About this guide

Pilotta.Parma.it is an independent guide to the Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta in Parma: the Teatro Farnese, the Galleria Nazionale, the Biblioteca Palatina and the museums around them. We are not the museum, the Italian Ministry of Culture, a tour operator, GetYourGuide or Viator. We explain the visit and compare the bookable tours on both platforms so you can decide whether you need one at all.

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