How far in advance should you book the Last Supper?

The honest answer is that “in advance” is the wrong frame. Official tickets are not drip-fed as your date approaches; they are released a quarter at a time and the block clears almost immediately. So the question is not how many weeks ahead to book. It is whether the quarter covering your trip has opened yet, and if it has, whether it emptied while you were asleep. Book on the day your quarter is released, or accept that you will be buying a tour that holds allocation instead.

ReleaseA quarter at a time

Sells outAlmost immediately

Rolling availabilityNone

ReservationCompulsory

If you miss itTours hold allocation

ClosedMondays

The two failures that look identical

Booking eight months out, you find an empty calendar because your months have not been released. Booking six weeks out, you find an empty calendar because your months were released and went. The screen looks the same and the fix is completely different: the first person should diarise a date, the second should stop refreshing and read the sold-out page. Working out which one you are is the most useful thing you can do in the next five minutes — the official ticket page sets out how the release runs.

What works

The face-value ticket carries no booking fee, so trying costs nothing
Cancelled slots do surface, so a shut calendar is not permanently shut
Tours can usually be booked far closer to the date than the official ticket

Worth knowing

A quarterly block gives you one realistic morning to buy, not a season
Nothing is held back for late bookers, at any time of year
If your dates are fixed by flights, the official window may already be gone

Insider tip

Fix the rest of your Milan itinerary around whatever slot you can actually get, rather than choosing a day first and hoping. The refectory is the least flexible thing in the city and everything else in Milan is more forgiving.

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Frequently asked questions

How far in advance do Last Supper tickets go on sale?

A quarter at a time, rather than on a rolling basis, and each block clears almost immediately. The useful question is when your quarter opens, not how many weeks ahead you are.

Can I book the Last Supper a week before I travel?

Only if a cancelled slot surfaces, which does happen but cannot be planned around. The realistic route at short notice is a tour that holds its own allocation — see the sold-out page.

How far ahead should I book a Last Supper tour?

Sooner than you would for most things in Milan, because the allocation is finite and the small-group options are the first to go. The six are compared on the tours page.