Rome: Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Tour

Rome: Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Tour

Take a guided tour to see the deep history and artistic riches held in the Vatican Museums. While you move through the galleries, find old sculptures, fine artworks, and priceless artifacts.

About this activity

  • head-side-headphones_10435857 Audio guide included

  • document-signed_15399607 Cancellation policy

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  • user-pilot-tie_9585954 Driver

  • duration-alt_14246718 Duration

    2.5 hours

  • money-transfer-coin-arrow_15355109 Free cancellation

    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund

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  • lesson-class_15399107 Instructor

  • guide_13794414 Live tour guide

    Italian

  • head-side-headphones_10435857 Optional audio guide

  • person-dolly_10786488 Pickup included

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    Keep your travel plans flexible — book your spot and pay nothing today.

  • portal-enter_10462703 Skip the line through a separate entrance

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Highlights

  • Explore grand halls and serene galleries, delving into rich Vatican history.
  • Gain insights into iconic frescoes depicting Genesis and the Last Judgment.
  • Vatican Museum treasures await, from sculptures to tapestries.
  • Stand amazed in the Sistine Chapel, home to Michelangelo's masterpieces.
  • Guided tour during the queue

Your experience

Enter the Vatican Museums and be encased in a site wherein every corridor and chamber reveals thousands of artistic masterpieces.

Ancient sculptures, fine tapestries, and invaluable artifacts, all taken from centuried collections of papal treasures.

Step into the magnificent halls of the Pio-Clementino Museum and feast your eyes on the restful beauty of the Gallery of Maps.

Everything so far in this series has, as usual, added further to what little we knew of Vatican history and culture.

Sistine Chapel – Expect awe ‘As you step into this holy sanctuary, prepare to be awed,’ by the very, very pretty art ‘in the midst of you…every feather in the hat tip’ to Michelangelo’s superhuman skill,’ little pictures of the beginning, and Last Judgment’.

‘In each touch of the brush’.

‘Your guide discloses to you their secrets’, and ‘you gain an all-embracing insight’ in respect to these great masterpieces in art, history, and spirit.

What's Included
  • Admission tickets to the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel (Skip the line is not included)
  • Guided tour
  • Vatican Museums official headsets
What's Excluded
  • Skip the line is not included. Guests have to queue for their tickets (20/25 min)
  • Tips
  • Pick up / Drop off
  • Food / Drinks

Itinerary

Starting location:

Via Sebastiano Veniero, 5

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Vatican Museums

Guided tour (2.25 hours)

Finish at:

Viale Vaticano

Meeting Point

To Remember

What to bring

  • Student card
  • Passport or ID card, copy accepted

Not allowed

  • Pets
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Short skirts
  • Non-folding wheelchairs
  • Electric wheelchairs

Know before you go

  • During busy periods, increased visitor numbers may lead to longer wait times for security checks and the mandatory collection of Vatican headsets
  • Disabled visitors and one accompanying person can enter the Vatican Museums for free. Please notify the activity provider at the time of booking to facilitate this
  • All visitors must have their shoulders and knees covered to enter the Sistine Chapel
  • Please note that the tickets for this tour is from the queue and not skip the line
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