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Rome Highlights: Vatican Museums & Colosseum

Combo package Rome highlights: the Vatican Museums and Cumulative ticket Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Museum. Visit the two symbol sights of Rome, Colosseum and Vatican, on the same date and save 1 EURO per person!

Tickets

Tickets: Full price ticket Reduced price ticket:children aged between 6 and 18 years and students aged no more than 26 years on presentation of a student identity card (International Student Card) on the day of the visit. If a reduced price ticket is purchased without the required documents the visitor will be asked to make payment of a full price ticket so as to enter. The reduced ticket will not be refunded. Free Admission for children under 6, no need to consider them while booking. Gratuities (CANNOT BE BOOKED ONLINE): On the last Sunday of each month; World Tourism Day (September 27th). Directors of museums, ministries or governmental organizations assigned to archelogical, artistic, artistic heritage preservation. Disabled (with 100% invalidity) and one companion each. Journalists authorized by the Direction of the Museums after clearance from the “Sala Stampa della Santa Sede”, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the Foreign Press Association and the "Ordine Nazionale Italiano dei Giornalisti". Holders of valid ICOM ( International Council of Museums) and ICOMONS (International Council of Monuments and Sites) membership cards. Donors of works and patrons: Patrons and Friends of the Vatican Museums. University professors (Department Chairs of Archaeology, Art History, Architecture and Ethnology), professors of academies with seat in Rome, may give special lectures in particular sections of the Museums on subjects within their specialization by presenting a written request to the Direction of the Museums. The authorization is not valid for a subsequent visit outside those sections.  

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Combo package Rome highlights: the Vatican Museums and Cumulative ticket Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Museum. Visit the two symbol sights of Rome, Colosseum and Vatican, on the same date and save 1 EURO per person! Choose from the calendar your preferred time for the Vatican Museums; we will confirm the closest available time on the same date, booking also the entrance to the Colosseum at a compatible time (Vatican in the morning, Colosseum in the afternoon). PLEASE NOTICE: Confirmed time is not always the same time you requested; museum automatically confirms the closest available time on the same date if requested time is sold out. Tickets will be confirmed upon availability of museum. Please note time confirmed can be ANY TIME during opening hours. ATTENTION: You will receive one voucher for the Vatican Museums and one cumulative voucher for the other three sites; print them both as you will have to show them at the Vatican and at the Colosseum 15 minutes before each time confirmed. PLEASE NOTE: Vatican Museums confirm the visit only two months before the date, so reservation guarantees the insertion into the waiting list. Credit card charge is made the business day after the reservation request. Cancellation policy: confirmed tickets CANNOT be canceled and they are NOT refundable. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE RESERVATION: VATICAN MUSEUMS: The admission ticket to the Vatican Museums is valid for visiting the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel only on the date of purchase. It is also valid for entrance to the Vatican Historical Museum and Noble Apartment of the Lateran Apostolic Palace (near the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome) during regular opening hours if used within the five consecutive days from the date of purchase (included). Maximum 10 people per group, tickets NOT refundable. IMPORTANT: The Vatican Museums require the name and birth dates of all participants of the group, please enter their names in specific field in the order form, once you have added the reservation to your shopping cart The reservation allows you to enter the museum at confirmed date and time without queuing up, only at time confirmed on the voucher; delays on reservations are not allowed. It is advised to be at the meeting point 15 minutes before time indicated in the confirmation voucher. Your preferential entrance can, in any case, have a waiting time respect time indicated on the voucher due to the huge number or visitors entering the museums every day. Weekend a Firenze is not responsible for eventual delays related to inefficiencies of the Vatican Museums cashiers. You will receive an e-mail with the confirmation of the booking, the voucher containing the reservation code and tour information. You are asked to print off the voucher so as to present it on the day of the tour. The reservation will be checked by means of the bar code present on the voucher. In case of loss of the voucher please consult the Customer Care Staff. To access the museums, you will have to show the Voucher you got by email together with a valid identification document. Rooms closed at the moment of the visit will be indicated at entrance. Access to the Museums is permitted only to visitors with proper attire. All the reservations, dates and times might be changed or cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances related to activities of the Pope. Reservations can be made until 4 days before the visit. Open from Monday to Saturday; entrance times will be indicated at the moment of the reservation. Closure: Sundays (except for the last Sunday of each month, excluding Easter, June 29th and December 25th and 26th) January 1st and 6th (Epiphany) February 11th (Lateran Pacts Anniversary) March 19th (St. Joseph), 23rd and 24th (Easter - Easter Monday) May 1st (Ascension Thursday) and May 22nd (Corpus Christi Day) August 14 (Assumption Vigil) and 15th (Assumption Day) November 1st (All Saint's Day) December 8th (Feast of the Immaculate Conception), 25th (Christmas Day) and 26th (St. Stephen's Day). COLOSSEUM Ticket is valid for the Colosseum, the Palatine Museum and the Roman Forum, and it is valid for two days from the pick up and allows one entrance to each site. Reservations are limited to 13 persons maximum. Opening hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm from January 2 to February 15 8:30 am - 5 pm from February 16 to March 15 8:30 am - 5:30 pm from March 16 to 28 8:30 am - 7:15 pm from last Sunday of March to August 31 8:30 am – 7 pm from September 1 to September 30 8:30 am - 6:30 pm from October 1 to last Saturday of October (October 24th on 2009) 8:30 am - 4:30 pm from last Sunday of October (October 25th on 2009) to December 31 8:30 am to 2 pm April 11 1:30 pm - 7:15 pm June 2 Closed January 1, December 25. Ticket office closes one hour before closing time