Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Skip-the-Line Entry Tickets

Bypass the long lines and see one of the most respected places in Christendom with a self-guided tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel.

Start your visit at the Pine Courtyard, a quiet place with views of St.

Peter’s Dome, then to Belvedere Courtyard where the famous Belvedere Torso stands a sculpture that has inspired many artists through the years.

Then continue on to Gallery of Maps beautifully rendered maps showing Italy’s regions from 16th century as well as ornate Candelabra Gallery and Pio Clementino Rooms where such ancient sculptures like Laocoön and His Sons can be found; walk through Tapestry Gallery filled with very finely made masterpieces into Raphael Rooms where in colorful frescoes by Raphael The School of Athens literally embody Renaissance one walks breathes looks.

Finally, step into the breathtaking Sistine Chapel and there witness Michelangelo's famous frescoes-The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgment- beside works by other great masters of the Renaissance such as Botticelli and Ghirlandaio.

After visiting the chapel, wander freely through the vast corridors of the Vatican, exploring both well-known highlights and off-the-beaten-track areas teeming with extraordinary works of art and historical artifacts.

This tour ends with a fast-tracked entry to St.

Peter's Basilica, one of the largest churches in the world.

Inside, you will see Michelangelo's famous Pietà and Bernini's spectacular Baldacinto, not to mention copious mosaics and sculptures in this basilica.

You can appreciate these masterpieces at your own pace on this self-guided tour which conveniently allows you to end your visit inside St.

Peter's Basilica.