Vatican Museums: Fast Entry Ticket with Optional Guide

About this activity

  • document-signed_15399607 Cancellation policy

    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a 50% refund
  • duration-alt_14246718 Duration

    2.5 - 3 hours
  • face-smiling-hands_10416003 Host or greeter

    English
  • queue-alt_15044408 Skip the ticket line

    Yes

Highlights

  • Discover the magnificence of the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
  • Explore each corner of the Museum individually
  • Access the Vatican Museums through the fastest available entrance
  • Glide the galleries at your own pace
  • Choose the GUIDED option for a visit with an Oficial Vatican Guide!

Your experience

Dip into the splendor of one of the most famous museum complexes in the world, beginning to tour the Sistine Chapel halls begins a marvelous journey through art and history.

Here you will meet great artists and their works Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, Raphael in his celebrated Rooms.

Caravaggio and Leonardo housed within the Pinacoteca, Laocoön found in the Octagonal Courtyard.

Other such treasures are also to be discovered here: Gallery of Maps, Etruscan Collection, and Egyptian Museum founded by Gregory XVI.

Walking through large halls and yards that link great rooms, you will see a rich past kept safe and made better over time to honor a city full of beauty.

With your skip-the-line ticket, you can go right into the Museums saving much time for total join with the lives, art, and stories of the popes, poets, painters and historic people who have shaped this special place.

At last! The time to get inside the Sistine Chapel has finally come.

This marvelous place regarded as the spiritual heart of Vatican and a peak of artistic achievement, invites you to pause, look up and let yourself be moved by a work of art that goes beyond time.

Take it all in with total silence.

What's Included
  • Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel entry ticket
  • Skip-the-line entry
  • Host at the meeting point
  • Vatican Museums reservation fee
  • Guided tour (if option selected)
What's Excluded
  • Access to St. Peter's Basilica or the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica

To Remember

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Passport or ID card for children

Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • Baby strollers
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Short skirts
  • Baby carriages

Know before you go

  • People without an ID won't be allowed to enter the Vatican Museums. You need to provide names of ALL PARTRCIPANTS as on ID document in the moment of booking.
  • Please ensure you arrive on time as your ticket is only valid for entry on the date and time slot mentioned on your voucher.
  • This is not a tour, you explore the Vatican Museums at your pace.
  • Entrance to the Vatican Museums is subject to a strict dress code. Knees and shoulders must be covered for both men and women.
  • Guests with wheelchairs, strollers, baby carriages, or with any impairment requiring special assistance cannot be accommodated.
  • All visitors must pass through airport-style security. During high season the wait at security may be up to 30 minutes despite our skip the line tickets.
Not Suitable for
  • Wheelchair users