On your visit to Rome, the Vatican, St. Peter’s Basilica and its world-famous museums will likely be near the top of your list of places to visit in Rome. And with good reason. Standing in front of the impressive Renaissance church, you might have to reset your conception of what a church should look like. The museums’ papal collection of art can send even the most art-resistant into awe: there’s the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo, the Raphael Rooms, the Apollo Belvedere, the Laocoön, and I could go on and on. But because everyone who heads to Rome will at some point head to the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica, it’s good to know when is the best time to go. So read on! Which month? The slowest months for tourism in Rome are the colder ones (excluding the Christmas and New Years holidays): late November to early December, mid-January to the end of February. So that means these months are the best months to visit the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica. Unless you’ve booked a special early-bird tour, it would be impossible to view the Sistine Chapel under similar uncrowded conditions. And while you will not have the Keep reading this post...