Tickets Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

Tickets for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island start from 35 USD for adults and 21 USD for children aged 4 to 12, and include the ferry from Battery Park, access to Liberty Island and Ellis Island with its Immigration Museum, as well as an Italian audio guide. Depending on the ticket, you can go up to the pedestal or the crown. It is advisable to book in advance: ferries run on fixed schedules and spots are limited.

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Tickets: Get Ready

Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island tickets purchased on our website will guarantee you access to the ferries departing from Battery Park, without the risk of finding sold-out spots, especially during the summer months when demand peaks and lines at the ticket office grow long already in the early morning hours. Among New York attraction tickets, this is one of the experiences that requires the most careful planning: the ferry runs on fixed schedules and availability is limited.

Book smartly

Purchasing in advance means you can choose the departure time that best fits your schedule: the first ferry in the morning is generally the most advantageous, both for the quality of the light for photography and for fewer crowds on the islands. To plan every detail, take a look at our guide on how to visit the Statue of Liberty.

• Access to Liberty Island and Ellis Island with ferry included and an Italian audio guide.
• Skip the ticket line and save your time.
• Skip the ticket line and save your time.

What to See with Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Tickets

The ferry departs from Battery Park and in just a few minutes lets you see Lower Manhattan from a perspective that no observation deck can ever offer: the skyline fading into the distance, the green of the island getting closer, and the copper silhouette of Lady Liberty growing larger with every meter traveled across the water.

With tickets for the Statue of Liberty you will have access to the island gardens and the base of the monument, where the exhibition panels tell the story of its construction, from the original design by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi to its inauguration in 1886. If the monument interests you, we have gathered some interesting facts about the Statue of Liberty that you may not know.

For those who want to include this visit in a more complete itinerary, the organized New York tours in Italian available on the website offer different routes with unforgettable views.

Next, the ferry takes you to Ellis Island, where between 1892 and 1954 more than twelve million immigrants passed through the Great Hall to be granted or denied permission to enter the United States. The tickets include access to the National Museum of Immigration, spread across several floors of the original building: you can follow the path immigrants took upon arrival, listen to authentic audio testimonies, and browse historical records that preserve the names of those who arrived on these waters with nothing but a suitcase and hope. For the full history of the island and its museum, read our in-depth article on Ellis Island, the gateway to America.

The museum rooms preserve period photographs, personal objects, documents, and reconstructions of the original spaces with a level of care that makes visible what numbers alone cannot convey. The ticket also gives you access to the building’s outdoor terrace, from where the view over New York Harbor and the Manhattan skyline is among the most complete and least crowded in the entire metropolitan area. To build a complete itinerary around this visit in the Big Apple, visit Il Mio Viaggio a New York.

What You Need to Know Before Booking

The ticket requires a fixed date and time: if your selected time is not available, we will assign a time close to your choice. In some cases, the date may not be available, and in that case you will be contacted to arrange an alternative.

With afternoon ferries, the visit to Ellis Island may not be included: to see both islands, depart in the morning.

Present yourself at the boarding area in the “Reserve Tickets” line at your selected time: after the security checks, you will board the first available ferry. The indicated time is not the ferry departure time, but the time when you begin the security screening. Ferries depart every 30 minutes, so if you miss one, you can take the next one. The selected time is therefore approximate, and we will send you the ticket with the time slot closest to your choice.

Warning: as you approach the ferry entrance, you may encounter unauthorized vendors who try to stop you by claiming your tickets are not valid, in order to pressure you into buying their tickets for a different ferry. Continue confidently and explain that you already have your tickets.

Important

AFTER BOOKING, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOMATIC CONFIRMATION AND, WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE ELECTRONIC TICKET TO PRINT. Opening hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. every day (on holidays, hours may vary). The last ferry for both islands is at 1:00 p.m.; after that, ferries allow access to only one island until 3:30 p.m.