The Vatican museum is massive and a guide can point out details you might miss. It gives you a good snapshot. However, we did an evening tour because we thought it would be less busy but it was not. It was ridiculously crowded. As well, we toured Friday night because it was open late and we wanted to stay to look at things on our own but they closed many sections and were ushering people out. That was disappointing and thus, cannot recommend the night tour.

Our guide was engaging and didn’t waste any time on useless information but covered everything necessary leading us up to Sistine Chapel. It was my first visit and Geri’s umpteenth visit but first night time tour. She was amazed how much she learnt despite being there many times before. I personally was not able to say goodbye to our guide but I want her to know she taught me a lot! Regina Sanchez

The meeting place was easy to find and we were in the museums in no time as there was no queue. The guide was very knowledgeable. The only problem was the communication. The guide’s microphone set stopped working not far from the start so we missed a lot of what he said. As the museums are so huge having a guide was ideal and what we saw was really interesting. We could stay longer in the Sistine Chapel. It lasted just over two hours. Be prepared for a lot of walking but I’d definitely recommend this.