Rome: Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Skip The Line Ticket

About this activity

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    3 hours
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Highlights

  • Marvel at iconic frescoes by Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling
  • Explore Vatican City at your leisure with ready-to-use digital entry tickets
  • Benefit from fast access to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
  • Discover the remarkable Renaissance frescoes of the Borgia apartments
  • Witness the Raphael's Rooms (Stanze di Raffaello) along the museum path

Your experience

Avoid the extensive queues at the Vatican Museums’ ticket counter with skip-the-line tickets, then take your time exploring the vast art collection.

Once inside, focus first on the museum’s major highlights, including its many galleries filled with invaluable masterpieces.

From there, continue to the Sistine Chapel and admire its magnificent interior.

Look up at the ceiling to see Michelangelo’s celebrated depiction of the Last Judgment, an expression of his extraordinary Renaissance talent and vision.

Along the way, visit the four rooms decorated by Raphael and his assistants, pausing to study the frescoes that stand alongside Michelangelo’s ceiling as some of the finest achievements of Italian Renaissance art.

What's Included
  • Vatican Museums skip-the-line tickets
  • Sistine Chapel tickets
  • Raphael Rooms access
  • Pope Alexander Borja Apartment access
What's Excluded
  • Live guide

Itinerary

Starting location:

Viale Vaticano, 100

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Vatican Museums

Free time (8 hours)

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Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museums

Free time (15 minutes)

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Cortile del Belvedere

Free time (10 minutes)

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Gallery of Tapestries

Free time (10 minutes)

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Gallery of the Candelabra

Free time (10 minutes)

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Museo Pio Clementino

Free time (30 minutes)

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Gregorian Etruscan Museum

Free time (25 minutes)

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Raphael Rooms

Free time (45 minutes)

Sistine Chapel

Free time (30 minutes)

Meeting Point

To Remember

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card

Not allowed

  • Pets
  • Shorts
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Short skirts
  • Sleeveless shirts

Know before you go

  • - A copy of your Passport, ID or Driving license is required.
  • - A dress code is required to enter places of worship. No short shorts or sleeveless tops allowed.
  • - All visitors are required to undergo airport-style metal detector screenings, which may necessitate a few minutes of patience."
  • - This is a self-guided tour without a live guide. An audio guide is available to rent in different languages
  • - You will receive ready-to-use entry tickets by 10:00 PM the day before through WhatsApp and email.
  • - Head straight to the entrance of the Vatican Museums at Viale Vaticano 100, Rome.
  • - Skip the lines by using the special entrance.
  • - Once inside, go up the stairs to the Vatican Reception upper level. There, you can scan your tickets for entry
  • - Please avoid street vendors around the Vatican.
  • - In the event of flight or train delays, strikes, or taxi no-shows, the activity cannot be rescheduled nor refunded.