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Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel tour + skip the line ticket

Rome, Italy
  • 2 to 3 hours (approx.)
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Home to works by some of the world's all-time greats, including Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci, the Vatican Museums could take weeks to explore. Skip the stress—and the lines—of wandering the echoing halls alone when you book this group tour with a guide to whisk you straight to the highlights, including Michelangelo's "Last Judgment."
  • Upgrade your tour to include a guided visit to St. Peter's Basilica
  • Learn far more than you would exploring independently
  • Choice of four languages to suit your preferences
  • Save time with handy skip-the-line entry

What's Included

  • guided service
  • licensed guide speaking your language
  • skip the line ticket
  • headsets for group of more than 11 people
  • "english 3 hours" includes 1 additional hour of guided tour to the Basilica
  • on last sunday the price is lower, the ticket is free and the line cannot be skipped

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Via Mocenigo, 2, 00192 Roma RM, Italy

    Go in via mocenigo 2. Enter inside the office. Show your reservation to the staff you find at the desk

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Ticket Redemption Point

Via Mocenigo, 2, 00192 Roma RM, Italy

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
  • 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
  • Dress code requires to cover knees and shoulders
  • It’s required to show ani d document for children at the entrance
  • It is confirmed the prohibition of bringing bottles and glasses containers, alcholic beverages and aerosols, backpacks, camping, bulky bags and luggage / trolley.
  • 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

3.8
based on 21 reviews
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One of the best tours and...

Annamaria_S, May 2025
One of the best tours and our guide was so great and very knowledgeable! Great explanation of the history of the Vatican!

Beautiful but energy draining.

MamieJ_W, Sep 2024
This tour is packed full of history and both the Vatican and Sistine Chapel were absolutely beautiful. The painting and sculptures were breathtaking. However we were totally unprepared for the amount of stairs and walking that it required to get through the museum. There is also a point of no return, once you start it you have to finish.

Too many people too rushed

Richard_O, Oct 2023
Whilst the tour guide Rudi was great the whole thing is too rushed and just way too many people in the place. You really feel like cattle being moved around and it really makes the experience disappointing

Breathtaking experience

Laura_G, Oct 2023
The place is breathtaking! The Vatican museums and chapel sixtine wonderful. The guide was very nice . The only issue is that it was hard to hear through the head phone set , which are provided by the Vatican so is more on their side to check that.

A blur.

JAMES_G, Sep 2023
Tour guide spent too much time telling us stories about the history of how the Vatican became to be and once inside he was going quite too fast. We also didn’t get to see the front of the Vatican. My wife and I are thinking of doing it all over again, but on our own.

EXCELLENT PLACE TO STAY

David_W, Sep 2023
great to skip the line and see this amazing place well worth paying the little extra cost especially in the hot humid weather

Terrible and awful tour and guide

Kateryna_K, Sep 2023
It was a terrible tour. First of all, I note that the guide does not speak English at all - the story is just a set of words, from which it is very difficult to catch any essence, since the pronunciation is so ear-splitting that the meaning of the words is simply lost. In general, it's just buying up tickets and then reselling them four times more expensive under the sauce of a guided tour. If you, like us, buy tickets at the last minute, just arrange to go on your own or take an audio guide, because he at least speaks English

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