My husband and I are flying into Rome and staying at at a great hotel there. My question is, we heard from a friend to go up to the hotel's concierge and ask for reservations to be made to get into the vatican/sistine chapel (?) She said that way we wouldn't have to stay in those long lines. Can you help me on this? I would appreciate it! From Singerlizz
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Northamptonshire, England
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Any reason you'd rather not do it yourself online before you get there?
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OP
Long Beach, CA, United States
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Thanks Nigel. Can you suggest where online I can do this? Is there a good website that I can make reservations from? I am new at this so any good advice from experience would do and thank you.
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Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Posted by
OP
Long Beach, CA, United States
4 posts
Thank you very much, Bryan. We will be in Rome tomorrow since we are leaving from Berlin, so I hope it will be easy to make the reservations. Appreciate you taking the time to send me a website.
Posted by
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
290 posts
Be sure to make the reservations as soon as you can. Safe travels!
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OP
Long Beach, CA, United States
4 posts
My husband should be here at the hotel (in Berlin) soon because he wants to look at the website. It's very impressive and I've bookmarked it! I told him to "hurry" because I want to book it today because we will be in Rome tomorrow in the afternoon!
I watched the academy award winning movie "Roman Holiday" with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck and saw all that it entailed about Rome. The movie was filmed there. I would like to visit the "Mouth of Truth" I hope it's still there! Thanks for your info, Bryan and the safe travels! God helps us through!
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Pa and Italy
4152 posts
The mouth of truth is still there. It's near the colosseum in the Santa Maria in Cosmedin church. Donna
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Forest Grove, OR
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The Mouth of Truth is NW of Circo Massimo, near the river, at the foot of the Aventine, about a 20-25 minute walk from the Colosseum. Easy to combine with a trip to Trastevere. Be aware, the site is behind a fence to prevent harm. I think you can still do the hand-in-the-mouth but there is often a line....
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Lafayette, LA
224 posts
When I arrived in Rome last week, I realized I forgot to make the online reservation at the Vatican Museum. I was able to do it on the iphone, and forwarded the email verification to my hotel's email which they printed for me. As it turned out, I probably did not even need the reservation because when I showed up at Noon, there was almost no line.
The lines are longest from about 9-11, but it moves fast. Bear in mind, however, that on the days there is a Wednesday morning Papal audience, the line at the museum will be worse in the afternoon.
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Birmingham, Alabama, USA
290 posts
FYI, there are no papal Wednesday audiences during the month of July; this coming week will be the final one until August.