The Vatican Museums > Reviews

Advantages: Art, Sculptures
Disadvantages: Queue

...had been to Italy in the Month of June 2007. It was on a saturday we made our visit to Vatican City. We read lot of articles describing the queue hence we planned our visit sometime early morning (around 8). HOW TO ------------ Rome is well connected. To get around rome by Metro (train) and bus is very easy. There are basically two lines. Metroline B (Blue Line) and Metroline A(Red Line). Metroline A goes to Vatican City. You need to depart ... Read review

Advantages: Unique
Disadvantages: 4 miles plus

...really want to go to the Vatican Museum? Expecting nothing I took the metro to Ottaviano. It was not difficult to know which way to go, I just followed the crowds and after about five minutes I was confronted with the huge walls of the Vatican City. Signs point you in the right direction, which is following the wall up a gentle slope to the entrance of the Museum. The first thing that struck me was how modern the interior was the second was the ... Read review

Advantages: great knowledge and impression
Disadvantages: too many people in there

...could spend a day in the museum. I never feel like spending much time in museums......but here in Vatican Museums. It is very beautiful and wonderful place i had ever visited....I spent a day in there but i would suggest you to go there in the morning because it is very long line to get inside because every people visited Vatican city usually visit Vatican Museums as well,hundreds of poeple!!!! Anyway,after a long waiting,it is worth to spend such ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful and fascinating
Disadvantages: Crowded and lack of exhibit information.

...read previous reviews I spent the summer of 2002 in Italy. The Vatican city of course was on my list of places to visit including the Vatican Museum. The first thing to note when visiting these museums is to make sure your knees and shoulders are covered. This is easily forgotten in the heat of Italy, but it is essential. Tickets to the museum cost 10 Euros (well they did in 2000) and if my memory serves me well check the opening times (something ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic art
Disadvantages: Long Queue

...devotee, I agreed to visit the vatican museum as my wife was extremely keen. Having checked the opening times (very important to do this, as they do vary) we followed the throng from the Metro station. The queue was several hundred metres long, this being a Saturday morning, but was moving fairly quickly. The atmosphere was pleasant with many conversations taking place between "fellow queuers". After just less than an hour we were in, cost 12 euros ... Read review