We booked a skip the line breakfast tour through Headout and so glad we did! The breakfast part was vile - but we had seen reviews so knew not to expect haute cuisine. Pourable scrambled eggs and cold potato wedges anyone? The best option to see the Vatican is to do an early skip the line. It’s still very busy but at least you won’t have a 3 hour wait to get in. The beauty of the place outweighs the crowds, it is breathtaking. Having a guide helped to fill in the background to what we were seeing, and our guide Sabrina was brilliant. The Sistine Chapel is very much a conveyor belt - quick look and move on - but the rest of the museums tour makes up for that. It’s impossible to see everything as it’s too vast, but we had a great time just the same.

We went with City Wonder Tours for our tour through the Vatican City. It was a good choice for us as we skipped the line & able to see all of the historic artifacts. Weather was still warm in last week of September so stay hydrated.

Amazing trip and it's an incredibly unique place to visit. If you want to visit the Vatican I would recommend pre booking a skip the line tour. The only thing we missed out on was climbing up the basilica, which we did not hear about until there.

There are three big sites to visit in Vatican City: the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. Visit all three as its amazing. Avoid the tour with the lunch as it is poor. We only purchased the visit with lunch as its was all I could find as far as skip the line tickets.

Such a great day to the Vatican City. It is so interesting. We had a guided tour of the gardens and the hallway down to the Sistine chapel, which was amazing! I would definitely recommend booking a tour in advance as the queue was so long and we were able to walk straight in. Also the tour guides are so knowledgeable!

It is a must while you are in rome. There are many busy places to visit, the museum, the sistine chappel, the square and st Paul basilica. Yiu will be searched like an airport in order to get inside the city.

We used “What as life tours “ for our tour today 3rd of May 2024 it was great tour and the tour leader Adriano was superb. His knowledge was amazing and we learned so much information about this city. Words can’t explain how amaze this building and history.

Vatican City (Holy See) is an independent nation of 49 hectares surrounded by the city of Rome. It is also home of the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica, two of the most popular sightseeing attractions in all of Italy. Both are very crowded with many thousands of daily visitors, meaning it is best to know opening hours and have a plan in mind for your visits, each of which can take a significant amount of time. Entry to the Vatican Museum now start at €20 per person for general admission and are based on time slots. Various combo tickets and guided tours will cost you a bit more. It is recommended to book well in advance to ensure you secure tickets on the day you intend/plan to visit. Entry to St. Peter's Basilica is free but queues to clear security quickly extend all the way across Piazza San Pietro and take quite a while to clear before being able to enter. Both attractions have good websites with plenty of information related to collections and highlights, best to research in advance so you know what to look for and how to allocate your time, especially within the Vatican Museums, which has a lot to see. A leisurely visit within St. Peter's can easily last an hour or more while the Vatican can quickly take up 2-3+ hours if you plan to view all of the important collections, exhibition halls in addition to highlights like the Gallery of Maps, Raphael's Rooms and Sistine Chapel. Having a game plan in mind prior to your visit can greatly help in maximising your time sightseeing around Vatican City. Lastly, best to allow another half hour just to see and enjoy St. Peter's Square and another 45 minutes to an hour to make way to/from Vatican City depending on your mode of transportation. Octavian is the nearest Metro station, taxis and Uber can get you fairly close while many may chose to simply walk over from the city centre side of the Tiber River, enjoying other sightseeing along the way.