A_Guy_80

Hi,

I am trying to book admission tickets for Vatican for our upcoming Rome trip. One thing that's confusing me is that once I have picked a date, it asks us to pick a time. Now am not sure how strictly are those enforced. SO if we pick a 11AM slot and reach there at 10AM would we have to wait for an hour and alternately if we go to Basillica first and reach there at 1PM after lunch would our tickets be worthless ?

Could anyone who knows significance of time slots and how strictly are they enforced shed some light on my confusion.

nytraveler

What would be the point of timed advance purchase tickets if you could use them whenever you want?

I don't know the time window for the Vatican - for the Borghese it's 30 minutes.

denisea

I would think the time slot is enforced at the Vatican. We have Scavi tickets and received instructions on where to go and you are expected to be there 10 minutes prior and not earlier.

I would only arrive a few minutes ahead of your ticket time.

A_Guy_80

Thanks nytraveler and denisea for replying.
I was hoping there is some flexibility as its only admission tickets and not tour tickets but now understand that it's not the case. Will try and zero-in on actual time we would be able to reach there.

Any idea how long would it take to visit ST. Peter's Bascillica and go up the dome (probably via lift).

kybourbon

The dome can have a long line.