Duktig guide men genomhastat

Trots ”hoppa över kön” fick vi köa ca 30 minuter. Kanske inte låter mycket men väntan räknades in i tiden för guidningen. Guiden var kunnig och mycket trevlig. En besvikelse var dock att hon hoppade över flera delar av vatikanmuseerna som hade varit intressanta att se och höra mer om, exempelvis den mest kända konsten av Rafael.

Sadly we have to say that we are very disappointed. First the tour took place 2 hours later than planned due to the lack of participants. This itself was not a problem but only because we didn’t have had any other plans. Our guide was very nice and her English was perfect. But sadly that’s all that was good about the tour. According to the discription the tour should have endured 3 hours and should have included a tour through the Basilica of St Peter‘s. But indeed the tour took only 2 hours and we didn’t visit the basilica. The tour itself was absolutely boring, we didn’t learn something new and it was very hard to stay concentrated. That’s a pity because we love art and history and it’s usually very easy for us to listen to the guide. But this time we couldn’t enjoy the tour. There was no detail about the art, almost no detail about the artist or his intentions etc. We can’t recommend this tour.

Because of the vast amount of impressive things to see, i strongly recommend taking a guided tour. I also recommend making the museum tour and visiting the Petersdom. The only negative thing: Occasionally - also supported by the noisy environment - the in-ear-speaker-sound (speakers handed by the Vatikan museum) was not from high enough quality to understand every sentence.