With his death, a process starts. There will likely be more visitors on top of Jubilee visitors, shortly the Sistine Chapel will close, and there may be other restrictions around Vatican City.
While it may throw a wrench in your plans, it is a fascinating time to be in Rome.
There was also an earlier post by Nigel, here, with some more information about timing of closures, potentially - https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/expect-disruption-to-sistine-chapel-and-st-peter-s-basilica
I will be in Rome for May 11th until the 15th. have tickets for the Vatican museum and St Peter's
wondering how it will affect everything...
sad time for Italy and of course all the Pope's followers.
Paper says that conclave will begin at the latest May 10th.
