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

About this activity

  • head-side-headphones_10435857 Audio guide included


  • document-signed_15399607 Cancellation policy

    This activity is non-refundable
  • face-thermometer_10416024 Covid-19 precautions


  • user-pilot-tie_9585954 Driver


  • duration-alt_14246718 Duration

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


  • face-smiling-hands_10416003 Host or greeter


  • lesson-class_15399107 Instructor


  • guide_13794414 Live tour guide

    Italian English
  • head-side-headphones_10435857 Optional audio guide


  • person-dolly_10786488 Pickup included


  • person-dolly_10786488 Pickup optional


  • calendar-salary_14227546 Reserve now & pay later


  • portal-enter_10462703 Skip the line through a separate entrance


  • queue-alt_15044408 Skip the ticket line

    Yes
  • family_12442251 Small group


  • time-forward_15911935 Starting Time


  • duration-alt_14246718 Ticket confirmation within 48 hours


  • ticket-alt_9239352 Validity


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

Begin a trip to the Vatican and get special views of the Sistine Chapel and Raphael’s Rooms.

Meeting at the old center, you can skip long lines and will have the chance to put things like umbrellas and big bags in lockers before the tour starts.

It will begin with a study of Ancient Greek and Roman art collected from the time when Popes ruled central Italy.

Highlights that your expert guide will call to attention include the Belvedere Apollo, the Torso, Busts of Claudius and Hadrian, as well as Sarcophagi of Helen and Constance-her mother and daughter to Emperor Constantine.

Next is the Room of Animals and Gallery of Candelabra before passing finally into the world of Roman mosaics.

Significant statues that your guide will include are Diana of Ephesus, the Muses, and great Greek scholars.

Afterward, you move on into rooms that also feature Tapestries, Sobieski Hall, and into those famous Rooms of Raphael.

Ready to praise the rooms decorated by Raphael and his helpers for Pope Julius II see the bright shades and fine details of the School of Athens and Parnassus.

Your tour takes you to the Sistine Chapel, known as the most talked about room in Italy.

You will see Michelangelo's frescoes of the Last Judgement, the Creation of Adam and Genesis plus some smaller details from Stories of Moses and Jesus by Botticelli, Perugino and other Renaissance greats.

Your guide tells stories and shares inside information about these scenes that decorate the 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.
Not Suitable for
  • Wheelchair users