18 Apr 2025
We met our guide, Barbara, a short distance from the Vatican. On the walk over she shared knowledge about Italy, the separate country of the Vatican and other topics. We walked past many, MANY people to "skip the line". (You still have a line but only because the wait for your timeslot and it goes pretty quick).
Now, we went around Easter so there we SO MANY PEOPLE!!! (I would recommend a different time of the year). Barbara took us through and while pointing out major attractions, she told us more history and if we wanted to slow down for something that really caught our eye, we did.
Then, off to St. Peter's Basilica and again, past an unimaginably long line! (I think this line was no less than 300 meters). We parted ways with Barbara here and explored St. Peter's on our own. Truly amazing!