Guided tour

Rome: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and Basilica Tour

Activity provider: Brastours
Guided tour

Rome: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and Basilica Tour

Activity provider: Brastours
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Enjoy the Vatican Museums' immense art collection on this guided tour. Admire the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel and the masterpieces of St. Peter's Basilica, and uncover the history behind each turn.

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Duration 3 hours
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Skip the line through a separate entrance
Live tour guide
Italian, Spanish, French, English

Experience

Highlights
  • Visit the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica
  • Skip all the lines with priority entry to enjoy more time inside the sites
  • Enjoy a small-group tour and listen to historical stories from your guide
  • Explore the Vatican Galleries and the incredible Sistine Chapel
  • Admire the masterpieces of St. Peter's Basilica
Full description

Discover the Vatican Museums on this guided tour with skip-the-line guaranteed. Visit St. Peter's Basilica and marvel at the works of Michelangelo and Bernini.

Begin your guided walking tour at the Vatican Museums, with their immense collection built by the Popes throughout the centuries, and discover one of the world's most remarkable art collections.

See the Pio Clementino Hall, the Laocoon and Apollo Belvedere. Marvel at works by ancient cartographers in the Gallery of Maps and wander the Candelabra Gallery and the Gallery of Tapestries to see Flemish works by pupils of Raphael. Go inside the Sistine Chapel to see Michelangelo's legendary frescoes.

From the Museum, exit directly into St. Peter's Basilica, the most important Christian church in the world, where you will admire, among others, Michelangelo's masterpiece the Pietà and the impressive Baldachin Altar by Bernini.

The tour ends in St. Peter's Square, dominated by Michelangelo's imposing Cupola and surrounded by the famous Bernini's double Colonnade.   

Includes
  • Licensed Guide
  • Skip-the-line entry to the Vatican Museums
  • Skip-the-line entry to the Sistine Chapel
  • Skip-the-line entry to St. Peter's Basilica
  • Sistine Chapel illustrated factsheet
  • Official Vatican headsets
  • Wi-Fi and charging station at the meeting point
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Not suitable for
  • People with mobility impairments
  • Wheelchair users

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Meeting point

Meet at the Brastours office.

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Important information

What to bring

  • Long-sleeved shirt
  • Passport or ID card for children
  • Long pants

Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • Weapons or sharp objects
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Short skirts
  • Pets (assistance dogs allowed)
  • Mobility scooters
  • Sleeveless shirts

Know before you go

  • Should St. Peter’s Basilica be closed or not accessible within the scheduled time, the tour will include Raphael's Rooms or the explanation of the Basilica from the outside.
  • Please respect the dress code and keep your knees and shoulders covered during your visit. Low-cut or sleeveless dresses, short skirts, shorts, and hats are not allowed.
  • No refunds will be issued to customers who are late and miss the tour.
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.6 /5

based on 1479 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.7/5
  • Transportation
    4.6/5
  • Value for money
    4.4/5
  • Safety
    5/5

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Great tour! Our guide Adriano was awesome, all information was provided in interesting way. It’s good to see a guide with such passion to his job. Also skip the line is very cool feature which saves tons of time. At the end you can spend more time in Basilica if you want, Adriano provided us a tips what we can do next. I really recommend this tour and host.

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March 10, 2023

Ilaria is a wonderful guide and provided information about the history of Vatican, Sistine Chapel and Basilica. She pays attention to the needs of the group. I had a skip-the-line ticket and although it was incredibly busy, we made it through security in no time. The agency (Brasus) is really close to the entrance of the Vatican and they were right on schedule. If you want to climb the Dome at the Basilica you can pay there (8€ to climb all 551 steps, or 10€ to take the lift for half the distance) - the ticket office is on the right when you exit the Papal Tombs( which are free to visit from the church). Would definitely recommend this tour! Next time I’ll book a ticket for the Gardens as well

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February 28, 2023

This was an amazing tour lead by an extremely knowledgeable and passionate guide. It was wonderful to see the treasures in the Vatican museums, the Sistene chapel and the beautiful St Peter’s basilica. The guide provided background on Ancient Rome and history on popes and the artists. It was wonderful to skip lines and gain to access to everywhere extreamly quickly, would 100% recommend.

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January 29, 2023

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