O que acontece em Vaticano, Vaticano, ao longo do ano

Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo, Free entry, last Sunday

• Regra

  Free entry, last Sunday

  1 Jan – 31 DezLotado

  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 ↗

• Regra

  Wednesday papal audience

  1 Jan – 31 DezLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Christmas in St Peter's Square (8 Dez – 6 Jan)

Lotação máxima — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Feriado

  Holy Week and Easter

  29 Mar – 6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Abertura

  Friday evening museum openings

  15 Abr – 31 Out · normalmenteAbertura da temporada de verãoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Holy Week and Easter (29 Mar – 6 Abr)

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Free entry, last Sunday

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Free entry, last Sunday

• Temporada

  Summer queue on the wall

  15 Jun – 5 SetCalor extremoLotado

  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 ↗

• Feriado

  Saints Peter and Paul

  29 JunFesta religiosaFechamentosLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Fechamento

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente)), Summer queue on the wall (15 Jun – 5 Set)

Lotação máxima — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Fechamento

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente)), Summer queue on the wall (15 Jun – 5 Set)

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Free entry, last Sunday

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente)), Summer queue on the wall (15 Jun – 5 Set)

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Free entry, last Sunday

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Friday evening museum openings (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente))

Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo, Free entry, last Sunday

• Fechamento

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Feriado

  Christmas in St Peter's Square

  8 Dez – 6 JanNatal e Ano-NovoLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Free entry, last Sunday (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Wednesday papal audience (1 Jan – 31 Dez)