Skip the Line: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's

Skip the long lines to the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica

Tour in a small group that never exceeds 25 people

Hear expert commentary through complimentary headsets that make it easy to hear, even in busy and loud environments

Count on the services of an Enjoy Rome guide licensed by the Province of Rome

See all the most important sights of the Vatican City

Feast your eyes on the artwork of old masters, Michelangelo and Raphael

Explore the Pio Clementine Museum, Candelabra Gallery, Tapestry Gallery, Belvedere Courtyard, Pine Courtyard and more

Take a 3-hour tour of one of the holiest sites in Christendom on this guided walking tour of the Vatican Museums. This exceptional tour includes a comprehensive visit to the Sistine Chapel, tour of the Maps Gallery, Candelabra Gallery, Pio Clementino's Rooms, Tapestry Gallery, Belvedere Courtyard, Pine Courtyard and much, much more within the Vatican corridors.

One of the most interesting and beautiful sites in the world, your expert and fully-licensed guide will take you to some of its major attractions, as well as to some lesser known spots that other tourists often miss. You will receive a broad base for understanding the remarkable history, architecture, and politics of the Vatican.

The walking tour goes beyond the gold, pomp and stateliness, revealing a history full of dark tales of deceit and lust. Get a taste of it all as you uncover the nitty gritty and the high and mighty, the dirty politics and the ethereal beauty of this most remarkable of Renaissance creations. A world of discovery awaits you.

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• Rating: 5 “A guide is essential for this tour and your rep was perfect.”

  Reviewed by Kenneth from Bangor, United Kingdom on May 22nd, 2013 Your guide has knowledge that she passed on to us in a very acceptable way. She was very efficient at keeping us moving through the crowds and she has a no nonsense but friendly manner. We hope that she is well paid for her expertise & skills not to mention her education and experience.

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• Rating: 4 “impressive”

  Reviewed by a GetYourGuide Customer from paris, France on May 20th, 2013 very knowledgeable guide! great visit

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• Rating: 4 “Un excellent choix pour éviter l'attente”

  Reviewed by Vanina from Collonges sous salève, France on May 16th, 2013 Organisation efficace, guide agréable et disponible. Un bon choix sans aucun doute parmi toutes les propositions et offres de visites!

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• Rating: 5 “Amazing - but get "ship the line" tickets”

  Reviewed by Anda from Bucharest, Romania on May 14th, 2013 Definitely book online a tour to visit the Vatican museum, Sistine chapel and St. Peters basilica, the line to get in here is one mile long if you don't pre-book
  Stunning is the only word to describe the Museum and the most impressive art collections in the world.

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• Rating: 5 “If you don't book this tour, you will be queueing for hours...!”

  Reviewed by Roland from Adliswil, Switzerland on May 13th, 2013 This tour is really perfect to skip all the huge lines at the different venues at the vatican and to make a tour with a true expert.

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• Rating: 5 “Perfect organization.”

  Reviewed by Tanja from Roma, Italy on May 13th, 2013 All went well.

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• Rating: 5 “Great Tour!!”

  Reviewed by a GetYourGuide Customer from London, United Kingdom on May 13th, 2013 This tour was very well done and Scarlett is very knowledgeable and helpful!
  It was very long and busy! but that was expected for an afternoon tour.
  You should mention more clearly that the entrace tickets are NOT included on this ticket price and you will have to pay an extra 22 euro for that on top of the 30 euro ticket.
  overall, the tour was very well done and i loved it.

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• Rating: 4 “Very interesting and well worth the money.”

  Reviewed by a GetYourGuide Customer from Hamburg, Germany on May 9th, 2013 Friendly and well informed guide. We saw and learnt a lot. Thank you, we really enjoyed the tour.

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• Rating: 4 “It was ok, as we expected”

  Reviewed by Veronica from njurunda, Sweden on May 9th, 2013 It was an ok tour. The people where friendly since we forgot our voucher at the hotel. There where very many people these days at the Vatican and we where happy we could skip the line. The guide where very professional.

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• Rating: 5 “Excellent guide ( Scarlett) with incredible Knowledge of the artefacts”

  Reviewed by Gernot from Roma, Italy on May 4th, 2013 We enjoyed an unforgetable Journey through the history of the Vatican, its popes and all the artists like Michelangelo, Raffael And all the others contributing to this wonderful Place!
  On the other hand One aspect I have to criticise, is the visitors policy of the Vatican, as it was absolutely too crowded. But that's not an aspect your company or any tour guide is to be blamed for.

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• Rating: 4 “A good view across a big number of details in the museeums”

  Reviewed by Markus on April 28th, 2013 We got a good impression and many interesting details in the short time given.
  Looking at all the thins we saw and what could be seen aside, the three hours tour is only a short glance into it.
  For us the opportunity to bypass the queues was very good. The information we got on the tour was impressive. Of course not having had another tour it is difficult to say if it could be better or worse.
  During our tour we found that the cenral part of the St. Peter's dome and the grave area of the popes are closed. If this information should be available a bit earlier, especially if somebody wants to see one of these things explicitely.

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• Rating: 5 “Alfredo spoke brilliant English slowly,patient and highly informative”

  Reviewed by David from Nr. Newport, United Kingdom on April 25th, 2013 Life enhancing experience

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• Rating: 5 “wonderful guide, great service”

  Reviewed by Robert from Lawrenceville, United States on April 18th, 2013 Our guide was fantastic. Very crowded day but she handled it with grace and competence. Always felt she was in control. She added wonderful comments and always kept us informed on what was going on. She kept the group together and moving. Size of the group was perfect and the office staff were very helpful.

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• Rating: 5 “incredible”

  Reviewed by Angie from Churchville, United States on April 17th, 2013 Vatican tour, good pace excellent guide (Francesca) good value for money. We loved it

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• Rating: 5 “Angenehm”

  Reviewed by a GetYourGuide Customer from Mödling, Austria on April 15th, 2013 The Tour was nice. We went inside directly and fast. The guide was very professional and nice.

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• Rating: 5 “Very good”

  Reviewed by Moritz from Berlin, Germany on April 9th, 2013 Very good

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• Rating: 4 “Vatican Tour”

  Reviewed by Neika from APO, Germany on April 9th, 2013 The tour was very orgranized. It took me a while to find the place.

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• Rating: 5 “Tour is highly recommendable and super tour guide.”

  Reviewed by Milagros from Arlesheim, Switzerland on March 29th, 2013 Well worth getting a guide to see the Vatican highlights. Tour was well-organized, interesting and informative. Thumbs up to our guide Larisa.... thanks.

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• Rating: 4 “Easy to understand, interesting facts, friendly, well organised,”

  Reviewed by a GetYourGuide Customer from Düsseldorf, Germany on March 28th, 2013 It was an interesting tour, with a Good to follow Level of Information. (could have been Even more facts).
  Good also for our son, Age 9.

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• Rating: 4 “Excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and interesting. Good sized group.”

  Reviewed by a GetYourGuide Customer from Loudeac, France on March 11th, 2013 We enjoyed the tour very much, despite the pouring rain! Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable and the use of the ear pieces we were given was good as it meant we could always hear her despite the crowds. Only disappointment was that we didn't get to visit the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica which was our main reason for booking the tour. These areas were closed due to the imminent Papal elections. There was nothing that the tour operators or anyone else could do about this. Just one of those things but rather disappointing for those who had booked the tour on that date. Other than that, (and the bad weather) the tour was very enjoyable. The administrator/receptionist at the pick up point was very friendly and welcoming. Good organisation all round. Thanks very much.

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• Rating: 4 “A good tour”

  Reviewed by Michael from Watford, United Kingdom on March 9th, 2013 Went to all the places mentioned and the guide was very knowledgable , didn't hear much about the dark side of the Vatican but still a good trip

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• Rating: 5 “One of the most amazing tours we had”

  Reviewed by Lauren from Olathe, United States on February 27th, 2013 This tour was FANTASTIC! With the choas of the Pope's resignation, he'd decided to close St. Peter's at the last minute, but the tour agency was quick to provide an alternative to ensure the tour still was the same length and we got the bang for our buck we expected. The tour guide, Lara was superb! She had the most amazing amount of knowledge about the museum, the secret chambers we visited (instead of St. Peters) and the Sistine Chapel. Our tour even lasted a little longer than expected which was by no means a complaint on our part. The tour group was a great size, the radios worked well so we could hear her loud and clear. I would recommend a tour of this nature to everyone - you just can't read this much about the places we visited....

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