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Skip the Line Vatican Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica | 3 hours

128 Reviews | Rome
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Duration: 3 hours: Guided Tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with Entry Ticket to St. Peter's Basilica

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Skip-the-line access to St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Access tickets to the Vatican Museums
  • Guaranteed to skip the long lines
  • Tours are monolingual in English to ensure the highest quality of service
  • Guided Tour of the Entire Vatican Museums Complex
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities

Overview

Take a trip into the Capital of the Catholic World and discover the history, the mistery and the masterpieces of this little powerful town-state set in the center of Rome. A special, well thought and organized VIP tour will lead you behind the doors of Catholicism in the most exclusive way, giving you the chance of a journey made of mesmerizing history, breathtaking masterpieces and mysticism led by our expert in art and religion. Choose the option better fit to you: Early entrance to be among the first visitors and avoid the crowd. Small group (Monolingual English) for maximum of 20 people departing later in the morning or early afternoon. Evry option you'll take, our tour is a truly special experience: a visit to remember.

Meeting points

Meet your tour leader at Viale Vaticano 100, on top of the stairs next to Caffè Vaticano. The guide will show a white logo sign of "Towns of Italy". Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time.

End point

Itinerary

  • Vatican Museums

    Being the burial place of St Peter Rome, the Vatican has always been considered a holy city – a second Jerusalem, but besides that its museum is a chest of countless masterpieces: the astonishing gallery of statues, the fascinating gallery of maps, the gallery of tapestries and the Raphaels rooms. During your visit to the Vatican Museums you will have the opportunity to learn about the great artists who helped embellish one of the most fascinating sovereign states in the world.

    2 hours

  • Sistine Chapel

    Than prepare yourselves for a Stendhal syndrome effect as you enter the Sistine chapel and lift your head up to the the most-probably most-famous and most-admired ceiling in the world and immerse yourselves into the “last judgment”, the seemingly never-ending fresco magnificently adorned by Michelangelo’s life-like, potent figures of Adam, God and Saints, and try to spot the artist’s self portrait on the torso of Saint Peter! Here the conclaves of cardinals have come together periodically, throughout the centuries, to elect a new pope, and Pope John Paul II called it the “Holy Spirit’s place of action”.

    30 minutes

  • St. Peter's Basilica

    Such a journey can be accomplished only after another special final visit: the inside of St. Peter’s basilica: admire the incredible mosaics, Michelangelo’s Pietà, and Bernini’s Baldachin in all of their glory, close your eyes and take a deep breath: you are in the center of the most powerful religious power of history, surrounded by masterpiece.

    30 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
  • Big bags and liquid bottles will not be allowed inside the museums
  • Please let us know in advance any special need or impaired mobility
  • PLEASE NOTE: in order to purchase the Vatican Museums tickets, we kindly need to receive in advance the names of all participants (accordingly to the ID card).
  • Due to exceptional religious events, St. Peter's Basilica might be closed without any notice
  • Entry to the Vatican Museums is based on strictly timed tickets. For this reason, late arrivals cannot be guaranteed access
  • Kindly take note: St. Peter's Basilica will not be accessible for visits on Wednesday. The tour will solely encompass the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
  • Starting in 2025, there will no longer be a guided tour only of St. Peter's Basilica, but entry will still be included in the ticket price
  • Due to the Jubilee, some monuments may be under restoration. Please pay attention to any messages we may send regarding potential changes.

Free Cancellation

December 12100% refund
December 13No refund

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  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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128 reviews

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  • 2 stars
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Our tour guide, Kate, was...

Published on Jan, 2025

Our tour guide, Kate, was fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. She gave a lot of details, while still keeping us moving. If you want to get in and out of the Vatican in a few hours and see the highlights I would highly recommend this tour. However, if you really want to see as much of the Vatican museum as possible, you may want to consider a different tour as you skip a lot. But most people don’t want to spend 8 hours in a museum. Given a 3-hour time slot, Kate covered all the right things.

Don’t miss this in Rome

Published on Oct, 2024

Great tour with so much information & history packed in! Mellisa was an amazing guide with more information to share than time! Would recommend!

Vatican tour

Published on Oct, 2024

Went with 3 friends on this amazing tour. Everything went very smoothly, from meeting in the exact place described to the extremely friendly and knowledgeable tour guide ( try and get Milica if you can - she was really good). Milica explained that there was no way we could see everything in one afternoon but that she would do her best to give us as much information as she could. It's very, very busy all throughout, and inevitably, it felt a little rushed. The tour lasted just under 4 hours, and afterwards, we were free to explore on our own. To skip the main queue was worth the price alone! Highly recommended!

Great tour guide. A must for first timers.

Published on Oct, 2024

Our guide, Roberta, was very learned and provided great insights re the Vatican. Recommended for first timers.

Informed

Published on Oct, 2024

Tour guide was professional, courteous, and knowledgeable. Would definitely recommend. I learned things about Michelangelo that I didn’t know that were very interesting.

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