Avoid doing this

"avoid an even longer wait there"

"avoid the local canteen - weird tasteless food and rude staff (the staff in the toilets there is way more polite and they speak english!)"

"avoid huge lines"

"avoid long lines"

"avoid the big crowds (although there are always crowds)"

"avoid queues, visit on tuesday morning"

Useful Tips

"an incredible place that everyone should visit"

"great collections!"

What people dont like

"if you arrive before noon, expect long lines to do all the cruise ships and tour buses that show up at the same time."

"avoid the local canteen - weird tasteless food and rude staff (the staff in the toilets there is way more polite and they speak english!"

"ma ci vogliono almeno due giorni per vedere tutto con calma"

"get your ticket online and save time probably it's too late if u reading this 😉"

"impossible to see and breathe!!"

"cafeteria is horrible!"

"spend the extra money to get a semi-private tour and skip the insane lines."

"big disappointment, not worth the money you spend for the ticket."

"buy the ticket online and ignore the ticket touts standing along the line saying your ticket is not good enough or smth."

"e' davvero emozionante vivere e lavorare a due passi dal vaticano."

"less crowded and plenty too see."

"it can be overly crowded to a point of terrifying."

"impressive, but the whole experience is ruined by the stupid amount of stupid people moving about like wild cattle."

"don't waste your time standing in a queue – take a guide."

"it's less crowded and all the tourists have come and gone."

"make a reservation to skip the looking long line"

"unless you visit the sistine chapel - don't go... in fact visit only the chapel... everything else is boring... and too expensive..."

"una parte un po' nascosta e diciamo di minor spessore rispetto alle altre bellezze, ma meritevole!"

"try to go wednesdays at noon to avoid long lines."

"impossibly exhausting."

"we are just few minutes wolk from there."

"highly recommended reserve tiquets previously."

"if you arrive before noon, expect long lines to do all the cruise ships and tour buses that show up at the same time."

"pretty uninteresting and badly kept... not much worth seeing apart from cappella sistina..."

"...wandered the museums for a few hours, soaking up the wonders of the masterpieces..."

Did you know?

"fact visit only the chapel"

Must do

"must visit indepentent city inside rome"

"must wait in the line"

"must be enough content on their for a full day!"

"must see!!!"

"must see when in rome!"

"must-see"

"must see when visiting rome!"

"must see rafaelo rooms and sistine"

"must-see!"

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