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 by monorailgold
The museum and Sistine chapel tour takes 2 hours and passes through the Pio Clementino, the geographical maps and tapestries galleries, the Raphael's rooms and the Sistine Chapel. The tour includes entrance fee and headset. This tour costs 30 euros and can be booked in advance at the vatican website. The garden tour last 2 hours and takes you on a tour of the small independant state. It cost 30.00 euros and can be reserved in advance at the vatican website. After the tour you may enter the vatican museums with no additional cost. The vatican museums and st. Peter's basilica tour costs 35 euros and lasts 3 hours. It, too, can be reserved at the vatican website.
The website is:biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/do?action=booking&codiceLivelloVisita=4&step=1
Make sure to take your confirmation email with you to the museums and you will be allowed to bypass the line. You must wear proper attire to enter the museums, gardens and basilica. For both men and women, shoulders and knees must be covered. Leave a Comment
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 The view over Piazza Di San
Pietro by Jmill42Leave a Comment
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 Detail on St Peter's Square
floor by Jenniflower
This photo is of a piece of the pavement in St Peter's Square (not sure why they call it a square though as it is round! haha).
I think this adds to the authenticity and historical significance of this place.
As I have said before, it is almost too much to take in, and for us 'happy-snappy' types an absolute paradise ) Leave a Comment
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 This way to the Sistine
Chapel by gilabrand
So here is a tip that will allow you to get a better view of these glorious paintings, which invariably leave visitors with a crick in their neck: When you enter the room, don’t do what everybody else does, which is stand still in your tracks and stare up in amazement. Move to the rear! What I realized, as my feet (and neck) began to ache and I tried to find a place to sit on the benches that line the room, is that people tend to congregate in the first part of the hall. But if you keep going, through the carved partition that divides the room, not only are you getting away from the crowds, but you get a much better view (the Last Judgment is on the wall opposite you). You won’t even have to squeeze in to find a spot on the bench. Leave a Comment
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 Piazza San Pietro by nicolettart
My lttle seven-month month old baby meets another baby at the top of St. Peter's. We'll remember, but will she? We have the pics to prove it. Leave a Comment
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 In the Vatican Museums by nicolettartLeave a Comment
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 Holy Door, St. Peter's
Basilica by nicolettart
A very kind nun in a Vatican gift shop gave us a leftover brochure from the Jubilee year. The listed events were useless to us (as we were there in 2002), but the maps, bus routes, and street list of Rome were helpful. Leave a Comment
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 Von.Otter at a Vatican
City Post Box, May 2007 by von.otter
— the Senate’s prayer for any new emperor during the fourth century
Give your postcards a prayer of a chance. It has been said that postcards mailed through the Vatican Post Office reach their destination faster than those mailed through Rome’s postal system. This may be Italian urban legend. It cannot hurt to make a test!
While visiting Vatican City look for the yellow post boxes; some can be found within the gift shop of the Vatican Museums.
The post box in the accompanying photo is located outside the main entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica, on the left-hand side as you face the church; it, too, is outside a gift/book shop. Leave a Comment
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 St.Peter's; Roem by sinoda
Enter the church hall and walk down then main ship, then turn around and rest in contemplation.
The picture might give you a hint of what I mean. God's finger come down and reach for you - where else than here?
Maybe the architect was a clever guy or maybe a woman? and had planned this scenario carefully or it just so happend that the sun would shine "miraculously" through the upper windows and create this nice effect. Leave a Comment
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The Sistine Chapel is one of the most spectacular things to view in Rome, especially if you've studied any of the paintings previously. If you have the time, definitely bare the line to get in, but don't bring your camera. The carbinieri are very strict about their "no foto" policy (and yes, using your zoom to get a better view is frowned upon also!)
But, the Sistine Chapel has LOUSY HOURS! You can only get in between 8:45-12:20 on Saturday. And, it is CLOSED SUNDAYS!
So, don't be like me and show up to the door at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon and expect to see the Chapel! Leave a Comment
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