Rome: Vatican Museums Sistine Chapel with priority admission

Rome: Vatican Museums Sistine Chapel with priority admission

Skip the long lines at the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with these fast-track entry tickets. A guide may accompany you to help find your way. You can even further enrich your visit with an add-on guided tour.

About this activity

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    2.5 hours

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Highlights

  • Priority entrance ticket to the Vatican Museums
  • Priority entrance ticket for the Sistine Chapel
  • accompaniment at the entrance

Your experience

Enter the Vatican Museums by priority access, skipping the long ticket line wait.

Start your visit at the Cortile dell'Armatura and catch a glimpse of the Vatican Gardens before moving on to the Cortile della Pigna, which is located between historical papal buildings.

Walk through some rooms of Belvedere Palace, formerly used as a summer home for popes and now housing the Pius Clementine Museum with its important collections of Greco-Roman art-the Apollo Belvedere and Laocoon Group-then proceed to walk through three Galleries leading to the papal apartments: Gallery of Candelabra; Gallery of Tapestries showing works from Flemish workshop of Peter Van Aelst; and Gallery Maps decorated with frescoed representations Italian territory commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII.

End your visit by seeing two key parts of the Vatican collection: the Raphael Rooms in Pope Julius II's home and the Sistine Chapel.

Here, a person can look at Michelangelo's great works, like pictures from the Book of Genesis and The Last Judgment.

What's Included
  • Priority admission to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
  • Priority admission tickets to the Vatican Museums
  • Visit to the Sistine Chapel
What's Excluded
  • Tips
  • food and drink

To Remember

What to bring

  • Student card
  • Passport or ID card, copy accepted

Not allowed

  • Pets
  • Shorts
  • Weapons or sharp objects
  • Short skirts
  • Sleeveless shirts
  • Non-folding wheelchairs

Know before you go

  • -All visitors must go through airport-style security checks.
  • -In peak season, waiting at security checkpoints can take up to 30 minutes.
  • -Keep in mind that the Museum is the third most visited museum in the world and may be crowded.
  • -This tour visits religious sites and a dress code must be observed. Visitors must be dressed appropriately: sleeveless blouses, miniskirts, shorts and hats are not allowed.
  • -Please be on time. If you arrive late, you will not be able to join the group or reschedule the tour, and you will not be eligible for a refund.
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