10 Apr 2023
Tour guide gave a good overview of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel. However the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel were so crowded as to be dangerous. I could not hear the tour guide because of the noise in the buildings. Also, she would start talking about a painting or piece of artwork as she approached it and, since our group was large and the rooms were crowded I could not see the painting until she was talking about the next one. There were too many people in all the buildings. If there had been a fire we would not have been able to get out. The experience was not fun due to the size of our group and the hundreds of people that were in the museums and the Sistine Chapel. Also, we were not able to go in the Basilica as the Pope was present. I had changed my tour to Thursday because I read that Wednesday was the day he was usually present and the Basilica was closed. Very disappointing.