Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Basilica Entry skip the line
Overview
Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel tour with an expert friendly guide in a small group.
Take advantage of your skip-the-line tickets and maximize your time inside this magnificent Vatican Museums. Your guide will lead you through the amazing galleries housing one of the most important art collections of the world. Art and history will be brought back to life and you will learn many stories & anecdotes through the headsets so you do not miss any words of the hidden artworks.
During your tour you will discover the Galleries of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra and the masterpiece of Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel. At the end of your tour, enter the Basilica with our skip the line access (if option selected).
You will learn about the Renaissance painters: Michelangelo & Raphael and their rivalry throughout their lives.
Note: we do not give access to the Basilica on Wednesdays, during the afternoon or on closing days set by the Vatican.
Take advantage of your skip-the-line tickets and maximize your time inside this magnificent Vatican Museums. Your guide will lead you through the amazing galleries housing one of the most important art collections of the world. Art and history will be brought back to life and you will learn many stories & anecdotes through the headsets so you do not miss any words of the hidden artworks.
During your tour you will discover the Galleries of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra and the masterpiece of Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel. At the end of your tour, enter the Basilica with our skip the line access (if option selected).
You will learn about the Renaissance painters: Michelangelo & Raphael and their rivalry throughout their lives.
Note: we do not give access to the Basilica on Wednesdays, during the afternoon or on closing days set by the Vatican.
Inclusions
- Professional guide for 2.5 hours (IF OPTION SELECTED)
- Skip the line Entry - Vatican Museums
- Skip the line entry - Sistine Chapel
- Headsets (more than 6 participants)
- Skip the line - Basilica ENTRY ONLY (if option selected, not on Wednesdays nor in the afternoon)
- Entry/Admission - Sistine Chapel
- Entry/Admission - Vatican Museums
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Vatican City, Vatican City, Lazio
The Vatican City State, also known simply as the Vatican, became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty (1929), and it is a distinct territory under "full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction" of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state's temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence.With an area of 49 hectares and a population of about 825, it is the smallest state in the world by both area and population.
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Vatican Galleries including the one of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Vatican Galleries
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Pine Court courtyard, Pio Clementine Museum, Apolo of Belvedere, Laocoon, Nero's bathtub, Room of Muses
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Frescoes of Michelangelo
Duration: 10 minutes
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Vatican City, Vatican City, Lazio
The Vatican City State, also known simply as the Vatican, became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty (1929), and it is a distinct territory under "full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction" of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state's temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence.With an area of 49 hectares and a population of about 825, it is the smallest state in the world by both area and population.
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Vatican Galleries including the one of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Vatican Galleries
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Pine Court courtyard, Pio Clementine Museum, Apolo of Belvedere, Laocoon, Nero's bathtub, Room of Muses
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Frescoes of Michelangelo
Duration: 10 minutes
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders must be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
- A current valid passport or ID document is required on the day of the tour for children under 18 as proof of age
- Please show up 10 minutes before the tour to do the check in.
- Please note that due to security or ticket availability situations, there might be a slight change in scheduling and when this happens you will be notified.
- Near public transportation
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Please note that, for disabled visitors with certified invalidity of more than 74%, the Vatican Museums offers free entry that is extended to a companion for visitors who are not self-sufficient. To benefit from this, make sure you mention it at the time of booking so that our staff may handle your request.
- PLEASE NOTE: We are not responsable if St Peter's Basilica is closed for religious functions or for the decision of the Pope.
- Please note that you will be asked a full refundable 10 euros deposit at the meeting point in order to ensure all the radios are given back to the guide or our staff. Once you return the radios you will be refunded your 10 euros. If you don't give back the radios you will be charged 30 euros for each of them.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 28 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.
silviudx
May 2022
Knowledgeable guide, friendly, good sense of humour, perfect English, a lot of good insights indeed recommend the experience. The breakfast was very good with refreshments and everything included.
Knowledgeable guide, friendly, good sense of humour, perfect English, a lot of good insights indeed recommend the experience. The breakfast was very good with refreshments and everything included.tomislavo345
May 2022
Our guide was Francesco. Very friendly and professional guide with many interesting stories. It was more than just a guided tour. Thank you Francesco.
Our guide was Francesco. Very friendly and professional guide with many interesting stories. It was more than just a guided tour. Thank you Francesco.Jay_Y
May 2022
I booked this tour because other popular skip the line tours were sold out. My experience was average at best. We had a local Italian guide, I have a feeling that English tour is not her usual tours as she struggled with terminologies and pronunciations in English (King "Salomon" for example). Sh...
I booked this tour because other popular skip the line tours were sold out. My experience was average at best. We had a local Italian guide, I have a feeling that English tour is not her usual tours as she struggled with terminologies and pronunciations in English (King "Salomon" for example). She was quite pretty passionate and seemed to have a good knowledge of history but honestly it was difficult to understand her. It could've been nice what more we can check out in Vatican at the end of the tour, but well.. Surely wouldn't take this tour next time.159sandrinez
May 2022
Very Nice visit of the Vatican museum with Paolo our guide, Who talked with passion and made a clear description of the Vatican history. He made the visit much more Lively. Really worth it!
Very Nice visit of the Vatican museum with Paolo our guide, Who talked with passion and made a clear description of the Vatican history. He made the visit much more Lively. Really worth it!453luzj
April 2022
We had a great time! Laura, the tour guide was super helpful. It's an experience that I will never forget!
We had a great time! Laura, the tour guide was super helpful. It's an experience that I will never forget!spedley63
April 2022
We were told to meet at 3pm but when we arrived at 2:55 they said we were late and should have been there at 2:45 despite us showing them the confirmation email stating 3pm. The guide herself did not seem pleased to be there at all - she had little passion for the tour and did not really explain ...
We were told to meet at 3pm but when we arrived at 2:55 they said we were late and should have been there at 2:45 despite us showing them the confirmation email stating 3pm. The guide herself did not seem pleased to be there at all - she had little passion for the tour and did not really explain anything we were seeing but rather just said “this is a sarchopagus” or “here are lots of vases”. Understandably it was a difficult tour for her as it was extremely busy and English was not her first language however she did not seem to have any patience for us wanting to stop and take a photo for a moment. The only real benefit of this tour was the skip the queue aspect.