On visiting Rome this May we decided to spend a day at the Vatican.We booked in with an English speaking tour which cost €45 per head. We used Vatican Live Tours who were very helpful especially due to the fact I had my parents with me both in mid and late seventies. Laura was our guide and was very efficient,... More

We booked a tour with When in Rome Tours and our guide Antonnette was amazing. We got there at 9 and there was already a line up around the corner.We met our guide across the street from the museum at their office, we were in and given our audio guides in less than 20 minutes. It was very crowded, along... More

Arrived at 9 am but still waited for almost two hours, fending off dozens of constant, intrusive and persistent street sellers and "guides" offering quick entry - at double or more than double the normal price. Having got into the main hallway, there were queues for everything - reception, tickets, online tickets, tours, toilets! It was like arriving at New... More

The lines do not take as long as they look. The Basilica is free to get into and the Vatican Museums i believe were about 15 Euro a person. Vendors will try and sell you skip the line passes DO NOT TAKE THEM. They are way overpriced. This is a MUST SEE in Rome.

This is a very good museum that needs at least 4 hours to marvel at beautiful works of art as it seems small from outside but quite a maze inside. If you have limited time, this is a trap because it is organized in a way that you will see everything so you couldn't just go directly to Sistine chapel... More

The Vatican Museums are splendid! It's pack with art and one might think that there is too many. That's why we took a guided tour: 2 hours in the museums and 1 hour in the Basilic (Incredible!). Reservations online may be a good thing to avoid long line-ups. The sad thing is people talking all the time and not dressed... More

We were prepared to stand for ages in queues etc but managed to get inside within 1 hour. So excited when walking up the gangway to the starting point and it felt spacious and strangely un-crowded and then we turned the corner and were hit by a wall of people (majority of which were on guided tours). The wall of... More

Nothing but a money-making machine. All about tourism and nothing to do with religion. No discounts offered for students or seniors. Full admission charged even though half the things were not open the day we were there. Pushed and shoved along by herds of people after having lined up to pay for a long time. Dreadful experience which is all... More

We went in around 2.30pm on a Thursday following a tour, the line for ticket is nearly non-existing, so we'd be better off walking in and buy ticket on the spot :). Our guide said the crowd is much less compare to her morning session on the same day, but to us, it is still packed with people though not... More