Vatican Museums info and tickets

This page has the opening hours of the museums, as is the site that you need to go to in order to reserve and pre-purchase your entry tickets (but only if you're not going on one of my tours, where the tickets are included!)

General papal audience - seeing the pope in Rome

If you'd like to see the Pope when you're in Rome, this is the page to go to.

The Wikipedia entry on the history of the Vatican

It's a long and good general summary, though we can talk about some of the interesting inaccuracies during our Vatican tour.

National Geographic Vatican Guide

A good resource for a general overview, with great pictures, naturally.

Electing a new pope

One of the most common questions I get asked during the Vatican tour is "How is the pope elected?". Now you know.

National Geographic Vatican photos

If I could take Vatican photos this good.....I'd be working for National Geographic!

Vatican mp3 audio tours, maps and guides

A very thorough site with transcriptions of many guidebooks, photos, maps and audioguides of St Peter's Basilica. Great resource.

Vatican city history

Another interesting article on the world's smallest state.

Guided private and group Vatican tours

Fun and informative tours for readers, thinkers and travellers.

What To Do In Rome

Good list of 20 things to do in Rome.