Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel & Baslica skip the line Tour

Begin your discovery in Borgo Pio, a charming ancient quarter of the Vatican.

Meet your guide at the tour office.

After a short, pleasant greeting walk through the cobblestone streets of the Borgo look into lovely shops while getting local tips from your guide on how to enjoy Rome's food and find its hidden spots.

Before you set out, enjoy a lively prelude to the Sistine Chapel.

Then stroll down the grand Via della Conciliazione where f lags and f lag-bedecked embassies offer a pretty sight as you walk toward St.

Peter's Square–the ceremonial way into the Vatican.

Walk into St.

Peter's Square, an awesome place where a super tall old obelisk from Egypt stands and is hugged by big columns made by Bernini, with lots of saint statues on top.

Learn the story that makes this special square so amazing and the smart artist who thought it up.

On your way to the Vatican Museums, take some time out to watch the normal routine of life inside the world's smallest country, and perhaps click a photo of the Swiss Guards—famous bodyguards of the Pope dressed in their colorful uniforms inspired by Renaissance times.

Approach the museums with priority access through a special skip-the-line entry.

Once inside, be amazed at the collection of artifacts that includes classical sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome, the elegant Gallery of Tapestries, and the beautifully detailed Gallery of Maps.

The ultimate in the experience is to come at the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo's most beautiful frescoes—the ceiling with The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgment—narrate biblical stories and human emotion to their deepest cores.

End the journey at St.

Peter's Basilica by using a special way from the museums, getting direct entry to the heart of this grand church beating all long lines outside and stepping into one of the most respected and amazing spaces around the world.