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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  / 5
79830 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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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
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Beautiful museum. It was difficult to find the entrance because google maps took us the wrong way. The crowds were overwhelming, which we felt took away from the experience a bit when your sandwiched in like sardines and can’t move around freely to take everything in to appreciate it. Also it was impossible to exit early without completing the full museum.

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September 24, 2023

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We enjoyed this Museum experience so much! It was quite a lot of art and history to get through but listened to an audio tour (not included in the ticket). I wish the ticket also included St. Peter’s Basilica, but overall we had no issues with the experience.

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September 23, 2023

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Kylene – United StatesVerified booking

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Glad we bought this! There was a long queue when we arrived - around 1pm and it was scorching hot outside. No hassle at all. Security scanned our QR code, then we are in. Once inside, you will have to go to reception and get a printed ticket, using QR code you got when you booked this. Afterwards, there is a designated place to get the 'phone radio' for audio guide, very easy to use. Bring plenty of water because the museum is massive!

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