Visitor information for various sites of the Vatican City, Rome
The information on this page pertains to the three hour group Vatican tours offered by Tickitaly. In an attempt to minimise the number of 'sorry, fully booked' messages that we have to send out in response to Vatican tour requests, tickitaly.com are able to offer guaranteed reservation* on a select number of Vatican group tours - click here to begin the booking process for this 3 hour tour, or click here should you wish to learn about our private Vatican tours.
(We are now also able to offer individual Vatican tickets that allow you to visit without taking part in a tour - click here for details on these.)
PLEASE NOTE: Recent years have witnessed an incredible surge in bookings for the Vatican, and a less-than-perfectly-organised administration has seen some small amount of queueing necessary in peak season, even for pre-booked tours such as ours. There is simply nothing that can be done about this. Again, this affects everyone, and if you find someone claiming to be able to bypass this, then they're being disingenuous, to put it mildly.
OPENING TIMES:
Our group tours all start at 9.30 AM or 1.30 PM. Given this early start, groups need to be ready and waiting at the Vatican Museums for 9.10 AM or 1.10 PM.
PRICING:
The price is per person, and is all inclusive, covering the cost of the tour guide (only in english), booking fees, entrance tickets and the 'Whisper' audio system. Children under six years of age pay nothing.
DRESS CODE & ACCESS:
You'll need to be wearing clothes that do not leave your shoulders/arms
or lower legs bare. No shorts, short trousers, short skirts, sleeveless
shirts or bare shoulders. All visitors to the Vatican Museums will
be required to pass through a metal-detector prior to being granted
admittance. Wheelchairs are available onsite and do not need to
be reserved.
THE 'WHISPER' SYSTEM:
For groups of more than seven people it is obligatory to use the 'Whisper' audio system. Your guide will be talking into a small microphone and you'll each be listening on special earpieces. This is included in the price.
* These tours offer guaranteed availability in that tickitaly.com have
pre-booked these tickets. We will
remove tours from sale once availability is exhausted, but it is possible
that we'll receive double orders on the last few remaining tickets
- such is the nature of shopping cart systems. Should this happen (and
that's very unlikely) we will contact you within 12 hours.
These tours also require a minimum of 10 people in order to go ahead.
In the unlikely scenario that Tickitaly have not 'signed up' at least
10 people for a particular tour we will let you know two weeks prior
to the scheduled tour date and a refund will be issued if we cannot
sort out an alternative date.
Click here to begin the booking procedure for Tickitaly's Vatican group tours. A link that may be useful should you be looking for Rome hotels is ahotelinitaly.com.
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