Hi,
We are traveling to Rome in late September and heard you can get tix ahead of time to popular museums, Collosseum, Vatican Museum, etc (to skip the long lines). Anyone have any website suggestions to obtain these passes?
Thanks!
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Vatican Museums:
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html
Colosseum (Palatine and Forum):
http://www.coopculture.it/en/the-colosseum.cfm
Galleria Borghese:
http://www.tosc.it/tickets.htm?affiliate=T2C&sort_by=event_datum&sort_direction=asc&fun=erdetail&doc=erdetaila&erid=912678&language=en
These are the official ticketing sites for these attractions, and they're the only attractions you really need to have advance tickets/reservations for. Two of these (Borghese and Vatican Museums) will require choosing a specific day and open time slot for entry. Tickets/reservations will allow you to skip ticket lines but not security check queues.
One mention: you didn't post your late September dates but the last Sunday of the month is a free day at the Vatican Museums (it's usually closed on Sundays). I would plan on doing anything BUT the Vatican on that day as it'll be mobbed.
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Kris, if you haven't reserved your tickets for the Vatican Museums yet I'll drop a suggestion? Take a look at the three-hour tour which includes both the museums and the basilica? The nice plus to this one is that it allows you direct, interior access to the church from the Sistine without having to exit the museums and stand in another security line for St. Pete's. The tour will wrap up there, and once your guide is finished you're free to spend as much of your own time wandering the church as you wish.
If you are big museum lover, you may want more time than the tour allows but it's a nice way otherwise to hit the highlights with a guide, and the price is very reasonable.
If you can't find it on the website, let me know?