Journey into historical moments This is what many want to live. “Good luck” is the main ally when it comes to events such as The death of important personalitiesBut from the point of view of the planned events, everything changes. That’s why, although some accidentally caught in Rome when Pope Francis diedApril 21, it was not so much for everyone who decided A trip to Italy to the funeral of the pontiffThe field and not for those who decide to visit the capital of Italy and take the opportunity to go through a small city of Vatican to see How the conclave develops From which the next dad will be chosen.
¿But you can visit the Vatican during this period of time? Technically, you can visit the Vatican city during the conclave. But you must take into account some aspects. While the Vatican museums are still available for tourist visits these days, Tickets Online They are exhausted For a long time. It is true that it is usually, that the records were exhausted in advance, but in this case it was supposed to be expected.
In any case, even at the entrance, The Sistine Chapel remains closedHow obviously, taking into account that this is a place where They are locked Cardinals to vote for the successor of Francisco. Not only this week: Sistin’s chapel was closed last Monday, April 28, a week after the death of the pontiff, to begin comprehensive preparations for security for the conclave. But not only the Sistine Chapel: Visit Vatican gardens and necropolis of the triumphal They are also suspended to the end of the conclave.
Prices in Rome, by clouds
Another aspect that should be taken into account when A trip to Rome during a conclave This is a predictable agglomeration of tourism. According to published data, the hotel market in Italian capital reached the maximum point on April 25. Employment of the hotel of that day was almost 89%With a daily rate of more than 350 euros.
So much so that the Federation of Business -Territorial Associations of Spanish Travel Agencies (Fetave) previously warned that neither in hotels in Rome or Fuimichino airport had sufficient ability to cope with historical recording travelers Who decided to go to the funeral of Francisco. In addition to airport saturation, they also warned Hotel prices increaseAlready high prices, being in the anniversary year.
90% of housing available on the reservation platform of something like that happened in the rates of accounts on aircraft. All this can dissuade some, although most predictors can They already have everything that is ready to fly to the capital of Italy To cross a small border that separates a transalpy country from a small state of the Vatican.
