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Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Skip-the-Ticket-Line Tour

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Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Skip-the-Ticket-Line Tour

Activity provider:Gray Line I Love Rome
4.3  / 5
9575 reviews
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From US$ 57.54 per person

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Take a guided tour of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. Enter through an exclusive privileged entry for Vatican Museums partners.

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Duration 2.5 - 3 hours
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Skip the line through a separate entrance
Save up to 2-3 hours
Live tour guide
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese

Experience

Highlights
  • Be guided by a professional through Papal treasures of the Vatican Museums with entry through a privileged door
  • Join a group of 30 people maximum
  • Learn about the Sistine Chapel and admire it's 'Creation of Adam'
  • See the Raphael Rooms and learn about the School of Athens
Full description

Take a 3-hour guided tour of the holiest site in Christendom on a guided walking tour of the Vatican Museums including a comprehensive visit to the Sistine Chapel. With exclusive skip-the-ticket-line access through the Vatican Museums partners' entrance, save the long wait in the lines that usually form outside one of the world’s most popular attractions. Considered one of the most important places in the history of human civilization, start your tour at the museum to see the important collections of art that various popes have acquired throughout the centuries. Look out for renowned sculptures and masterpieces of Renaissance art. Feel the weight of history and get a sense of the sacred as you spy paintings by Raphael, Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio and Michelangelo, including his masterwork in the Sistine Chapel.

Includes
  • Vatican Museums entrance ticket
  • Priority entrance for the Sistine Chapel
  • Group guided tour
  • Exclusive partner entrance access
  • Official Vatican Museum headset
  • Visit to Raphael Rooms
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Tombs of the Popes
Not suitable for
  • Wheelchair users

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Important information

Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • Hats
  • Baby strollers
  • Short skirts
  • Sleeveless shirts

Know before you go

  • All visitors must pass through airport-style security. During high season, the wait at security may be up to 30 minutes
  • Keep in mind that the Vatican Museum is the third-most visited museum in the world and may be crowded
  • In high season, the time allowed inside the Sistine Chapel could be limited by the Vatican Museums security staff
  • This tour visits religious sites, and there is a dress code to be observed. Visitors must be dressed appropriately: no sleeveless blouses, no miniskirts, no shorts and no hats are allowed
  • No umbrellas, trolleys, baby strollers, large bags, or tripods will be allowed into the Museums
  • Please keep in mind that a short walk (500 meters) is needed from the meeting point to the Museums Entrance
  • Please be on time, as latecomers cannot be accommodated
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4.3 /5

based on 9575 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.5/5
  • Transportation
    4.5/5
  • Service
    4.2/5
  • Organization
    4.1/5

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Our actual guide was a great guy! Very informative and nice. But in the meeting location, there were many scammers trying to sell drapery for the women to cover their shoulders. They were very pushy and kept saying "ask your guide, they will tell you you need these" almost as if the tour group was in on it. When we asked our guide coordinator just to be sure, they told us yes, we needed to purchase those... when we got to the vatican literally no one was covered up and no one said a word. I find it very upsetting and unsettling that the tour guide misled us into thinking we needed to purchase silly shawls, when my gut knew it was a scam.

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September 18, 2023

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Mackenzie – United StatesVerified booking

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Roberta was an amazing guide! She is very knowledgeable about the art and history of the Vatican and has a great sense of humour. Roberta was able to keep our large group together throughout our tour which was during a very busy day at the Vatican. The main points of the Vatican were covered and suggestions were provided for how to further explore the Vatican after the tour ended. I highly recommend this tour.

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August 30, 2023

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Laura – CanadaVerified booking

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The tour guide was excellent, she was funny and incredibly knowledgeable, probably our best tour guide during our trip to Rome. But the tour was too short, I wish it were a little longer- 2 hours is not enough time to explain the most important parts of the museum.

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August 27, 2023

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