Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Tour: Skip-the-Line Access with Insightful Guide

Experience the wonders of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with a skip-the-line tour and insightful guide. Discover the treasures of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bernini on this immersive journey in Rome. Add an extra hour to visit the Basilica and make the most of your time!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vatican Museums - Appreciate the largest papal collection in the world. The “courtyard of the pine cone” and the “belvedere”, the “octagonal courtyard”, gallery of maps, gallery of candelabra, Raphael rooms and much more …
What's Included
  • Last Sunday of each month: Free entrance and reduced guided tour cost
  • ‘3 Hours Basilica included’ option extends the guided tour by 1 hour
  • Last Sunday of each month: Lower price with no skip-the-line option
  • Headphones provided for groups larger than 11
  • Skip-the-line ticket included
  • Guided tours available in your language
Additional Information

Enhance your Rome trip by exploring the treasures of the Vatican, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bernini on a captivating journey. This excursion lets you uncover the splendid works in the Vatican galleries and most importantly, the Sistine Chapel. Avail the guided tour of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel for an immersive Vatican city experience….

Location
Via Mocenigo, 2
Via Mocenigo
Enter in the office and show your reservation to the staff at the desk
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Adrian_p
May 2, 2024
Learning the history... - Learning the history about the Vatican and Sistine chapel from our guide Claudia who was very knowledgeable
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Joanne_s
Jun 27, 2023
Sunday Tour of the Vatican - Our guide Alessandro was very good! He had an amazing grasp for the history of the Vatican and each room/area we went through. It was extremely hot the day we toured. I felt extremely rushed. I was having some breathing problems and had a difficult time staying up with the group on our way to Vatican City. It was a good distance to walk. It was also very busy. If you’re doing the tour during summer months I would recommend going as early as you can. We later found out that the 4th Sunday of the month is free which is the day we toured.
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Sanaashaaban
Feb 11, 2023
Lovely rome - We had a great time visiting the Vatican with Roberta. She gave us all the explanations we needed, answered all of our questions and had amazing energy & good vibes.
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Iammanolo
Feb 11, 2023
The wonderful Vatican - Wonderful, it's alot of people inside the Vatican museums . But every thing was great.🥰 Thanks guys
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John_j
Jun 19, 2024
Never to be forgotten visit - The tour guide was fantastic, very knowledgeable and seemed to know how to skip the queues and take us to as many areas as possible. The one down side was at times it did feel a little rushed. There was so much to see and only a limited time to see it all whilst keeping up with the guide.
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Nigel_o
Jul 10, 2023
Crazy madness. - Sistine Chapel. Pity I was there with 1000 other people. Definite one off. Must have made plenty of profit on the tickets as the actual entrance fee was 17 euros. Guide was very good. Thought I would have seen the Raphael rooms, the school of Athens etc? Tour came to an abrupt halt when we handed over the ear pieces. Thought we were meeting up after the Sistine gallery? That appeared to be the end.
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Suzanne_l
Mar 26, 2023
Vatican City Let Down - Finding the tour meet point was not easy. Our group of four got sent to another tour operator who didn't seem to know what to do with us. I did appreciate that we were given 7-8 min in the Sistine Chapel. I'm disappointed that we didn't see more than 10% of the Museum (mostly statues) and any of the paintings. We didn't see the Pieta. I was annoyed at the confusion and argument the tour guides-organizers had about our participation, waiting 45 min (standing) for our tour to start, spending over 15 min looking at a maquette of Vatican City and over half an hour in front of panels of photos of the art work in the Sistine Chapel. The information shared by the tour guide was superficial at best and nothing I couldn't find on Google. I learned more about her personal taste in art, her daughter and husband's activities and how to eat and live like an "Italian" than the art work we were supposed to be looking at. The tour was overcrowded and as a short person, I often couldn't see anything because of the crowds.
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Karen_w
Aug 31, 2022
Claustrophobic and not worth time. - We were rushed through and herded like sheep. Wasn’t given time to take photos. The guide kept saying we needed to hurry as the Vatican was closing. The tour should have been organised for an earlier time then!!!
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David_d
May 8, 2023
Operator no showed. No contact to inform. Sies not open Sunday - Operator. Never showed up. Booked tour was not offered that day. No contact. Asked for refund. No answer
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Dawn_j
Sep 22, 2022
Very disappointing. Waste of time. - Not totally our guide’s fault, because she was probably doing what she was told to do, but we hardly saw anything in the museum because she talked about St. Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel paintings most of the time, and the museum was so crowded, it was impossible to see anything or stop and look at anything. Felt like a piece of cattle being shuffled thru the whole thing. Awful experience. Very disappointing.
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From $66
up to 10 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).