Guided skip the line tour Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
Overview
We offer a service purposely built on customers' needs, thoroughly inquired during a thirty-year-long activity; thanks to our two offices - located in Piazza Pio XII - we have a priviledged access to the Vatican Museums, thus making routes extremely fast and easy to find; our guides are highly specialized and authorizaed by the City of Vatican State; our staff is fully qualified and ready to respond to customers' specifical needs and requests; we always offer a highly professional service, taking special care of all our guests.
Inclusions
- Radio headphone sets
- Ingresso prioritario
- Guida autorizzata e certificata con spiegazione in lingua
- Gruppi di massimo 25 persone
- Wi-Fi gratuito al punto di incontro
- Use of toilets at our meeting point
- Entry/Admission - Cortile della Pigna
- Entry/Admission - Museo Pio Clementino
- Entry/Admission - Sistine Chapel
- Entry/Admission - Gallery of Maps
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Cortile della Pigna, Vatican City Italy
The Courtyard of the Pine Cone in the Vatican Museums. If you have never been to the Vatican Museums, consider not only the Sistine Chapel but also other spaces, such as the Courtyard of the Pine Cone. It is one of the first stops you will make on your visit, a large open space of 300 square metres adjacent to the corridors and halls of the museum. If the weather is fine, enjoy the whole extent of the courtyard at leisure and pay attention to the various works of art here.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Museo Pio Clementino, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Commissioned by Popes Clement XIV (1769-1774) and Pius VI (1775-1799), this museum was intended to house Greek and Roman masterpieces from the Vatican.
In the centre of the museum is the octagonal courtyard with the most famous statues: the Apollo of the Belvedere, a 2nd century A.D. Roman copy of the Greek bronze original, located in the Agora in Athens, the famous Laocoon group, a 1st century A.D. Roman copy, Perseus with the head of Medusa, by Canova (early 19th century), the Hermes Pius-Clementine, a copy of a 4th century B.C. Greek statue.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Gallery of Maps, VA, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City
One of the most beautiful and impressive parts of the Vatican Museums is certainly the long corridor, 120 metres long and six metres wide, leading to the Sistine Chapel adorned with maps.
The Gallery of Maps, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII, was created between 1580 and 1585. The frescoes were painted by Italian and Flemish artists under the direction of Ignazio Danti, mathematician, astronomer and cosmographer.
The walls of the gallery are covered with forty maps of the various Italian regions, with maps of the main cities. On the ceiling adjacent to each region are representations of the main religious events that took place there.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
The Sistine Chapel is located inside the Vatican Museums in Rome and is visited by millions of tourists from all over the world every year. The Sistine Chapel is decorated by Michelangelo's splendid frescoes. His splendid works cover the vault and the back wall (with the Last Judgement) above the altar. Inside the Chapel, the conclave, baptism and other official ceremonies of the Pope are held.
Duration: 30 minutes
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Cortile della Pigna, Vatican City Italy
The Courtyard of the Pine Cone in the Vatican Museums. If you have never been to the Vatican Museums, consider not only the Sistine Chapel but also other spaces, such as the Courtyard of the Pine Cone. It is one of the first stops you will make on your visit, a large open space of 300 square metres adjacent to the corridors and halls of the museum. If the weather is fine, enjoy the whole extent of the courtyard at leisure and pay attention to the various works of art here.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Museo Pio Clementino, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Commissioned by Popes Clement XIV (1769-1774) and Pius VI (1775-1799), this museum was intended to house Greek and Roman masterpieces from the Vatican.
In the centre of the museum is the octagonal courtyard with the most famous statues: the Apollo of the Belvedere, a 2nd century A.D. Roman copy of the Greek bronze original, located in the Agora in Athens, the famous Laocoon group, a 1st century A.D. Roman copy, Perseus with the head of Medusa, by Canova (early 19th century), the Hermes Pius-Clementine, a copy of a 4th century B.C. Greek statue.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Gallery of Maps, VA, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City
One of the most beautiful and impressive parts of the Vatican Museums is certainly the long corridor, 120 metres long and six metres wide, leading to the Sistine Chapel adorned with maps.
The Gallery of Maps, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII, was created between 1580 and 1585. The frescoes were painted by Italian and Flemish artists under the direction of Ignazio Danti, mathematician, astronomer and cosmographer.
The walls of the gallery are covered with forty maps of the various Italian regions, with maps of the main cities. On the ceiling adjacent to each region are representations of the main religious events that took place there.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
The Sistine Chapel is located inside the Vatican Museums in Rome and is visited by millions of tourists from all over the world every year. The Sistine Chapel is decorated by Michelangelo's splendid frescoes. His splendid works cover the vault and the back wall (with the Last Judgement) above the altar. Inside the Chapel, the conclave, baptism and other official ceremonies of the Pope are held.
Duration: 30 minutes
Additional information
- Near public transportation
- Stroller accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Not wheelchair accessible
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Michael H
March 2023
Interesting tour with our guide Vincenco who has made the tour a remembarable experience. We have very much enjoyed it.
Interesting tour with our guide Vincenco who has made the tour a remembarable experience. We have very much enjoyed it.LauraCondry
December 2022
We booked our tour at the Capriotti gift shop after being approached by a man with information upon getting out of our cab. We weren't sure what to expect since we did not plan ahead. We saw other groups with 30+ people. I'm so happy we stumbled upon this company and our guide, Daniela. Our tour ...
We booked our tour at the Capriotti gift shop after being approached by a man with information upon getting out of our cab. We weren't sure what to expect since we did not plan ahead. We saw other groups with 30+ people. I'm so happy we stumbled upon this company and our guide, Daniela. Our tour group only had 4 people. Daniela was excellent! She took care to keep our group together and did a wonderful job explaining the history and answering questions. I learned a lot and had fantastic time! Highly recommend!kenabaya
November 2022
Our guide, Vincenzo, was very knowledgeable and same time entertaining in communicating the vital information of the tour. He cared so much in providing the most accurate details imbedded in illustrations and viewed information along the tour. He even game us insights of important items we shoul...
Our guide, Vincenzo, was very knowledgeable and same time entertaining in communicating the vital information of the tour. He cared so much in providing the most accurate details imbedded in illustrations and viewed information along the tour. He even game us insights of important items we should take notice to achieve as much wealth of knowledge we can bring home and share to our families.carolmadigan
June 2022
Our tour guide was Giovanni. He was very informative and had a good sense of humour making it even more fun and interesting. I would definitely recommend paying and skipping the queues and using this tour guide.
Our tour guide was Giovanni. He was very informative and had a good sense of humour making it even more fun and interesting. I would definitely recommend paying and skipping the queues and using this tour guide.fizkerz
June 2022
Our tour was with Stefania (in Spanish) and was very pleasant and she was explaining curious facts. She took enough time to show and tell. We enjoyed it also, because we could not find any other tour online or even tickets on the spot. This turned out to be very quick and adjusting to our needs...
Our tour was with Stefania (in Spanish) and was very pleasant and she was explaining curious facts. She took enough time to show and tell. We enjoyed it also, because we could not find any other tour online or even tickets on the spot. This turned out to be very quick and adjusting to our needs. The tour however seemed a bit pricey, €61 per adult and €46 per teen, but considering our last minute decision, was a perfect match for a reasonable price.ivanlF5506FI
June 2022
Vincenzo as a guide was very pleasant, personable, informative, and funny. The tour had a total of eighteen people. Vincenzo made sure that the group stayed together for the most part. Although there were a couple of teenage boys that would lag behind and then run up behind us and kept cutting my...
Vincenzo as a guide was very pleasant, personable, informative, and funny. The tour had a total of eighteen people. Vincenzo made sure that the group stayed together for the most part. Although there were a couple of teenage boys that would lag behind and then run up behind us and kept cutting my wife and I off as we were trying to keep pace with Vincenzo This was a problem that their parents didn't correct.