Vatican: Museums & Sistine Chapel Semi-Private Morning Tour

Your experience

Highlights

• A fast track through the Vatican Museums highlights and a special introduction to the Sistine Chapel with a knowledgeable guide are among the most coveted tours for anyone visiting Rome. This tour has been specifically designed to ensure that our guests have priority access to the best of Vatican Museums and receive a proper initiation to the Sistine Chapel. Let me assure you, this will make your experience much more memorable.

Full description

Gain exclusive entry into Rome's most iconic masterpiece and spiritual center: The Vatican. Even though it is the smallest sovereign state in the world, the Vatican is home to 11 museums that collectively comprise almost 7 kilometers of galleries, chapels, and chambers in Vatican City. These museum spaces— with over 2,000 rooms filled with works by artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Caravaggio, Michelangelo (including St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel among other masterpieces) — provide an immeasurable wealth of art that extends beyond what can be contained within any single location. It is an opportunity not to be missed: a special quick tour that will lead you through the Vatican Museums and St. Peter's Basilica, arriving at the Sistine Chapel. This journey will reveal to you the grandeur of these places in a way you have never seen before.

Includes

• Priority entrance to the Vatican Museums — without standing in a long line.
• Access to Sistine Chapel.
• Your own local professional English-speaking guide.
• Free headphones to clearly hear your guide's commentary.

Not includes

• Attractions' transportation
• Food and drinks
• Tips

What to bring

• Passport or ID card, copy accepted.

Not allowed

• Shorts
• Miniskirts
• Bare-shouldered tops

Know before you go

• Cutting the line at the ticket booth, only to end up standing in a queue for the security checkpoint— typically a 5-10 minute wait.
• Make sure to give a contactable phone number when placing your booking so that you can be reached if there are any last-minute adjustments.
• Every Wednesday morning during the weekly Papal Audience or on special religious ceremonies, there is a possibility that St. Peter's Basilica might be closed to the public and definite days exist where access to St. Peter's Basilica is entirely blocked during the religious ceremony.
• A significant issue are the long queues at the ticket counter but the major inconvenience is actually security checks taking up 5 to 10 minutes.
• An active phone number should be provided during booking so that we can contact you for any last minute alterations.
• Wednesday may see the doors of St. Peter's Basilica closed to some visitors, not because they will be denied entry into St. Peter's Basilica due to the religious function that is the weekly papal audience; a possibility of inaccessibility.