We went with a tour guide. They had an entrance for tour groups off to the side of the main entrance. We got in pretty fast considering how long the main line was.

But we only had 3 hours to see the entire museum. The group around the Mona Lisa wasn’t too bad. The painting itself is definitely underwhelming. With all the hype behind the painting, you’d expect it to be a huge painting. But nope, it’s barely a life size portrait.

Now the Sistine Chapel is a different story. It’s not as big as you expect. But it’s amazing.

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Posted by SuperOcean

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Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:22 am to carhartt

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It’s not as big as you expect. But it’s amazing

Interesting. We just did the Vatican museum Sistine chapel over spring break and I agree it's amazing - just in sheer quantity of work and then my wife explaining the exactness needed for frescos, but I always pictured the Sistine chapel as being smaller, more quaint maybe because I really only see the God/ Adam painting and think that's it but it's bigger(to me) with a lot more than just that. Also I thought the Vatican was packed that day, because it was wall to wall people but our guide made a comment about how light the crowd was because it only took 20 min to get through one section

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Posted by NawlinsTiger9

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Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:16 pm to carhartt

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The painting itself is definitely underwhelming. With all the hype behind the painting, you’d expect it to be a huge painting. But nope, it’s barely a life size portrait. Now the Sistine Chapel is a different story. It’s not as big as you expect. But it’s amazing.

All of this

The Sistine chapel was the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen with my own eyes

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