Rome: Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Ticket & Guided Tour

Your experience

Highlights

• Stretching up to 120 meters in length, the Map Gallery perfectly mirrors the layout of the Apennines.
• Tucked away in the Sistine Chapel, did you know there's a selfie by Michelangelo?
• Back in 1506, Pope Julius II initiated the Vatican Museums' formation.
• Still, every conclave takes place in the Sistine Chapel.

Full description

Get your hands on coveted tickets that allow you to enter the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St Peter's Basilica. You'll be able to experience awe-inspiring artworks up close and personal during a guided tour; it's almost like stepping into different worlds without leaving our own! With direct site access alongside your guide, long waits in line will feel like distant memories. The group tours accommodate no more than 30 individuals at a time- small enough for an intimate glimpse of these ancient treasures. Certified Vatican guides are also provided with every bunch, taking guests deep into the artistic splendour housed within the seven distinct museums nested right at heart of this significant monument. "In an easy-going, laid-back setting, our guide will weave tales and share fascinating tidbits that give insights into the rich historical, artistic and cultural backdrop which shaped the treasures housed in venues like the Hall of Muses, Pio-Clementine Museum, Gallery of Maps and Tapestries - not to mention Raphael's Rooms. Plus we'll visit the grand Courtyard of Pinecone nestled in Vatican City's heart. The grand conclusion to your Vatican Museums tour will be the visit to none other than the Sistine Chapel. Since speaking aloud is strictly forbidden once inside, your guide will provide information and directions outdoors using special display panels offered by the Museums. Following this, you'll step foot into a world of awe-inspiring Renaissance art where you can feast eyes on incomparably exquisite frescoes by Botticelli and others - Perugino, Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Luca Signorelli and Piero di Cosimo live here in colours too. Masterpiece vault cycle perched amongst these greats sits Michelangelo's extraordinary Last Judgement; it’s breathtakingly beautiful! Wrapping up this remarkable exploration journey through art history itself, we settle onto listen as our knowledgeable guide delves briefly but enlighteningly into both tales intertwined- that of Vatican City's rich past before us today particularly St Peter’s Basilica- an architectural marvel unparalleled.

Includes

• "Jump ahead in line entry
• "Headphones to catch the tour guide's words better

Not includes

• Tips
• "Grub and beverages

What to bring

• "Student ID

Not allowed

• Shorts
• "Mini skirts
• "Shirts without sleeves

Know before you go

• Go through security checks, all guests, like those in airports, are required to be.
• Usually, one can leisurely walk from the Sistine Chapel to St. Peter's Basilica without any difficulty. However, it is important to recognize that the Vatican functions as an independent country, giving them the authority to suddenly and without warning limit entry to both locations.
• As long as they've got a valid student card, the students we're considering here are aged between 19 and 25 years old. Just to give you a heads up.
• Don't forget to bring along your Student Card if you're a student.