Cosa c'è in programma a Città del Vaticano (Città del Vaticano) durante l'anno

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla, Free entry, last Sunday

• Regola

  Free entry, last Sunday

  1 gen – 31 dicAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Regola

  Wednesday papal audience

  1 gen – 31 dicAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Christmas in St Peter's Square (8 dic – 6 gen)

Folla al massimo — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic)

Folla al massimo — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Festività

  Holy Week and Easter

  29 mar – 6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic)

Folla al massimo — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Apertura

  Friday evening museum openings

  15 apr – 31 ott · di solitoApertura della stagione estivaPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic), Holy Week and Easter (29 mar – 6 apr)

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Free entry, last Sunday

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Free entry, last Sunday

• Stagione

  Summer queue on the wall

  15 giu – 5 setCaldo estremoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Saints Peter and Paul

  29 giuFesta religiosaChiusureAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Chiusura

  Audiences pause in July

  1–31 lug

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 ott (di solito)), Summer queue on the wall (15 giu – 5 set)

Folla al massimo — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Chiusura

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 ott (di solito)), Summer queue on the wall (15 giu – 5 set)

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Free entry, last Sunday

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 ott (di solito)), Summer queue on the wall (15 giu – 5 set)

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Free entry, last Sunday

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 ott (di solito))

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla, Free entry, last Sunday

• Chiusura

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic)

Folla al massimo — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Festività

  Christmas in St Peter's Square

  8 dic – 6 genNatale e CapodannoAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Free entry, last Sunday (1 gen – 31 dic), Wednesday papal audience (1 gen – 31 dic)