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

Avoid the long lines and see one of the top places in Christendom with a self-paced walk through the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel.

Please note, this is not a guided tour but rather a Skip-the-Line entry experience that allows you to roam at your own pace.

Begin your tour at the Pine Courtyard– an outdoor space that is very tranquil and peaceful with beautiful views of St.

Peter’s Dome, and move to the Belvedere Courtyard where one can see the famous Belvedere Torso– a sculpture piece that has inspired many artists across centuries.

Then walkthrough the Hall of the Maps, adorned with lovely maps of different parts of Italy drawn in the 16th century, besides Candelabra Gallery and Pio Clementino Rooms where great sculptures including Laocoön and His Sons are housed.

Go to the Tapestry Gallery where you will see beautifully woven works then proceed to Raphael Rooms wherein the walls are painted by Raphael; these paintings like The School of Athens express fully the genius found during Renaissance times.

Walk into the Sistine Chapel.

See Michelangelo’s great works of art on the ceiling.

The Creation of Adam and the Last Judgment among many great paintings by other famous artists, such as Botticelli and Ghirlandaio.

Enjoy discovering at your own time the awesome corridors and galleries of the Vatican that unveil not only its known great works but also the little treasures which have made this place be referred to as one of the most exceptional artistic and spiritual sites around the world.