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

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Guided tour

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

Activity provider:Gray Line I Love Rome
4.3  / 510114 reviews
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From $58.79 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, 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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Meeting point may vary depending on the option booked.

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

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.3 /5

based on 10114 reviews

Review summary

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

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Anna – PortugalNovember 17, 2023 – Verified booking
O tour no geral foi bastante agradável. Deu para perceber um pouco melhor da história do Vaticano e das obras la presentes. Durou mais tempo que o previsto, perto de 3 horas e 30 minutos, uma vez que a guia também nos levou à Basílica de São Pedro, onde deu um pequeno contexto de algumas das estátuas mais emblemáticas da mesma. O único ponto negativo foi o áudio que no início não se ouvia muito bem, mas que ficou resolvido um pouco mais tarde quando a guia trocou o microfone de sítio.
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Mari – GermanyNovember 12, 2023 – Verified booking
I really enjoyed this tour of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, our guide was great and her explanations were enjoyable. The only problem I found is that there were too many people, I think they should lower the capacity a little because there are times when you can't see anything of the amount of people you have around you.
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Γιώργος – GreeceNovember 3, 2023 – Verified booking
It was really worth buying it compared to the hassle we would go through if we waited in lines. Apart from that the English guided tour we had, through the amazing Luizas, was awesome and we learned a lot of interesting things even though we had visited the Vatican museums before. The tour continued, again without waiting in queues and controls, to the Basilica and St. Peter's Square. It took about 3.5 hours and was fantastic. The headphones were perfect, we could hear everything. I highly recommend it. it could be slightly cheaper but seeing the queues for both the museums and the Sistine and St. Peter's, it was definitely worth the €54.
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