Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Skip the Line Guided Tour
Rome, Italy
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Be awed by the wonder of Vatican City and its world-famous artful attractions on this guided tour. Jump past the long queues quickly with a skip-the-line ticket, and discover the hidden treasures within the Sistine Chapel and some of history's most exquisite masterpieces. Uncover all facets of the Vatican that contribute towards making it one of the smallest countries in the world with an unrivaled collection of artistic pieces ready for discovery.
- Beat long lines with skip-the-line access
- Multilingual licensed guide speaks your language, no barrier
- More time to spend admiring the astonishing art on display
- Upgrade your package to include a tour of St. Peter's Basilica
What's Included
- guided service
- licensed guide speaking your language
- headsets for groups of more than 11 people
- skip the line ticket (free on last sunday)
- On the last Sunday of the month the ticket is free, the price is lower, the line cannot be skipped
- the option "3 HOURS WITH BASILICA INCLUDED" adds 1 hours of guided tour to the St. Peter'sBasilica
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Via Mocenigo, 2, 00192 Roma RM, Italy
Go in via Mocenigo 2.Enter inside the office and show your reservation to the staff you find at the desk
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
Vatican Museums (Pass By)
Sistine Chapel (Pass By)
1
St. Peter's Basilica
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- It’s required to show ani d document for children at the entrance
- Dress code requires to cover knees and shoulders
- It is confirmed the prohibition of bringing bottles and glasses containers, alcholic beverages and aerosols, backpacks, camping, bulky bags and luggage / trolley.
- We are not responsible for temporary closure of St. Peter’s Basilica. Remind that Vatican city is another State and the pope can take decisions without any previous information
- During periods of Sede Vacante, the Sistine Chapel will be closed to the public without prior notice due to the Papal Conclave (election of a new Pope). As this is a decision made by the Vatican, access to the Sistine Chapel is not guaranteed during these times. No refunds or discounts will be issued regarding this.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.0
based on 58 reviews
Elisa_S, Oct 2024
We arrived at the meeting office which was nice, clean, and accessible. The people working there were not friendly, and the first thing we were told was that the tour would be leaving 25 minutes late (it ended up being more like 35). We were told to follow a person who never introduced himself (was he our guide?) through the crowded streets of Rome to our starting point. He did not carry a flag or other way to see him in the crowd, so we were relegated to follow others we recognized from the group (about 15 people) and hoping for the best. LUCKILY, when we arrived at the entrance, we were met by a lovely guide, who introduced herself, handed out listening devices with earpieces, and carried a flag (though it looked pretty worse for wear-a tattered, plain black piece of fabric with no markings...). Thank goodness, from that point on, the tour was excellent. She did a beautiful job of explaining the history of what we were seeing, pointing out relevant details, etc. I would have no qualms about recommending the TOUR GUIDE, but unfortunately can't say the same for the company for which she works...That said, touring Vatican City/Sistine Chapel/The Basilica is an absolute must on any visit to Rome. Don't miss it.
Ruth_D, Jul 2024
The chapel and the dome
Worth the wait
Enjoy enjoy ciao
Italy is amazing, so much to see
July it is so hot
Heidi_P, Jun 2024
Your guide would not speak into the mic. She had it pinned to her shirt. So we could hardly hear her with fabric rubbing and wind noise. With her very thick accent midst of the tour was unintelligible.
Brenda_V, Jun 2024
We checked in at 11:50 for 12:30 tour. Was given red stickers. Waited.
At 12:25 we were told it was canceled. We had to wait additional 3 hrs for the next tour at 3pm. Messed up our whole day.
Packed with people couldn't move. Otherwise, beautiful and loved the history.
Joe_H, Jun 2024
We were booked on for the Vatican City tour at 12:30 p.m. The evening before, they contacted me trying to change the time to 3 p.m. However, this clashed with our Colosseum tour.
They offered for me to come in at 11am to see if anyone dropped out of earlier tours. after and hour and a half, we decided to leave and come back at 3pm. We ended up missing our Colosseum tour because of this. No apology or compensation was offered, there was several people for every time slot in the same situation.
The tour was amazing, worth going just not with this company. (once upon a time tours)
Walter_B, Oct 2023
This was a difficult tour for the guide as the hearing apparatus was not very efficient and we were constantly surrounded by throngs of other tourists. This made it very difficult to hear what our guide was saying.
Jamie_W, Sep 2023
I accidentally booked the Italian guide when I needed English. Was a little bummed but then discovered that there are audio guides for only 8 euro once you are inside. It ended up being worth it for the skip the line feature and then grabbing an English audio guide.
John_W, Sep 2023
Felt very rushed for a 2 1/2 hour tour did get to see much of the Vatican City museums. Tour guide was really good had a lot of information. Not really worth the money tbh. You might be better buying a ticket and walking round on your own.
SUE_K, Sep 2023
It was wonderful to see the colosseum. The history was amazing. Our guide was knowledgeable, however relied to heavily on his picture binder.
Jeanne_P, Aug 2023
We were highly dissatisfied as the microphone connection to all tour participants headsets were malfunctioning and ineffective. Upon contacting your company we were told this was the responsibility of the Vatican? It was quite an expensive and disappointing experience missing the narrated info that was expected to be provided.
Response from Host, Aug 2023
As already told you the dvices are provided by the Vatican Museum. We would love to use pur devices but the Museum requires that tour operator companies use obbligatory their devices under an extra payment.
The guide is equipped with more devices in case one or more don't work properly. You should have to ask to the guide to change your hearphone with another.
But I only think you wrote this review because you couldn't get a refund.....
Bernardo_L, Aug 2023
The first 45min was waiting on tour guide to show up and walk us from our rendezvous point to museum entry. So wasn't for me in particular.
Carrie_B, Jul 2023
Marta was an amazing tour guide! She was very knowledgeable and personable. She was also funny. She accounted for the guests needs making sure to keep guests in the shade due to the extreme heat. Her English was easy to understand. Five stars for sure!!
Joanne_R, Jul 2023
Tour guide was good however I could not really hear what he was saying - so quite disappointing - and we kept loosing him as he wasnt very identifiable amongst all the people he needed to holding up a sign saying what group he was.
Luca_V, Jul 2023
It was a very nice experience! Skip-the-line worked super good. We got to see everything what we wanted and the guide was very nice!
Liat_B, Jul 2023
The guide of the tour did not show up and we ended doing everything by ourselves. It was highly disappointing
Sheri_T, Jul 2023
Marta was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot. Sometimes it was hard to hear her with the headphones and the group was a little too large to keep close in the crowds.
Samuel_P, Jul 2023
We booked a tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel.
The tour guide allocated spoke very broken and poor English. Language barrier aside, the tour guide manically jumped from work of art to statue with little to no real explanation. The whole tour was vertically incoherent.
Our thoughts were shared by the rest of the people on the tour, that by the end she had lost all but 4 of her original 29 guests.
The whole experience ruined our time at the Vatican - on that basis I can not recommend this tour operator.
Darren_R, Jul 2023
We enjoyed the visit overall however there were elements that weren’t great. Firstly, the profit the companies are making on top of the entrance fee is excessive. We paid £122 for the tour however the entrance tickets if you buy yourself are only €17. Additionally, the Vatican must only be interested in revenue as there were way too many people crammed in like cattle in the museums. On a positive note, our guide was excellent. The audio equipment provided solely by the Vatican wasn’t. Poor reception and kept dropping out. Museum buildings and Sistine Chapel were very impressive as well as St Peter’s Basilica.
Batina_W, Jul 2023
Great 2-3 hour tour. You see everything and our tour guide was very knowledgeable. I cannot recall his name but he made sure everyone in our group stayed together. At the end you could either leave Vatican City or visit the Basillica. He clearly identified the exit locations. Thank you! #onceuponatime tours👍🏽
William_S, Jul 2023
Guide - Rudy and tour was great. Super crowded and hot. Rudy was organized, knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend!
Lorraine_R, Jun 2023
We went on a Wednesday the Pope addressed the public and the skip the line lines were very long, the museum was very crowded and we couldn't stay long enough for the chapel because of the delays
Carina_M, Jun 2023
Marta was wonderful. She gave us an amazing tour. So kind and patient there was a delay to start but it had nothing to do with her. She made it an amazing experience for my family.
John_P, May 2023
The tour is very crowded and it is easy to get pushed around and away from the tour guide. The tour guide scratched his microphone and door was so far away. We couldn’t hear him most of the time. Every time the tour guide said I’m gonna stop here for a minute and explain some thing we could never catch up enough to hear what he was saying. We virtually ran through the antiquity section. I was taking pictures as fast as I could walk not sure how they’ve turned out. Avoid this tour and just go to Saint Peter’s by yourself. The Sistine chapel is so crowded it’s hard to look at anything. And then they warn you about pickpockets!
JENNY_W, Jul 2022
Overall the tour was exactly what we would expect . You saw what you paid for . And it was overall well organized. I did not like the fact that we had paid 220.00 for our tour tickets (which was as expected) but then we checked in at the tour agency, we were charged another 10.00 per person, equaling 40.00 on top of what we had already paid . We were not told we had to pay another fee. They only took cash and it seemed very sketchy to me . I feel that if this extra charge wasn’t a scam, we should of been told before hand.
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Dear Mrs Jenny Wells,
I am happy to know that you appreciated our service and the guided tour inside the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel. We work a lot to grant a good service and I'm glad to know that you appreciated it.
The extra payment required at the meeting point is clearly written online in the section titled "What's included / what's not included". You find this information before to book and it is written on your confirmation voucher as well, I'm sorry you didn't see it. We check your booking conditions at your arrival and we show you where you could find it.
I hope to meet you again in your next trip to Rome!
Joan_J, Sep 2023
Nuestra guía Silvia fue espectacular, dinámica, divertida, amante del arte. el tour fue lo indicado, 2 horas con amplia información sobre las obras de arte. Para mi familia fue una experiencia inolvidable. Gracias!
Carmen_C, Mar 2022
Ha sido una experiencia magnífica. Tan ameno incluso con niños. Impresionante la capilla Sixtina y como nos lo habían explicado tan tan bien . Raúl maravilloso
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