Skip-the-Ticket-Line Kids Fun Sistine Chapel & Vatican Tour

About this activity

  • time-forward_15911935 Duration

    3 hours
  • queue-alt_15044408 Skip the ticket line

    1
  • guide_13794414 Live tour guide

    Italian English
  • document-signed_15399607 Cancellation policy

    This activity is non-refundable

Highlights

  • Join in games and win prizes whilst discovering more about the Vatican’s collections.
  • Enter one of Italy’s most popular attractions, the Sistine Chapel
  • Skip the long lines to the Vatican
  • Admire the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo's Masterpiece

Your experience

Go to the Vatican and learn about the Sistine Chapel and the Rooms of Raphael.

Meeting at the main point, you will skip long lines and can put away things like umbrellas and big bags in lockers before the tour starts.

The trip will begin with a look at Ancient Greek and Roman art from when Popes ruled central Italy.

A smart guide will show important works like Belvedere Apollo, Torso, Bustes of Claudius and Hadrian, plus Sarcohpagi of Helen and Constance (mother and daughter of Emporer Constantine).

Then this tour takes you into Room of Animals & Gallery of Candelabra to see Roman mosaics.

Your guide will highlight the statues of Diana of Ephesus, Muses, and great Greek scholars.

After that, you will move on to rooms showing Tapestries, Sobieski Hall, and the famous Rooms of Raphael.

Take a sense of the chambers decorated by Raphael and his students for Pope Julius II; here see the vibrant color and intricate imagery of the School of Athens and Parnassus.

The visit will end in the Sistine Chapel, which is Italy's most famous space.

Among great Michelangelo frescoes you will see there—Last Judgement, Creation of Adam—Genesis may be some more; even more subtle depictions from Stories of Moses and Christ will be there by Botticelli, Perugino, etc., other masters of Renaissance.

Your guide will tell stories with inside information about scenes decorating these walls.

What's Included
  • Skip-the-ticket-line entrance
  • Local guide
  • Professional art historian guide
  • Entry/Admission to Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Cortile della Pigna
What's Excluded
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • The Basilica

To Remember

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card for children

Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Short skirts
  • Sleeveless shirts

Know before you go

  • Please note the Vatican can decide to close some areas (ie: Sistine chapel and Basilica of St Peter) without notice, in those unfortunate cases the tour guide will adapt the itinerary accordingly
  • All visitors must pass through airport-style security. During high season the wait at security may be up to 30 minutes.