Vatican skip the line tickets

Gael23

I’m reading that for Rome attractions it’s wise to book these skip the line passes. Do these work through your companies or can you book them yourself?

johnire

Yes I definitely recommend doing this. The first time we went to the Vatican we queued and it was horrendous! The second time we prebooked a tour and skip the line and it was brilliant. It’s still mayhem but slightly more organised and it saves you loads of time. We used Viator and the tour office was opposite the entrance to the Vatican Museums.

Gael23 wrote: »

I’m reading that for Rome attractions it’s wise to book these skip the line passes. Do these work through your companies or can you book them yourself?

The Bishop Basher

Gael23 wrote: »

Do these work through your companies or can you book them yourself?

You can book them yourself.

naughtysmurf

https://www.coopculture.it/en/colosseo-e-shop.cfm

https://biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/do?weblang=en&do

For the Vatican museum & the Colosseum, definitely buy ahead online from the official sites & buy them well in advance, if your looking for a guided tour of Colosseum the tours can sell out weeks if not months in advance

For St Peter's, just show up, well worth €10 to take the elevator to the dome

Gael23

johnire wrote: »

Yes I definitely recommend doing this. The first time we went to the Vatican we queued and it was horrendous! The second time we prebooked a tour and skip the line and it was brilliant. It’s still mayhem but slightly more organised and it saves you loads of time. We used Viator and the tour office was opposite the entrance to the Vatican Museums.

My only issue with booking is that you have to commit to a time. Is Viator a place where many tout operators advertise?
I’m seeing the Vatican & Sistine Chapel for €33 on the Vatican museum site someone linked to, does that price sound right?

naughtysmurf

Gael23 wrote: »

My only issue with booking is that you have to commit to a time. Is Viator a place where many tout operators advertise?
I’m seeing the Vatican & Sistine Chapel for €33 on the Vatican museum site someone linked to, does that price sound right?

The sites I linked to are both the official sites, yes you have to commit to a time that's available but you will walk past the line & straight in the door, there is always a long standby line, if you don't want to commit to a time & just que on the day for potentially hours, that's your call. The price for the museum & Sistine is €17 per adult

I'm not sure about Viator & how they purchase & resell tickets

johnire

Viator is linked to TripAdvisor and are very reputable.
I’ve used them on many occasions all around the world.

Gael23 wrote: »

My only issue with booking is that you have to commit to a time. Is Viator a place where many tout operators advertise?
I’m seeing the Vatican & Sistine Chapel for €33 on the Vatican museum site someone linked to, does that price sound right?

jhegarty

We booked a tour directly and skipped a 2 hour line.

dark crystal

We bought skip the line tickets for the Vatican and the Colloseum. The Vatican was fine, but everyone and their mother had bought skip the line tickets for the Colloseum and there was still a sizeable queue (around 2 hours) waiting to enter.


There were tour touts going around, so we paid around €20 extra and went for the tour tickets and were inside within 15 minutes. Well worth the extra few quid imo.

naughtysmurf

dark crystal wrote: »

We bought skip the line tickets for the Vatican and the Colloseum. The Vatican was fine, but everyone and their mother had bought skip the line tickets for the Colloseum and there was still a sizeable queue (around 2 hours) waiting to enter.


There were tour touts going around, so we paid around €20 extra and went for the tour tickets and were inside within 15 minutes. Well worth the extra few quid imo.

We were there 3 weeks ago, had pre-booked a guided tour from the official site, you present your email at one of the 4 windows at the building to the right as you enter the site, they give you your entry ticket, sticker for your t-shirt & tell you where to meet your guide, you then enter via the skip the line entrance, the whole process took 10 possibly 15 minutes & that includes going through security.

Rome is a great city, loads to see, safe to walk about after dark even with kids unless you really go off the beaten track, the only thing that annoyed me was the hawkers selling water, unofficial tours etc, it's really got on my t1ts after a few days