Iconic Mediterranean Treasures Jan 10, 2024 Rome shore excursions?

[JVC_NYC]

Thanks so much, Peregrina651.  Greatly appreciated!

[Peregrina651]

LOL. You would have found the next time you stopped by that thread. 🙃 But in a few months from now, when one of the two pages has sunk off page one, it might be of help to readers.

[Seattle voyager 2]

Thank you for copying the special Rome In Brief tour itineraries for the port call in Civitavecchia.  We are on the SATURN and have a port call on March 27, 2024. This is a passenger transfer day but we are continuing on the ship to Barcelona.  As mentioned in the message string, there are no excursions on the web site We are very interested in purchasing tickets to the Vatican Museum and entrance times to the Basilica, but have a few questions.  Does the Rome in Brief tour provide entrance tickets?  When does the tour bus get to the Vatican?  When do we have to meet the bus to return to the ship?  Has anyone purchased tickets in advance and how did they buy them.  I have checked the Vatican web site and there are just a few openings left for March 27.

Many thanks

Terry

[JVC_NYC]

Hi,

The Rome in Brief on our trip did not include any entrance tickets.  We were told to expect that the trip to Rome by bus would take about two hours and that since the port day was expected to be nine hours we be mindful that we would have only five hours in Rome to do activities.  In our case, we were told that the bus would drop us at Piazza Popolo around 11:30am and our back to the ship bus would leave Piazza Popolo at 2:30pm.  We bought tickets in advance to the Galleria using the museum's website.  Hope this helps.