Is there a size limit on what you can take into some museums and also the Vatican? I read about some restrictions on travel bags.
Posted by
NYC
922 posts
Here's all the details about bag sizes that must be checked at the Vatican: http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/z-Info/MV_Info_Consigli.html At the Borghese Gallery everything has to be checked.
Posted by
Pensacola
9110 posts
The complete answer is that there's not an answer. Nobody, not even the Vatican, measures and nobody has an airline-style seizing frame. There is no uniform rule among places nor among door dudes. Some places have storage/checkage for what you can't take in, some don't. Take your chances - - which are better if you go small.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
7737 posts
FWIW, some museums and churches won't let you in with a back-pack style bag, but will let you in with an identically sized messenger bag.
Posted by
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
305 posts
I only remember checking my classic Rick Steves' backpack in a few places. The Uffizi, the Borghese, the Scrovengi Chapel in Padova, St Marks Basilica and the Capitoline Museums. Everywhere except the Borghese I was still able to take my purse and it wasn't a big deal anywhere.