A must do in Rome. Highly recommend the guided tour. There is so much history that unless you know it yourself, you'll miss out on a lot of the details and what made the paintings and sculptures so important to what you see today. The Vatican museum and St Peter's is huge. I was not expecting the size of it. The tour took around 4 hours with lots of steps up and down and around. If you have half a day, go see it. read more

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Meh. They got a room full of rugs and a room full of maps and a few rooms full of stuff they stole from Egypt. the Sistine Chapel smells like sweaty retirees. take it or leave it. read more

Goooooo book! Just do it! The service is horrible, no one here likes their job, wait. I'm wrong the security in the room with the mummies like their jobs and the young lady on the upper switching out the listening devices., but it's still worth seeing with your own eyes. The price point is reasonable, it's clean and something you should see with your own eyes. read more

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You will save a lot of time, and avoid the lines, if you go with a guide. The commentary was so-so. I guess it all depends on the guide that you get. Ours was kinda so-so. But she did a great job getting us in, marshalling us thru, and saving us time. It wasn't rushed, but, I would say its optimized. Highlights for me is Sistine Chapel and Saint Peters. read more

10/10 recommend using the guided tours!! You get to skip the line if you do, which can save you several hours!! Went on a weekday afternoon, and the like to enter was super long! It was really nice to skip. I also enjoyed the tour throughout and learning about the history!! They have tours in different languages, and they provide headphones so that you can listen to the guide speak in a loud and busy crowd. read more

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The Vatican Museum is amazing. A must visit for art livers. They have all sorts of relics and famous paintings by Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raffaello, Perugino, and many more. If you visit Rome you must go. Make sure to make a reservation one month prior. read more

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Vatican Museums Virtual Guided Tour I've been to the Vatican for the day. There's no way you can see everything. I heard on the news about the virtual tours. I recently took a virtual tour of some the Vatican Museums. The first time I visited in person was in 1968! During Covid you take what you can get. Virtual to me is not as thrilling. It was on NBC News I heard on the news about the Virtual Tour of the Vatican Museum. I really recommend you take this tour. What moved me is the beauty of everything. I could see the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in all it's glory. This is one of my favorite works by Michelangelo. This virtual tour is almost as good as being there in person visually. I wasn't completely fulfilled. The website for the virtual tours can be found online. Please note the website name is in Italian. When I went to the site I found at least 26 Vatican Museums I could visit virtually. I'm doing a few at a time. I'm so happy I can travel there while I remain in the safety of my home. The website is very well done and organized so I had no problem going from museum to museum. I am concerned about my device saying the website is not secure. I find that happens frequently when I use websites outside of the Americas. I'm visiting many places I visited in person before the pandemic. The fun for me was always taking photos. I guess I have to take screenshots and post them. After all most of the Yelp Events are virtual. Try searching for virtual tours of your favorite museums, film studios and more. Our NYC Museums have lots of virtual events. read more

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This review is for the guided tour in the guide specifically not for Vatican city, or the museums. We had pre-registered for the breakfast in Vatican tour group. When we arrived, there was no clear markings for where we needed to actually be for our group. We were ushered in like cattle, and no one had a clue as to which direction to go in, and there were several different options. Once everyone seem to get things sorted out, and we made it to where we needed to check in, there was no delineation of lines or where we needed to be for the check in process. When we finally made it to the window to check in, we had to provide passports, and our reservation slips, and even then the person behind the glass was totally disinterested and actually helping us get through the process. It was very odd. Once we were checked in, she motion for us to go stand with another group. When we went over to the other group, we were handed these funky, headphones, and made a wait in yet another line. When our tour guide showed up, she was completely disheveled, disorganized, and clearly disinterested in being there. Have you not done our own homework to figure out the layout and where the Variety of places within Vatican City that we wanted to see including art, displays, etc. we would have totally missed out on quite a few things. She just did not do her job. At one point, we had asked her about some of these locations that do require a tour guide to get into, and her response was to just motion for us to go to that location when we were done. Super poor customer service. You can't really select your tour guide, and if you could, I don't even know what that process would look like for them. I what made it worse was that occasionally we would run into another group, although they were really good about keeping us all separated, but it was quite obvious that some of the other tour guides were , more informative, and definitely did their jobs with getting tourists to an in the various places. Can you go on your own?, I'm sure that you can, but this is not the experience you want without a tour guide. They do provide some invaluable information that you would not get any other way. read more

Vatican Museum is huge, but that doesn't mean that you're going to love it the first time you visit it. My suggestion is to go there once in your lifetime :-) The good news is that on the last Sunday of every month , there is free entry to the Vatican Museums between 09.00 and 12.30. read more

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The Vatican is an amazing religious, historical & artistic landmark as most people know. You can save money & time by booking your tour directly with the Vatican. Going at the earliest opening or two hours before closing is best as it's less busy. You can book your entry 3 months in advance which I recommend. We couldn't decide on what time to enter so when we booked 2 months before our trip all the times we wanted were booked up already. If you book your ticket ahead of time you won't have to worry about the lineups for tickets which can be very very long. We had a 2pm entry & that is one of the busiest times. Be aware that there are lots of stairs but if you are mobility challenged ask for direction ahead of time as there are elevators & escalators in some areas. But I'm not sure if it goes throughout. It's a good idea to bring water & food with you as there aren't many options around for food. Even for washrooms outside of the Vatican you can only use the bar at the top of the hill which has only two washrooms for men & women. The food & drinks in this area are very pricey. The guide has to explain about the Sistine Chapel before you enter as you're not supposed to speak in there. But I found lots of people there disrespecting that rule which I didn't like. There is so much to look at here that I found myself with a sore neck as even the ceilings have amazing works of art. The tour ended up being about 2 hours. But it felt so fast to me as we just got to look at everything & not linger. Hubby & I didn't even go to the Basilica or Square as we were tired out by the end of the tour. We went in mid-September & it's as hot as summertime in Toronto. It was 30c that day which probably made us tired faster. It was worth it for us to go but I think if we come back to Rome in the future we'll visit St. Peter's Basilica & square because we missed it this time. To attend the pope's audience look up the schedule on the Vatican website. There is a free one called Angelus which you have to book entry but is without cost. And the other one is the general audience. So if you definitely want to see the pope check his schedule. Don't forget the pope does travel sometimes! read more

Don't know why there's mummies and Egyptian statues inside Vatican museum. Is the church so rich they just own a bunch of art that has nothing to do with Catholicism? I'm Catholic if you're wondering how I know they don't belong The museum is boring and no sculptures were interesting. The guides are long and boring, it was unnecessary to be four hours. Nothing they said you can't look up on Wikipedia and read for ten mins. I walked around by myself but stuck close to the tour group read more

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If you made it to the St. Peter's square and the Vatican, you should take a at least a couple of hours to take a guided tour in the museum. It will be hard to gather the history and detail of all of the statues, frescoes and art inside the museum otherwise. It is fun to take break and just consume all that surrounds you. There are so many historical and many religious artifacts and many random finds as well. It's interesting to see all of it. read more

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The Vatican Museum was truly a memorable experience. I did not expect to see Egyptian statues here from many centuries ago. I highly recommend you book a guided tour here. So they can show you and discuss most of the highlights in each room. I enjoyed learning about Michaelangelo's story behind his artworks. The biggest highlight here is Michelangelo's artwork at the Sistine Chapel. This is a mind-blowing masterpiece. You cannot take pictures and videos inside the Sistine Chapel. I am Roman Catholic, and I did buy a few Vatican rosaries for my mother and I. I bought my mother a cream Vatican rosary in a beautiful rosary box. read more

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I love museums, and like to wander around by myself, look at everything, and focus on items of interest for as long as I want to. The Vatican museum tour was the opposite of that. You will wait on line for hours to get in, or you can purchase "skip the line" tickets for a suppposedly fast-tracked admission, or, presumably the best option, a guided tour. The piazza was packed with hordes of tourists, so we opted for the guided tour. But, even with the official guide leading the way, it still took over an hour and a half to get into the building. The entire tour was like the NYC subway at rush hour. It was hot and stuffy, and packed shoulder-to-shoulder, being led by the nose along with a throng of people, with no chance to even stop to look at anything. The guide drones on in your ear in broken English. You have to follow her little scarf-on-a-stick, or you'll get dropped by the group. The only things I even remember were the impressive 400-foot long map room, and the overrated Sistine Chapel, where the priest got on the PA system to tell the thousand people inside to STHU and put away their phones because they were in a church. The tour ended at St. Peter's Basilica, where, thankfully, we were allowed to explore the world's largest church on our own, which was breathtaking, and worth all the prior torture. There are many collections of ancient and Renaissance art throughout Rome that are as good as the Vatican's collection. A visit to St. Peter's Basilica is a must, but if crowds are not your thing, skip the Vatican museum and go the Musei Capitolini instead. read more

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Yes, I'm disappointed. The Pope didn't come out to say hello. Later, while at the hotel, I found out that he was talking to the astronauts on the Space Station (or at least I think so, the newscast I was watching was in Italian) and so I guess they're more important than me. In a nutshell, I can't imagine coming to Rome and not finding a way into the Vatican. I loved it, despite the huge crowds. Our guide told me that they sometimes have 35,000 to 40,000 people a day go through the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica. St. Peter's was fine, as it is huge and can handle a crowd, but the Sistine Chapel is much smaller and the crowd was much more confined. I'd liken it to being packed into the economy class of a luxury airline...it's tight, but you know it could be much much worse. Would I go back? I would definitely find a way to get back into St. Peter's, but, unless I was with 10-12, or maybe 100, of my closest friends, I'd skip the Sistine Chapel....simply too crowded, but I am very happy that I've done it once. Did anything happen that I didn't expect? Yes, there was the tour of the gardens, and great descriptions of the art and the hallways that lead to the various places inside Vatican City. There is so much art inside the Vatican that it can be, and was, overwhelming. St. Peter's warrants its own paragraph. The place is goliath in size and stature, and no detail has been overlooked. The font near the top is designed to be visible, and readable, from the bottom of the basilica, the floor space was open and comfortable to walk about in, and there are a few former Popes interred at the facility, one is even on display. It sort of creeped me out a bit, but there he was. There was another section of space reserved for confessions, roped off to the crowds during our visit. It featured the old style confessionals that you go in and shut the door to be heard by the priest, and they looked like little booths that you could put on a fork lift and relocate as needed. Should the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel be on your list? Yes, if you're in Rome, you need to find a way to include this stop, and don't mind the crowds. You could choose a slower month, as we were there in late October, and it was beautiful weather, highs in the 70's everyday. Winter might allow you to go during a slower time. All the best.... read more

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It was packed with people, could barely walk or see anything that wasn't the ceiling. It was so hot I could barely breathe, there was no easy access to water, and the group tours are rushed /herded through like animals. There were so many corridors of art we did not get to look at because we were constantly rushed from one room to the next simply from the crowds piling into the room with everyone's shoulders literally touching one another. The staff were friendly and doing their best given the circumstances, but they really need to work out a better system for managing crowds and heat. read more

We purchased the Museum/St Peter's tour directly from the Vatican website weeks ahead of our arrival. I was very disappointed in our official Vatican tour guide--her English was not that great, and the one-eared earpiece was not that clear. They need to make sure they hire guides that have better English speaking skills. Also, the guide spent far too much time on the outside panels as the tour started. The tour was 3 hours in length. It would have been better if they spent more time in St. Peter's, it seemed very rushed once we go there. read more

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Do not use this service. We got there an hour early, they had us wait until it was time and then told us they overbooked and did not have any tickets left. They would not give us all of our tour money back and would not pay for the 10 euro taxi ride we had to take each way. Please do not use them, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity that they ruined for us. read more

We had the private tour with one guide for me and my husband, but they also do group tours as well. The good: Vatican traffic is atrocious, so if you're late, they'll wait for you up to an hour and a half! The group tours start on time, no matter what. You get to skip the horrendous line, which is probably a 2-hour wait on average in peak season (Easter until October). You can ask any questions. You learn a lot about the You can skip boring stuff and stay longer on interesting things. And you'll never get lost. The bad: You'll most likely be sitting outside in the sun for a 30-45 minute art history lesson. Good luck getting a (decent) seat/chair. Skipping that line only gets you so far--the crowd inside is long, slow, and confined. And it only gets worse as you make your way to the Sistine Chapel. Overall, it was an absolute "must" due to the information overload, so there was no time wasted. We learned quite a lot about the Vatican City state, and of Michelangelo's life in general. Word to the wise: if you absolutely have to take a picture inside the Sistine Chapel, make it discrete! Otherwise, be prepared to be thrown out after a public ass-chewing! read more

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Waste of time total rip off. Wish I saved my hard earned money. Could barley understand his English nice guy but it's a scam read more

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This was my first time to the Vatican, and it was a great intro tour. The website is a bit much to handle, as you really have to prioritize what you want to see. I ended up prioritizing the museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica. It was a ~3 hour tour, and totally worth the 38 euro/person! I booked it directly through the official Vatican website. We had a great, informative, funny, entertaining tour guide (English) that happened to be recommended by Rick Steves. We were lucky we ended up with him, since you basically just book a tour online, and show up at the time. It's definitely worth it booking ahead of time, as you get to skip the line. When we showed up for our 8:30am tour, the line was super long, at least 200 people in line. It was bonkers. Because we booked ahead, we walked straight to the front. When you enter though, it's a huge crap shoot inside. There are lines for EVERYTHING -picking up your ticket (which we had to do), coat checking your umbrella and large backpacks, restrooms, etc. So it's really a good idea to show up probably 30 mins before your tour begins. We showed up at 8:15am for our 8:30am tour, and ended up being a few minutes late. So be ready, because you don't want to miss a thing! First, our tour guide showed us a replica of the Sistine Chapel, and described the painting for about 10-15 mins. Then we went through the Vatican museums, and he showed and educated us on the highlights. We then walk through the Sistine Chapel, which you get to enjoy independently for ~15-20 mins ("No pictures, no recording allowed. But breathing and looking are allowed" -Our tour guide. Lol!!!!). Afterwards, he took us on this shortcut to St. Peter's Basilica. Everything at the Vatican is quite astonishing. I was really glad to have gone on the tour. I think it was great going on the tour since it was my first time to Vatican, but it would have been fun to explore the Vatican on our own for an entire day. There are so many museums, and so many things to see at the Vatican, that you just need more time to just absorb it all. But, I guess that's part of the charm of Rome - there are so many pockets to explore, that it makes you want to come back for more. There are dozens of tours going on simultaneously - some abbreviated, some longer, some in different languages, etc. etc. There are a TON OF PEOPLE AT THE VATICAN!!!!!!! Try to go on a weekday if you can. Avoid the free Sunday one at all costs. We came on a Saturday, and it was nuts - I can't imagine having booked a later, afternoon tour. What was my favorite part of the tour? The Sistine Chapel, because there were seats to sit down. Get ready to walk, because you won't be sitting down anytime except if you're lucky to get a seat at Sistine Chapel. Your feet may or may not fall off. read more

Great place to go if you are in Rome and enjoy art museums. Now if you wanted to learn the history of the sculptures and paintings at the Vatican I do not recommend the tour. I didn't hear a thing the tour guide said throughout the one hour tour. Also he stopped a lot to explain things. My dad was able to hear most of what he said. I guess you have to be right next to the tour guide to hear what he has to say which in my opinion is really lame since I wanted to get pictures of other things at the Vatican. I did other tours in Italy that were amazing but this tour guide wasn't too enthusiastic and since I didn't hear a word he said the whole time I think paying to get in to explore on your own would've probably been a better option. If you wanted to learn about the history I would suggest buying a book about it rather than go on this tour. read more

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I loved our guided tour guide, we booked it through expedia. I highly recommend you to prebook getting into the Vatican and with a tour. I heard people were standing for 3 hours in line. At the Vatican you will see the Sistine chapel and my favorite Saint Petersburg bascillica. You are shuffling with heards of people to see Sistine chapel. You will get bumped and swallowed by the crowd as it is the most crowded attraction I have ever been to. It is Breathtaking. The hardest part of the adventure was squeezing through this narrow stairway with my small tour group and at what felt like thousands of people and you get 15 minutes before you must move out. You are not allowed to take pics or video in the Sistine chapel or talk. Saint Petersburg bascillica is the most amazing, jaw dropping piece of work I have ever seen. If you see anything in Rome it must be this, by far my favorite. The Vatican is a must - the sculptures, mosiacs and listening to the guide and learning about it's history is amazing. I get it, I get why this draws in 30,000 people per our tour guide. There is a security check point before getting in. Per our tour guide some crazy person came through here with a hammer and cracked Mary's face in a sculptures holding jesus, as he was shouting Mary is not his mother. So if you question the security it's to keep the crazies out. read more

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We booked a 7 pm time slot. It wasn't a tour it was just an entry. We showed up to the office 5 minutes late and our 7 pm group hadn't left yet. Since we were 5 minutes late we were told we needed to wait until 7:40 and we would get in the 8 pm tour. Frustrating but we thought worth the wait to get in. After waiting until 8:30 we never got helped or were able to enter the Vatican. They told us over and over to wait and nothing happened. We were told we couldn't get a refund and wasted an hour and a half of our limited time in Rome. Very disappointed. Highly do NOT recommend this business. read more

*Please take in to consideration I have no catholic affiliation* We went on a guided tour for €52 and came away 1.5 hours later with quite a bit of knowledge on this place. While the tour was interesting I do not think it was worth the money. I was happy I went on the tour but I wouldn't specifically recommend it. read more

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We had a private tour of the Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter's in September 2017 with Donata with City Wonders. She was amazing! Her English was fantastic... and we loved that she started the tour by asking us why we were interested in touring the Vatican - so she could customize our tour based on our interests. Since there was three of us (including Donata), we had to go in with a few other groups so we could skip the line. This made for a slow start, but once we made it into the Vatican, we were on our own - which was great. Donata shared information as we went along, and took our photos in several spots. Since there is no communication inside the Sistine Chapel, she gave us all of the information ahead of time and then told us to lead her through the chapel so we had enough time to see everything. I highly recommend spending the money to take a private tour! read more

Another check mark on my bucket list! Truly amazing to see so much art and history in the Vaticani. Being a catholic, this was a very special experience for me and dear to my heart. I got to leave with a beautiful silver crucifix necklace. :) read more

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We had a conflict with a tour and were double booked. We called customer service and basically got the response of "too bad." And we were charged twice for 2 tours on the same day. All Viator had to do was either refund one or provide some sort of credit for another tour. The funny thing is we booked 4 different tours throughout Europe and you would think they would consider us a good customer. NO. BUYER BEWARE. You are on your own. They will spend more time refuting this review than actually providing what they call "customer care". For the amount of effort they put into damage control - they could maintain their customers. We are heading back to Europe in the fall and WILL NOT USE VIATOR. They are owned by Trip Advisor - so stay clear of them . Local, private orgs actually take care of customers - Try Getyourguide.com or Toursbylocals.com read more

If we had a choice, we would definitely do a self-guide tour with the audio. Depends on the tour guide, he or she might like certain area better than the other, so they would spend lots of time in one area. Most of the time, they walked very fast and spoke very fast. We didn't have time to take pictures or admire all the art works/statues. Just too much information at once. We would prefer to walk around in our own pace. Took many pictures as we want. We could take a break in between. However, we couldn't do that when we were in the group tour. There were no seating area inside the museum. So lots of walking..... read more

I'm not sure if it's our guide, but the first of the two-hour tour of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel tour was spent standing in front of a TV screen where the guide was flipping back and forth between images. If it were a small group it may not be so bad, but our group was about 30, and there was no way we could all see the screen. Added to that, the screen was under the sunlight which made it impossible to see even if you had a 15-degree view. Even without those issues, the thousands of people going through the place and bumping into you made it hard to take in the details of her long speech. It got so long and boring, people in my tour group started sitting on the floor of the museum waiting for her to finish. It might've been an attempt at humor, but something got lost in translation when the guide told us that if we got lost following her, the important thing was to return the electronic audio guide because it is expensive. She didn't laugh when she said it and none of us did either. After that, we finally started walking through the museum. Again, the crazy volume of people you had to wade through in order to just physically follow her allowed me to concentrate on little else. I recommend just doing the self-guided one at your own pace. The extra money I spent on the tour was not worth it. read more

I absolutely fell in LOVE with this place. I had no idea the Vatican was its own city, separate from Rome (an Interesting fact told by my travel guide). Our travel guide pretty much took care of us. We skipped the line and got the tickets right away. We proceeded to walk up these stairs and the tour began. I can not go into much detail on what I saw or how everything looked because there was just waaaaay too much to see. It is something you must see when in Italy. Everything from their walls to their ceilings, to their sculptures was just AMAZING! It was filled with beautiful paintings and art, which definitely took a lot of work from the looks of it. I may want to add....when you are in the sistine chapel, do not attempt nor try to be slick in trying to take a photograph (unless you look european, then u may get away with it). I tried to sneak a pix, thinking I was ninja, but the damn Italian guard caught me and kicked me out!!! Waaaaaah!!! Another guy, who was hispanic, got kicked out as well, but this time the guard made him delete ALL of his pictures. Yea, pretty drastic. Although, my aunt who was in there told me she saw someone taking pictures and the guard saw that person as well, but never kicked them out (she told me the person was from france). Read previous reviews, and I didn't have to watch a video AT ALL. And don't expect to see the pope. He's probably busy praying for your sins. It helps to go early, because it can get pack. But other than that, I HIGHLY recommend seeing this place. read more

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This was the worst thing we did in two weeks in Rome. The museums were PACKED and there was no place to move. There were thousands of people packed into a relatively few rooms and air conditioning was minimal. I was banged and pushed the whole way through. Then you get yelled at the entire time you are in the Sistine Chapel. Do yourself a favor and don't do the museums in summer. The basilica was fine as it is large enough to hold many. My suggestion is to pay more for the tickets that get you in an hour before doors open to avoid the crush of people. I suspect it will still be busy as all tours offer this, but you might have a better chance to see things and get pictures. These photos don't do the throngs of people justice! read more

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Take the Friday night tour! I really enjoyed our tour of the Vatican Museum. The tour stars with the guide showing art from a touch screen. She has to explain these paintings from the outside because once you're in the Sistine Chapel, you're not supposed to talk. The tour had headsets to hear your guide. She did a great job explaining the art. Our guide was an art history major so she was very detailed and shared some very interesting history. I highly recommend going to the Friday night tour. It is less crowded than your typical tour. Also, they keep talking about how the Vatican Museum isn't really a museum, it's someone's house and you're viewing the decorations. Well, when you're there at night, you do somewhat feel like you're wandering through someone's house especially when you're looking at the statues. The artwork was phenomenal and the Sistine Chapel was something I'll never forget. I just want to add one little thing...I know that the famous image is God making Adam in his own image...but the very center of all the art work was the creation of Eve. ;) read more

Very difficult to understand the tour guide as he sounded muffled the entire time. It was easier to navigate the chaos of herds in each vicinity of the Vatican, but I would have liked to do my own tour and listen to Rick Steves audio guide and save myself a few $$$. Tour guided started by giving us a 40 minute history lesson on a screen of every room we'd be seeing and it was pretty boring & waste of time in my book. It was the beginning of January and it was still packed. Tour guide said it's worst in the summer so definitely not for those who are claustrophobic. Do yourself a favor & buy the early entry pass that lets you in 1hr before the public is allowed, to avoid the crowds. There is a gift shop at the end exiting the Sistine Chapel so don't waste your time looking at the 1 or 2 inside. St. Peter's Basilica is immediately to the right of the gift shop, don't make the same mistake we did and exit by the Swiss guards because then you'll have to stand in security line by St. Peter's square just to come back in! read more

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!!!!!! We toured the Vatican museum and Sistine Chapel with a guide. It was so incredibly crowded that there was no time to enjoy what I was looking at much less listen to our guide who was always so far ahead that I didn't know what he was talking about. The Vatican appears to sell an unlimited number of tickets... (another example the Catholic Churches lack of caring and greed!) The massive numbers of people crammed into the museum and sistine chapel presents many safety issues. If there were a fire or an emergency that causes panic it would be a deadly event. I can not stress to anyone who is thinking about touring the Vatican museum and sistine chapel is DON'T DO IT!!!!!! Go to St. Peters Church and skip the rest. read more

The Vatican is spectacular there is no world to explain it and all the excitement to see and be there, it a must to do if you are in Rome..

The tour was ok. Although the tour took us all around the Vatican there are certain areas that you cannot take pictures because of the church rules which I respect and understand. However, the church was amazing and have lots of history. This place can get very packed specially at the entrance of the Vatican so make sure you are with a tour to pass by the lines. read more

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Massive area that is just room after room and hall after hall of incredible works of art. It's kind of overwhelming and hard to take it all in, but even the sensory overload is well worth it. Take lots of pictures so you can remember what you saw in this amazing place. Such a wide range of artwork and relics in one place, it's almost incomprehensible. I'm glad we did this with an excellent guide. There is so much historical significance we would have missed otherwise. read more

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We had booked a Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel small-group tour with a local guide with Musement. The day of, our cab was late and we knew we would not make it on time. We called their emergency number; it is not an active, attended number, and it does not take messages. Total scam. We had to buy another tour, with "around city time", for later in the day. They were very professional and helpful. Hence, don't use Musement (we used them for another visit, Colosseum and Forum, and the tour guide was not particularly good/aware of their audience). read more

While I believe seeing the art in the museum in Sistine Chapel is so worth it, the tours and getting around to really examine the exhibits is totally impossible . Our guide had great information, but there was just plain too many people shoved into tight spaces, being herded like cattle through the entire tour. Being pushed and shoved along, shoulder to shoulder was insane and quite frankly unsafe. They allow WAY too many people in at a time and unfortunately, it ruined my visit. Also, there are a lot of stairs. Ups and downs, while being pushed and bottlenecked through doorways. It's hot, cramped and confined. If you have claustrophobia, this may not be for you. People outside will tell you, buy tickets from us, they are all sold out, don't believe it. They shove as many people as they possibly can in a day. It is unfortunate because I felt it cheapened the experience. read more