Vatican Museums: Skip-the-Ticket-Line 2.5-Hour Guided Tour

Your experience

Highlights

• With regard to the need to wait in line for a ticket at the Vatican Museums, instead of this, you will be offered the viewing of the most important works with the guidance of an art historian. Discover Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and his well-known Pietà located at St. Peter’s Basilica.

Full description

Go on an inspiring trip into art and history with a historian for a 2.5-hour exploration of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. Get absorbed in the fascinating narratives that each masterpiece has to tell, while your authorized licensed guide ensures that no secret is left unshared throughout this delightful journey!Starting from the Vatican Museums, you will have an advantage in skipping the line, and this self-guided tour will allow you to wander at your own pace. You will get to see ancient Greek art, Roman statues, and works of Renaissance paintings done by painters such as Michelangelo, with architectural explanations from a knowledgeable guide. Not only will you visit these historically significant places within the Vatican City State, but you will also learn about the Catholic Church’s history and growth through exciting stories of rivalries between specific artists during the Renaissance that led to extraordinary works of art!Once you set out on your trip, you will begin with the Vatican Museums where the prominent works of art made by geniuses like Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael are shown off. Besides this place, we shall then move on to the Sistine Chapel, which is rich in fabulous art including ‘The Last Judgment’ painted by Michelangelo in 1541. To end our visit, we would finish up in St. Peter’s Basilica, where a number of Baroque treasures await us – for instance, one might mention, among others, the Pieta sculpted with utter mastery that is simply breathtaking.

Includes

• Tickets are an additional benefit, and in this cost, there are local taxes. You will have a professional art historian as your guide. This sightseeing trip provides you with skip-the-ticket-line access.

Not includes

• The services such as transportation to and from the hotel, gratuities, and optional expenses are provided with complimentary values in mind, as well as transportation to attractions.

What to bring

• Passport or ID card

Not allowed

• Pets
• In terms of summer fashion, the combination that works well for females is tank tops matched with jeans shorts or miniskirts, in addition to sleeveless crop tops paired with flip flops. Wearing them on foot cannot be so hot.

Know before you go

• Before entering the premises, all visitors have to go through the airport-type security procedure. Sometimes, during the high season, there can be a 30-minute wait to get through security.
• Such dress codes are implemented in the Vatican Museums and any church. Shorts and sleeveless shirts should not be worn. It is also necessary for both men and women to ensure that their knees and shoulders remain covered. Failing to comply with these dress requirements will lead to you being turned away.
• It can be described as involving a fair amount of walking. Student concessions are available to those under 26 years of age and with an International Student Card (ISIC), while child discounts apply from 7-18 years and infants under 6 enter free of charge. Due to certain impediments in the Sistine Chapel, this tour cannot accommodate wheelchair users.