Indoor Passage from Sistine Chapel to Basilica is Open

[sherims]

Today, we were able to exit through a corner door in the Sistine Chapel and follow a passage down to the Basilica. We did not have to walk all the way around outside or pass through security again once there. It was perfect!

[MeHeartCruising]

Was it "advertised" as an exit or were you part of a tour group that was led there?

 

When I used it several years, ago, it was not advertised as an exit but I "followed" a tour group and pretended to be with them.  I'm just wondering if the need to do that as an independent traveler has changed.

[sherims]

A while after our tour ended, I asked a guard if it was open. He said yes and told us where to go. There were many people heading the same way.