Skip Line: Vatican & Sistine Chapel in Small Group Tour

Highlights

• Let inspiration flow through your veins as you stroll amidst the elaborate halls of these museums.
• Enhance your experience during your visit to the Vatican and Sistine Chapel with a tour guide that will accompany you throughout.
• Learn about the historical background of some Rome's major structures.
• Unravel the marvels held within the Gallery of Maps and Gallery of Tapestries.
• Gaze in awe at Michelangelo frescoes and ceiling paintings —

Full description

Don’t waste time standing in line and choose to go with the fast track option into the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel when you take this guided tour. With your guide helping you out, get a peek into some of the most well known parts of these places where you can find works by Bernini, Michelangelo, Raphael and many others. After meeting your guide, you will start off at the Vatican Museums to explore its different regions which are rich in art treasures from different centuries — all thanks to an itinerary prepared based on areas considered to be museum's most important. Your personal guide will show you some museum highlights taken from papal collection at Vatican Museums that include kilometers worths of galleries; he will explain everything while leading you there. The next courtyard is Cortile della Pigna (Pine Cone Courtyard): take a look at pine cone fountain whose original location was near Temple of Isis. Get an express entrance to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel without standing in the line with a guided tour combo. During this visit inside led by your guide, you will be introduced to the most famous parts of these places as well as works by Bernini, Michelangelo, Raphael and many others. Upon arrival at the Vatican Museums you will begin exploring different sections based on centuries-old art treasures, following an itinerary chosen among the most important areas within those institutions. Your guide will present some highlights that can be seen in each gallery along kilometers of papal collections explaining all details on the way. Afterwards stop at Cortile della Pigna where you can see a pine cone fountain — which was located near Temple of Isis.

Includes

• Entry/Admission - Vatican Museums
• Entry/Admission - Sistine Chapel
• Quality headsets to hear the guide clearly
• Expert historian guide

Not includes

• A luxurious hotel provides transportation to and from various locations: including the entrance to St. Peter's Basilica dome.

What to bring

• Shoes that do not hurt your feet
• Clothes suitable for the weather conditions
• Carry a passport or ID; you can use a copy as well.

Not allowed

• Pets
• Shorts
• Suitcases or oversized bags
• Skimpy dresses
• Shirtless tops
• Children traveling alone

Know before you go

• Pass through security. In high season, queues can be as long as 30 minutes.