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Vatican: Museums & Sistine Chapel Entrance Ticket

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Vatican: Museums & Sistine Chapel Entrance Ticket

Distributor:GetYourGuide Tours & Tickets GmbH
4.5  / 587817 reviews
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See priceless works of art from the Papal collections in the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Marvel at masterpieces from antiquity to Michelangelo’s legendary frescoes.

About this ticket

Cancellation policy
This activity is non-refundable
Valid 1 day
Check availability to see starting times.
Skip the ticket line
Optional audio guide
English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, German, Chinese, Korean

Experience

Highlights
  • Explore one of the world's busiest museums by yourself at your preferred time
  • Marvel at Michelangelo's fresco "The Creation of Adam" in the Sistine Chapel
  • Enter the Vatican Museums through the GetYourGuide dedicated entrance
  • Pickup your audioguide at the dedicated GetYourGuide desk inside the Museums
  • Get a 20% discount at the Vatican Museums online shop
Full description
Take a stirring journey through art and religious history with skip-the-ticket-line entry to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Avoid the long ticket lines and then enjoy your visit at your own pace.  Wander through the Greek Cross Gallery to see elaborately-carved sarcophagi that might just contain the earthly remains of some of antiquity's famous kings and queens. Peek at the Cabinet of the Masks, or tour the Sala degli Animali to see a virtual menagerie of fantastic beasts, real and imagined. Walk the Upper Galleries, including the Gallery of Maps, to see how cartographers depicted the world through the ages. See masterpieces by Renaissance masters in the Raphael Rooms, and rest for a while in the Borgia Apartments. Then, it’s time to marvel at Michelangelo’s exquisite Sistine Chapel, the crown jewel of the Vatican, and perhaps even of all the world’s art treasures.
Includes
  • Skip-the-ticket-line entry to the Vatican Museums
  • Skip-the-ticket-line entry to the Sistine Chapel
  • Use of the dedicated GetYourGuide entrance
  • Access to Vatican Gardens (if option selected)
  • Audio guide in Vatican Museums (if option selected)
  • Audio guide in Sistine Chapel (if option selected)
  • 20% discount at Vatican Museums online shop
  • 10% discount at Caput Mundi Mall right close to Vatican Museums on all shops and restaurants by showing your GetYourGuide voucher
  • 45-minute bus tour (if option selected)
  • Guided tour
  • Ticket to St.Peter's Basilica (free of charge, but access is not guaranteed. It may vary due to crowd control)
  • Access to St. Peter's Basilica's dome
Not suitable for
  • Children under 6 years

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Meeting point

Go directly to the Vatican Museum entrance on Viale Vaticano. Use the preferred GetYourGuide entrance and show your ticket (paper and mobile voucher are accepted) to the security guards at the entrance, then scan your ticket at the box office CASSA ONLINE E GRUPPI after the security check.

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Important information

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card for children

Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • 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
  • Youth tickets are available for those between the ages of 6-18 (inclusive) with a valid ID card
  • St Peter’s Basilica and the Square may be closed in the morning due to Papal Audience
  • The opening hours are subject to change due to special events at the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St Peter's Basilica
  • Children under 6 years old go free of charge with a valid ID
  • Those with a disability and their carer or companion go free of charge with a certificate of disability, which you must present at the Special Permits and/or the Reception desk in the hall of the museum
  • The minibus tour is not available for children 6 years old or younger
  • June, July and August are particularly busy as they are high-season months
  • Caput Mundi Mall Via Urbano VIII, 16 right on the side of St.Peter's Basilica

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.5 /5

based on 87817 reviews

Review summary

  • Transportation
    4.5/5
  • Value for money
    4.2/5
  • Service
    4.4/5
  • Organization
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Christina – United StatesNovember 21, 2023 – Verified booking
Getting into the Vatican museum was easy. Collecting the audio guide was a snap. The printed map was a little difficult to follow - it would have been better to have an actual map of the museum instead of just a line, and the audio headset was temperamental.
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Adrian November 21, 2023 – Verified booking
A must see for art enthusiasts and the like. This ticket allowed us to skip a huge crowd and going through security was a breeze. The one thing no one tells you is that you have to scan this GYG voucher for an actual museum ticket. There's 5 self help machine to get this done for your in seconds (literally). The museum also has a staff member assisting you at the machine. It's a self guided trip so once you're in, just explore the rich history this museum has to offer. You need about 3-4 hrs to walk around (it's huge). And do yourself a big favour, wear comfortable shoes and comfortable clothing.
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GELEN – MaltaNovember 21, 2023 – Verified booking
Huge collection and therefore a long tour if you really want to see all the museums, which I recommend. Especially for the Sistine Chapel and the nearby rooms, the audio guide is descriptive and helps a lot to admire the works. It seems to me that a little more information is missing for the initial rooms. In my opinion, the visit takes at least half a day, although I would believe that the ideal would be one day to be able to take advantage of the tour, and have rest time.
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