Anyone have any ideas on the best way to book tickets to the vatican prior to are journey to rome save on ques

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Anyone have any ideas on the best way to book tickets to the vatican prior to are journey to rome save on ques

Answer 1

Why do you need to buy tickes... especially online... when you can just walk in without one because THEY DON'T SELL TICKETS.

Answer 2

Hello,

Are you talking about the museums or the basilica?  For the basilica you won't need a ticket but you will need to wait in line to go through the security scans.  You can stay in the basilica as long as you like and take pictures of what ever you wish.  

For the museums, you can go about it a few ways.  There are many sites on the web that offer tours of the vatican.  www.viator.com/vatican gets very good reviews.  You can also go to the official vatican website, http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.... , to book your tour directly through them.  I have taken this tour and loved it.  It lasts 2 hours and they use the headsets so you can clearly understand the guide.   The last choice is just to walk up to the line and tour touts will approach you to offer you a tour.  I have taken these tours also and they were the same as the tour the vatican gives.  They were great.  

All the tours end just before the Sistine Chapel.  You are asked not to talk in the chapel and there are absolutely no photos allowed in the chapel.  As you exit the chapel you have the option to go back into the museums or go into the basilica.  If you go back into the museums you can spend as much time as you want wandering from exhibit to exhibit.  If you go into the basilica, you won't have to wait in the line because you must go through the security scan to get into the museums.  They don't make you do that again so you can just go right into the basilica.  

If you want to avoid the line you can also just show up after 12:30 or so.  The line is really only in the morning.  In the afternoon it is almost nothing.  You might have to wait 10 minutes but that is nothing compared to the 2 hours you might have to wait in the morning.  If you go in the afternoon, you can take your time and see exactly what you want to see.  

Donna

Answer 3

no need to book tickets for Vatican city. when each your hotel try to get to ROMA TERMINI, there you"ll find several open tour bus for sightseeing just ask any small store,if you reach before 9 a.m. they sell tickets(16 euros for single day) and they will tell you where to get this open or the double decker buses stopping area,the tourist information usually open at 9.00 a.m. its a hop on hop off, Vatican is one of their itinerary you can get down there. they give you map brochure(lots of information about your sightseeing)& headset so you can listen to the place your moving around.

Answer 4

This page of St Peter's Basilica website - http://www.stpetersbasilica.org/touristi... - gives you all the details about tours, booking etc.  Tours of the Necropolis (Scarvi Tours) need to be booked in advance, and also some Vatican tours can be booked online.  These prices are usually much cheaper than those provided by tour companies.

Answer 5

There are many tour companies that  are outside the Church and around the Church who are always looking for takers.  Listed below is a site to book a tour.   Lines in the summer can be up to 3-4 hours long and it is hot in July and August.

Wear appropriate clothes to visit the Church and Chapel

It is a MUST and the dress code  is ENFORCED.

http://www.drivinguide.com/vatican_city_...

Please be aware that there are monitors outside St. Peter's, which has a very strict dress code: no skirts above the knee, no shorts, no bare shoulders (i.e., tank tops or sleeveless blouses), and you must wear shoes. You will not be permitted inside the basilica unless you are dressed appropriately. Slacks and jeans, however, are permitted. If you are out sightseeing in shorts, miniskirts, tank tops, sleeveless blouses, etc., and wish to enter a church, you must be dressed appropriately. People who monitor visitors in churches have the right to refuse entrance if in their opinion the visitor is dressed inappropriate to enter. One way to get around this is to carry long pants and a shirt/blouse with sleeves in a bag or backpack so that when you wish to enter a church, you can slip these garments on over your inappropriate attire before you enter.

Strict dress codes are especially adhered to at St. Peter's, so I wouldn't even try to enter wearing short skirts, shorts, or sleeveless tops. You will be refused entrance. Again, no shorts, or sleeveless tops, but it’s okay to wear jeans. In case you haven't been foresighted enough to carry additional apparel with you and you happen to be at the Vatican wearing inappropriate clothes you can still buy disposable pants and/or t-shirts and scarves on sale in the souvenir shops just outside St. Peter's. In addition to all of this keep in mind that during your visit to the Vatican you'll be in a sovereign country regulated by it's own rules, where the laws of Italy or your own country do not apply! No smoking anywhere in the Vatican!  

It is important to understand that the point of all this is not to get everyone to dress up like going to a wedding party, but to make people cover their sinful flesh.

If you would like  information on the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel

, I would advise you to join a tour group as they get head of the line treatment. or go very very early.... The Church opens at 9am.

Information for the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel -Rome- Vatican City.

Musei Vaticani e Cappella Sistina

Viale Vaticano - 00165

00120 Città del Vaticano

Tel. [phone] - Fax [phone]

Dal 1° aprile al 31 ottobre: 8.45-16.45

Dal 1° novembre al 31 marzo: 8.45-13.45

Chiusi tutte le domeniche eccetto l'ultima del mese, nella quale i Musei sono aperti con ingresso libero.

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From April 1 to October 31: 8.45-16.45

From November 1 to March 31: 8.45-13.45

Closed all Sundays and holidays, except for the last Sunday of the month when the Musei are open with free admission.

http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home....

Get free tickets at Santa Susanana for the papal audience

Papal audiences are on Wednesday

http://www.maximustours.com/papalaudienc...

At St. Peter's Basilica You can view the tomb of Pope John Paul and St. Peter by lining up just left of the line for climbing the dome. A guide will take you under the church. There is no charge.

Please Read

Vatican Takes Steps to Control Overcrowding

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/tra...



Purchase a guide book on Rome--DKEyewitness, Rick Steves, Frommers, and Lonely Planet are great guide books . Choose one that  you like best.

You could also purchase a book on the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica to help you understand what you are looking at once you are inside.

Do not bring  back packs, etc... f***y bags/belly bags  are ok ...

To book tickets in advance for a tour

http://www.rome-museum.com/?gclid=CKGCsd...

This would be a good idea to get to the Church unless your hotel is near the church.

You can purchase the tickets at the Bus 110 ticket booth near Termini station located between the city buses in the booth there or aboard the bus.

110 Bus is an open sightseeing bus which makes stops to the main attractions in Rome... It is a hop on/hop/off bus...

Good idea if you have children or adult who cannot walk a lot.

A bus ticket cost 16 euros. and children under 6 do not pay.(children 6-12 years Euro 7,00)

From Termini Station, departing every day, every 15 minutes. You can also hop on one of the buses at one of their stops and buy a ticket

The Bus 110 stops are the nearest stop to the attraction. see the list of stops

http://www.romaturismo.it/v2/romatiaccog...

It is a great way to see the sites....

Answer 6

hi have you tried www.myvaticantour.com this is the official site for booking tickets to go.

Answer 7

If you have reservations at a hotel in Rome, you can probably ask the hotel to arrange tickets for you.

When we were last in Rome, the hotel arranged reserved tickets for a Papal General Audience which included tours of the Sistine Chapel and the Rafael Chambers.

The benefit of reserved seating is that you will have a chair close to the platform from which the Pope speaks.

Answer 8

The line is 2/3 hours