I know this has probably been asked a hundred times, but I can't find a definitive answer. Has anyone had any recent experience taking a bag such as this one from Amazon into the Vatican with any issues?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07STVLMDR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Are you asking about the medium or large bag? I am sure the large bag would be rejected. And sometimes there is no definitive answer since it depends a little on the guard at the door.
And sometimes there is no definitive answer since it depends a little
on the guard at the door.
Yep, that's the problem. If you, say, google pictures of tourists inside the Vatican Museums, you see some of visitors wearing skirts or shorts above the knee or hauling bags that should be considered too large. They don't post max. dimensions so it's a crapshoot, and what some guards will apparently allow through, others won't. I'd go with the smaller size of the bag to take the least amount of risk.
I've my doubts that even the smaller one will be allowed on the scavi tour but I've not done that one so.... I will say the smaller, the better in the heavy museum crowds. Personally? In crowds, I'm more comfortable with a cross-body bag that I can swing around to the front to access things I might need to get out of it versus have to take a bag completely off to get inside it.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been hit and jarred, and annoyed by backpacks, even when worn in front! I’ve been knocked in the head by Pack’s that are stuffed with what feels like rocks. I wish they would not be allowed in the crowded museums of Europe.
Diane, I know the problem but this question is just about a large pursue -- certainly not a traditional backpack. I generally have a shoulder bag that just slightly larger than an ipad - designed to carry the normal ipad - and thick enough to hold a water bottle and small camera. But it has been rejected a couple times while my wife is carrying a pursue that is not substantially smaller.
Frank
It looks like a backpack to me. A nice one though.
Not fair your bag was rejected and not your wife’s though!
We long ago learned to have me carry our messenger bag used for day trips rather than my husband when entering a museum -- his reads as luggage and mine as a purse. The secret to happy travel is to not lug stuff everywhere. Since I stopped carrying a shoulder bag (except on out of town day trips) my travel has been so much more pleasant. You would be surprised at how easy it is to carry essentials in pockets or tiny cross body bag and forego the rest once you get the hang of it. The Scavi tour allows no purses or bags, certainly not a backpack. Many museums would not allow a backpack the size of a typical purse. They are as someone else noted a menace to people that things. I have been hit in the head with backpacks that I assume carried a bowling ball while seated on the aisle in planes and whapped by tourists turning quickly without consideration for others more than once. I hope they don't allow them into a crowded space like the Vatican museum, but as others noted it will depend on the whims of the guard that day.
We just came back from Italy and went through the Vatican museum on 10/24. Below is the cross-body bag I took and had absolutely no problem. Hope this helps!
We just came back from Italy and went through the Vatican museum on 10/24. Below is the cross-body bag I took and had absolutely no problem. Hope this helps!
@Joyce Just out of curiosity, would this bag fit a slim reusable insulated water bottle?
TIA
The bag Joyce shows is smaller than the smaller of the two that OP references.
Depending which size OP contemplates, how full it is packed and who is the gatekeeper, it may or may not get in.
"in the Vatican" meaning the museums? or....?
