Vatican Hours In October
 

I know the Vatican Museums et al close early on Saturdays in the winter (about 1:45 p.m.) and stay open until 3:30 p.m. in the summer . Does anyone know what time they stay open til in October? I'm trying to plan our Rome itinerary and can't seem to find an answer for this. Thank you!

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Now this is not firsthand, since I am planning my own first Rome trip, but at least one of my guidebooks stated that winter hours begin after October.

I found out from an English (and several other languages) speaking woman at Santa Susanna Church in Rome (it is a church for expat Americans in Rome) that the "winter hours" kicked in in mid September. I was curious cause we'll be in Italy in late October. BTW, the Santa Susanna website (check Google) is a wealth of info for Rome activities. I contacted their site because absolutely no guidebooks gave the cutoff for "summer" and "winter" hours.

I took a look at my sources again. Rick Steve's 2001 Italy book says the winter hours begin after October.