal. Spillovers: Notes on a Phenomenological Ecology at Corner MAXXI, Martin Luther King: diritto alla libertà (Martin Luther King: Right to Freedom) at Museo di Scienze della Terra di Sapienza Università di Roma, Franco Pinna - Fellini in scena! (Franco Pinna - Fellini on Stage!) in Via Veneto, Lavinia - Parte IV at the Loggia dei Vini in Villa Borghese (until 24 November), Aqua Paradise at the Korean Cultural Institute (until 28 November), Urs Fischer. After Nature at the Gagosian Gallery (until 22 November), From Pop to Eternity at La Vaccheria and I Convitati - Art for Human Rights in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Montesanto (6-16 November); the Crypta Balbi: cantiere aperto project (every Saturday) and the immersive tour of Palazzo San Felice (on weekends), visits to Palazzo Senatorio (2 November) and to the garden of the Japanese Cultural Institute (Thursdays and Fridays), special evening openings of the Mausoleum of Saint Helena (8 and 22 November) and the Archeologia in Comune 2025 walks; concerts in the church of Sant’Antonio dei Portoghesi (1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 November), Gioacchino Rossini’s Stabat Mater for soloists, choir and orchestra in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (15 November) and the festivals Resonare cum jubilo (2, 9, 23, 30 November), Organum Multiplum (7-23 November), 24th International Festival of Sacred Music and Art (7-29 November) and Un organo per Roma (1, 8, 15 and 23 November). Find more tips on the cultureroma and informagiovani websites.

Jubilee 2025: the events

In November, the Jubilee will continue with other thematic events. The month will open with the last day of the Jubilee of the World of Education (1 November, Mass in St. Peter’s Square to coincide with the Solemnity of All Saints), followed by the Jubilee of the World of Work (8 November), the Jubilee of the Poor (15-16 November) and the Jubilee of Choirs (22-23 November). Events sponsored by the Jubilee include the exhibition Bethlehem Reborn: The Wonders of the Nativity in the Museum of San Salvatore in Lauro (from 7 November) and the Pilgrimage of Stati Generali delle Donne in the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (30 November). On 8 and 22 November, the faithful and pilgrims can attend the Holy Father’s Jubilee Audience in St. Peter’s Square and then enter the Basilica through the Holy Door, even without registering on the registration portal (free audience tickets at the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household). During the Jubilee year, Bill Fontana’s sound installation The Silent Echoes of a Great Sound Sculpture will welcome visitors in the portico of the basilica. Inside the basilica’s halls located in one of the pillars supporting Michelangelo’s dome, the permanent exhibition Pétros ení: Saint Peter’s Digital Experience will reveal the story of St. Peter and the history of the basilica. At the Vatican Museums, until 4 November, two of the ten famous tapestries designed by Raphael are making an exceptional return to the Sistine Chapel (The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen and The Miraculous Draught of Fishes). The Jubilee is at the center of a number of exhibitions taking place in the city’s cultural spaces: Roma 1975 - Città, volti e storie nell’anno giubilare (Rome 1975 - Cities, faces and stories in the Jubilee Year) at the Drugstore Museum, 1350. Il Giubileo senza papa - The Jubilee without a Pope at Mercati di Traiano Museo dei Fori Imperiali and La cura dello spirito. Salute e accoglienza nella Roma dei papi attraverso lo sguardo di Massimo Listri. Giubileo MMXXV in the complex of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza. For more information on pilgrimages to the Holy Doors and major Jubilee events, please contact the Info Point for the Jubilee 2025 in Via della Conciliazione 7. For tourist reception (information and sales), two new temporary Tourist Infopoints are active until 31 December 2025: the Tourist Infopoint Auditorium Conciliazione and the Tourist Infopoint San Paolo.

Rome with kids

Museums to explore, educational workshops and readings, theme parks, theatrical performances and much more... Discover all the events dedicated to children scheduled for the month of November and unleash your imagination among surprising adventures, journeys through history, interactive itineraries and guided tours. Our Kids page is updated weekly: visit us again for new ideas!

The days of Rome: key dates in the city’s history and traditions

Rites, festivals, anniversaries and celebrations have always marked the life of the city, its inhabitants and its visitors: a dense calendar of fixed happenings dating back to past eras, but also to the present day, that define Rome’s identity. Discover with us some of the city’s old and new special dates and moments, with the most heartfelt or awaited occasions – or even simply the most curious ones for the month of November.

The many facets of Rome: places of the ancient Rome, papal Rome and modern Rome to (re)discover

The pagan Rome that was the center of one of the largest empires that ever existed; the symbol city of the Catholic religion shaped by the successors on the throne of Peter; the new capital of the Kingdom of Italy and then of the Republic. The history of an eternal city is inevitably made up of multiple narratives that intertwine with one another. Each month, we will introduce you to three places that show the different imagines of Rome through the centuries. 

• The Casale of Malborghetto - A sort of architectural matryoshka doll with a thousand lives, with centuries of transformations and reuses behind it: a church in the 11th century, then as a tower of a small fortified village (destroyed in 1485 by the Orsini family), a rustic farmhouse and a post station. Behind the imposing mass of this building on the outskirts of Rome, at the 13th mile of the ancient Via Flaminia, there is a large four-sided arch, erected by the Senate in 315 AD to celebrate Constantine’s victory over Maxentius at Ponte Milvio, where, according to Christian tradition, the emperor saw the sign of the cross in the sky. In November, during the opening days of the museum inside, visitors can discover the history of the Casale with the exhibition Arco di Malborghetto, Memorie di pellegrini e giubilei in mostra (Malborghetto Arch, Memories of Pilgrims and Jubilees on Display).
• Villa Lante on the Janiculum Hill - On 1 November 1546, when he died after a very short illness, Giulio Romano was in Mantua, the city where he had spent the last twenty years in the service of Federico II Gonzaga. A brilliant (and prolific) painter, draughtsman and architect, Giulio had taken the first steps of his dazzling career in papal Rome, as Raphael’s favorite pupil and then as the heir to his workshop. Giulio designed the villa built on one of the steepest slopes of the Janiculum Hill for Baldassarre Turini, which later passed into the ownership of the Lante family and has been the headquarters of the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae since 1950. The main floor of the villa, with its vestibule, hall and loggia offering spectacular views of the city, will be open to the public on the Open Days on 12 and 26 November.
• The Teatro Costanzi - Rossini’s Semiramide was staged for its inauguration, attended by Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy. It was 27 November 1880, and Rome’s new home of opera, built in record time in a city that was undergoing radical change, was the result of the dream and determination of entrepreneur Domenico Costanzi. Purchased by the Municipality of Rome in 1926 and renovated by Marcello Piacentini, in its century and a half of history (145 years to be precise), the theatre has seen acclaimed singers and prestigious conductors grace its stage. On 1 November, a special evening dedicated to Tosca (Puccini’s most Roman masterpiece) will introduce the 2025/26 season of the Teatro dell’Opera, which will open as per tradition on 27 November with Wagner’s Lohengrin. But those who wish to do so can also visit the theatre virtually.​

Itineraries and curiosities: our tips

• The ancient art of navigation: the Museum of the Ships of Fiumicino - Three large river barges, a sailing ship for coastal navigation and an extraordinary “fishing boat” with an aquarium to keep the catch alive. Dating from between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD and discovered in the late 1950s, these five artefacts are on display at the Museo delle Navi, which will be open for special evening viewings on 1 and 8 November with free admission. Find out more in the dedicated page.​
• Pasolini’s Rome - Murdered on 2 November 1975 in circumstances that remain unclear, Pasolini arrived in Rome in 1950 and remained there more or less continuously until his death. A fundamental part of his poetics, the city (which, fifty years after his death, commemorates him with the widespread festival PPP visionario) was the backdrop to his biography, his literary production and then his cinematographic work. Find out more in the dedicated page.

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