Rome: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Tour with Ticket

About this activity

  • duration-alt_14246718 Duration

    2.5 hours
  • money-transfer-coin-arrow_15355109 Free cancellation

    Cancel up to 3 days in advance for a full refund
  • guide_13794414 Live tour guide

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  • portal-enter_10462703 Skip the line through a separate entrance

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Highlights

  • Jump the queue to the Vatican Museums and discover all the must-see sites
  • Admire over 70,000 exhibits by masters such as Raphael, da Vinci, and Bernini
  • See Michelangelo's incredible frescoes and Renaissance art in the Sistine Chapel
  • Witness the most well-known Roman sculptures and important masterpieces of art
  • Be inspired by the spectacular construction of St. Peter's Basilica dome

Your experience

Join a guided tour in Rome to discover major works from the Greco-Roman period and Renaissance art at the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with skip-the-line tickets.

Enter the Vatican Museums using the prioritized door so you do not have to stand in the ticket line.

Begin your tour in the Courtyard of the Armor from where you get a sight of the Vatican Gardens move to the Courtyard of the Pine Cone which is between old papal buildings.

Move through selected rooms of the Belvedere Palace, at one time used as the summer apartments by the Pope, today it forms part of the house where the Pius Clementine Museum is kept.

Exhibits major works on Greco-Roman artifacts, among which who belongs Apollo Belvedere and Laocoön Group.

Thereafter move to three galleries which are approached in papal apartments: Gallery of the Candelabra, Gallery of Tapestries—works from Flemish workshop of Peter Van Aelst, and finally Gallery of Maps—with frescoed representations Italian territories commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII.

End your tour with two of the most essentials that Vatican collection has to offer—Raphael's Rooms located in an apartment that once belonged to Pope Julius II and finally Michelangelo's masterpieces waiting for your admiration - scenes from Book Genesis and The Last Judgment.

What's Included
  • Guided tour of the Vatican Museums
  • Skip-the-line tickets to the Vatican Museums
  • Visit to the Sistine Chapel
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly
What's Excluded
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
  • Guided tour of St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Dome
  • Tips

Itinerary

Starting location:

Via Sebastiano Veniero, 21

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Cortile del Belvedere

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Museo Pio Clementino

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Gallery of the Candelabra

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Gallery of Tapestries

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Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museums

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Sistine Chapel

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Meeting Point

To Remember

What to bring

  • Student card
  • Passport or ID card for children

Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • Scooter
  • Weapons or sharp objects
  • Pets
  • Sleeveless shirts

Know before you go

  • All visitors must pass through airport-style security. During high season, the wait at security may be up to 30 minutes
  • Keep in mind that the Museums is the third-most visited museum in the world and maybe crowded
  • This tour visits religious sites, and there is a dress code to be observed. Visitors must be dressed appropriately: sleeveless blouses, miniskirts, shorts, and hats are not allowed
  • Please be on time. If you arrive late, it will not be possible to join the group or reschedule and you will not be entitled to a refund
Not Suitable for
  • People with mobility impairments
  • Wheelchair users