The Vatican City

Entrance at the beginning of Via Vaticano, near Piazza Risorgimento. www.vatican.va
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Last admission 4 p.m., 2 hours later than last year).
Information on times: 0669884341. Closed Sundays except the last Sunday of the month (opening hours: 9 a.m. – 12.30 p.m., closes at 2 p.m.) and religious holidays (24, 25 April, Easter - Easter Monday).
Admission: standard ticket €15 (within 5 days of issue also valid for the Vatican Historical Museum). Free admission on the last Sunday of the month, 8.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. (closes at 2 p.m.)
Reservation of guided tours: www.museivaticani.va
Admission: €31, reduced €25.
Tours include: Egyptian Museum, Chiaramonti Museum, Pius-Clementine Museum, Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Biga Hall, Candelabrum Gallery, Tapestries Gallery, Gallery of Maps, Raphael Stanze and Loggia, Borgia Apartment, Collection of Modern Religious Art, Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Library, Picture Gallery, Gregorian Profane Museum, Pio Christian Museum, Missionary-Ethnological Museum, Museum of Carriages.