Sistine Chapel

i had been traveling through europe w/a friend of mine for a month or so and i drug him to so many museums and when we went in there my breath was taken away but he actually started crying- i was so glad to finally see my friend moved by art- what an amazing place!

Get there early and go straight through the museum to the chapel.

wish i’d seen the ceiling before it was restored..

If you go first thing in the morning you’ll wait about 20 minutes and roam freely through. Cover your feet (don’t wear sandals), knees, and shoulders or you will have to buy a wrap. No pictures and no talking aloud in the sistine chapel- they will yell at you. Read The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone before you go if you have a chance.

amazing. i wanted to lay on the ground and just stare at it forever

My first visit to the Sistine Chapel was not the most pleasant. As I gazed ceilingward, a person standing next to me got sick to their stomach and promptly vomitted. I wondered if she got dizzy looking up so much!

Fortunately, that is a rare event, and since I lived in Rome 2 years, I was able to see the Chapel numerous times as I took friends and visitors around town for a tour.

I did this in the 1980’s so I haven’t seen the Chapel since it was cleaned. I would like to see that now, and to see how different it is in colors, mood, impact.

There is some terrific artwork in the Vatican Museums around the Chapel. Worth seeing, too.

Pat T

it is easy to find ways to persuade that anywhere in the world is “worth visiting” simply because everyhwere is…
in my opinion, the “not worth visiting” label should be used when in all honesty that persons time may well be better spent/enjoyed somehwere else.

the sistine chapel is beautiful. the attention to detail in all corners are especially impressive however the experience of being inside is more comparible to a cattle market than a chapel.

attractions like the sistine chapel in a city with as many beautiful and amazing aspects as roma does, and taking into account most of these aspects do not require people to queue for hours on end or be literally squashed so the vatican make as much money as mathematically possible, maybe one can begin to consider the “not worth it” label.

there is so much to see within the vatican museums and the city of roma of beauty and grace that are of comapriable and significant beauty and quality and would recommend them above this trap

i cried

This place is gorgeous! Be prepared for long lines and a lot of people though!

Going here was one of the most awe-inspiring experiences of my life (so far)!!

Mind blowing, staggering…

I just can’t fathom that Michelangelo had never really painted before his frescos here. Genius.