Qué hay en Ciudad del Vaticano, Ciudad del Vaticano, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Free entry, last Sunday

• Norma

  Free entry, last Sunday

  1 Ene – 31 DicMucha gente

  The museums are shut on Sundays except the last of each month, when they open free until early afternoon. The queue for that starts before dawn and wraps most of the wall. Fuente ↗

• Norma

  Wednesday papal audience

  1 Ene – 31 DicMucha genteCierres

  The general audience is held on Wednesday mornings, outdoors in St Peter's Square for most of the year. Tickets are free but the square is closed to sightseers while it runs. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas in St Peter's Square (8 Dic – 6 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Festivo

  Holy Week and Easter

  29 Mar – 6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Palm Sunday, the Friday Via Crucis at the Colosseum and the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the balcony on Easter morning. Free tickets are needed for the liturgies and the square fills hours ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Apertura

  Friday evening museum openings

  15 Abr – 31 Oct · normalmenteApertura de veranoReserva pronto

  The museums open on Friday evenings from spring to late October, online booking only and capped in number. It is the one slot where the Sistine Chapel is not shoulder to shoulder. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Holy Week and Easter (29 Mar – 6 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Free entry, last Sunday

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Free entry, last Sunday

• Temporada

  Summer queue on the wall

  15 Jun – 5 SepCalor extremoMucha gente

  In high summer the unbooked entrance queue runs along an unshaded wall for hours and the Sistine Chapel is packed shoulder to shoulder. A timed ticket or the first slot of the day is the only fix. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Saints Peter and Paul

  29 JunFiesta religiosaCierresMucha gente

  The patronal feast on 29 June is a public holiday on both sides of the wall, so the museums close and much of Rome does too. A mass in the basilica and flowers down the via della Conciliazione. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Cierre

  Audiences pause in July

  1–31 Jul

  The Wednesday general audience is suspended for most of July while the Pope takes the summer break, and the public calendar stays thin into August. The Sunday Angelus usually carries on. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Summer queue on the wall (15 Jun – 5 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Cierre

  Assumption closures

  14–16 Ago

  The museums shut on 15 August with the rest of Italy, and the surrounding streets are as empty as they ever get. The basilica itself stays open. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Summer queue on the wall (15 Jun – 5 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Free entry, last Sunday

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Summer queue on the wall (15 Jun – 5 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Free entry, last Sunday

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Free entry, last Sunday

• Cierre

  All Saints and holy-day closures

  1–2 Nov

  The museums shut on 1 November with the rest of Italy, and for a scattering of other holy days across the year. Rome is on a long weekend, and the basilica queue is as short as it gets. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Festivo

  Christmas in St Peter's Square

  8 Dic – 6 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteCierres

  The tree and the life-size crib go up in the square in early December and stay to Epiphany. Midnight mass needs a free ticket weeks ahead; the noon blessing on Christmas Day does not. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 Ene – 31 Dic)