På gång i Vatican City (Holy See), Vatican City under året

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Free entry, last Sunday

• Regel

  Free entry, last Sunday

  1 jan – 31 decTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Regel

  Wednesday papal audience

  1 jan – 31 decTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas in St Peter's Square (8 dec – 6 jan)

Mest folk — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Helg

  Holy Week and Easter

  29 mar – 6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Öppning

  Friday evening museum openings

  15 apr – 31 okt · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec), Holy Week and Easter (29 mar – 6 apr)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Free entry, last Sunday

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Free entry, last Sunday

• Säsong

  Summer queue on the wall

  15 jun – 5 sepExtrem värmeTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Saints Peter and Paul

  29 junReligiös högtidStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Stängt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Summer queue on the wall (15 jun – 5 sep)

Mest folk — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Stängt

  Assumption closures

  14–16 aug

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Summer queue on the wall (15 jun – 5 sep)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Free entry, last Sunday

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Summer queue on the wall (15 jun – 5 sep)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Free entry, last Sunday

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec), Friday evening museum openings (15 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Free entry, last Sunday

• Stängt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Free entry, last Sunday, Wednesday papal audience

• Helg

  Christmas in St Peter's Square

  8 dec – 6 janJul & nyårTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Free entry, last Sunday (1 jan – 31 dec), Wednesday papal audience (1 jan – 31 dec)