The meeting place for this visit is slightly confusing to find. We saw the promised blue jackets of the tour operators but it was the wrong place. Not a problem, the charming guide telephoned to the leader of our tour and arranged that he would pick us up as we were closer to the Museum anyway. He sluiced us through in no time, and by 8.10 we were in the Sistine Chapel along with just a handful of others. We had plenty of time to admire the frescoes in almost privacy. We then went along for a much needed coffee - we had had to skip breakfast in order to be on time. Same experience there, we were the only people in the cafe, but when we left, the queue for self-service was very long. Then to the painting galleries where the crowds were bigger but bearable (it seems groups don't do the pinacoteca). Then to the sculpture galleries which were so full that it was extremely difficult and we left fairly quickly. Go early, or do one of the wonderful evening visits (summer only and this was November)