We booked a skip the line Sistine Chapel and Vatican tour through Take Walks. I do not remember our tour guides name, but he was fabulous. He was a professor from Chicago who teaches archeology at the University of Rome and during the summer guides the tours. We had a wide…
Our very knowledgeable guide, Monica, met us at the Museum entrance and guided us through the tour. We were four, with one of my friends never been to Rome, so this was a fantastic way to see the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter´s. Monica had already done an early morning tour,…
We pre bought “skip the line” tickets. Thought the idea was to stagger the flow of people going through. Not the case. Wall to wall people shuffling through. Can’t describe the Vatican or Sistene Chapel. Surreal. Literally thousands of statues, pieces of art, archaic relics from…
If you don’t want to queue and your knowledge is lacking at all then it’s well worth paying for a tour guide or you’ll let so much pass you by as you are herded through. Your guide won’t speak to in the Sistine Chapel but they will prepare you before you go in and talk to you…
Wish we could have visited at a different time of year. We were there in June and not only was it uncomfortably hot there were so many people you couldn’t see much of the artwork. It was difficult to take in the artwork because of the crowds you had to continually keep moving.…