Going to Rome/The Vatican in April...

Hey Paula,

The official direct link: https://www.coopculture.it/en/it/colosseo-e-shop.cfm
Click on the 'details' tab for your choice, scroll down to the calendar. It appears April is not up for choices yet.

https://biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/do?action=booking

https://theromanguy.com/ for guided tours

https://www.walksofitaly.com/rome-tours/ for guided tours

You received some ideas for tours in this previous thread:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/sightseeing-in-rome-39ab70dd-5bb6-40ac-996f-9d9c5de5c7d4

Recommendations can depend on budget, time and level of interest.
Got that guidebook yet? :O)

Hi Paula, I'm just back from Rome. My suggestion would be to get any of your tickets from your hotel. We did and I'm glad we did.
We also got skip the line which was well worth the extra. There are loads of scam artists right around the Vatican so be careful of them. enjoy.

Thank you, good advice, except we're not staying in a hotel. We got an Airbnb place right near the Vatican. Our budget is moderate, so I'll keep looking on line.

Paula, this is a really inexpensive tour for the Colosseum; available on the coopculture website:

http://ecm.coopculture.it/index.php?option=com_snapp&view=products&catalogid=9A88514C-DC20-8A7C-3680-0167A820AE56&snappTemplate=template3&lang=en

You'd want the "Colosseum, Roman Forum And Palatine Regular Entrance + Colosseum English Tour (45 minutes)" selection, and "FULL TICKET + TOUR + RESERVATION" selection for adult tickets. Your ticket will also get you into the Forum and Palatine after you've seen the Colosseum. Price: 19.00€ per adult.

Some of the folks have managed their budgets by just ordering general-entry tickets and doing their touring with Rick's free audio download tours of some of Rome's attractions:

https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/audio/audio-tours/italy

This is the least expensive ticket to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel.

https://biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/do?action=booking&codiceTipoVisita=26&step=2

Simply hit Admission ticket !

Add the audio guide for €7, or download our hosts audio guide. Both are very good, enabling you to stop at the places you're interested in.