When & Where To Buy Your Last Supper Tickets
However, the downside of the time slots and limits on numbers, is that tickets often sell out months in advance: almost every first-time visitor to Milan hopes to see the painting, and supply simply cannot keep up with demand.
There are also various companies that bulk buy multiple tickets in advance, further restricting availability.
This means you have to be more organised or lucky than usual to secure your place, but if you’re planning for Milan a few months in advance of your arrival, you should be fine.
(if you’re on this blog post because you are trying to visit in the next few days and tickets are already gone, stick around for specific advice on what to do)
Tickets are released in quarterly blocks on the official Cenacolo Vinciano ticket website on the following timeframes:
March / bookings open for May, June and July
June / bookings open for August, September and October
September / bookings open for November, December and January
December / bookings open for February, March and April
This means the buying window opens every three months, and as much as three months before your potential visit dates, with allocations snapped up quickly by individuals, tour groups, and a variety of companies.
For certain months, they’re gone in a flash – within 48 hours on the last release date!
The booking window for each quarterly period tends to open on a Wednesday at 12pm (e.g. for the May, June, and July bookings, it opened on the 20th March), and it is not possible to view availability or making any bookings for any subsequent quarterly blocks.
So, if you’re visiting Milan in Septembe or October, you have to wait until that quarterly booking window opens up in mid-June!
Demand is consistent throughout the year, but obviously spikes in the peak Italian travel months of May to October when it is not uncommon for the entire quarterly block to be sold out when you first look – even if your dates are weeks or months away.
For example, when we looked on the 20th May for our June trip, every single day until the 31st July was sold out. However, on Wednesday 29th May, a whole block of tickets for June 4th-9th became ‘green’ and available, but were gone just as quick (spoiler alert: we did eventually secure tickets).
Whilst writing this guide on 17th June, a quick look still shows no availability for until the end of July!
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