3 h

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About this activity

With this tickets-only service you will get a privileged access to the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel avoiding the long queues. Free Vatican Museum map available at the museum to help you select your preferred itinerary choosing among different routes. Spend some time on the off-beaten path galleries such as the Pinacoteca famous for the paintings it contains or head towards the Egyptian museum if you are interested in the Egyptian culture as once the Roman emperors were. In alternative, you can visit the most popular sites including the Belvedere courtyard, the Greek cross Room, the Gallery of the maps frescoed by the end of the 16th century, the gallery of the Tapestries and Raphael’s rooms, to admire the technique of the Renaissance artist. At the end of the Vatican museum you will explore the Sistine Chapel, famous for the best views of the legendary frescoes by Michelangelo and Florentine masters. Your skip -the line - ticket will allow you to stay inside the Vatican Museums until they close, at 6 pm.

If you prefer to upgrade to a guided group tour and explore the Vatican with one of our expert guides, select the tour option when booking and you will have a great experience visiting the highlights of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine chapel and the St’ Peter’s Basilica. This 3-hour group tour will impress you with the details about each gallery and you will learn more about the history of the Vatican and the popes who contributed to collect rare masterpieces.

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Included

Guided tour (only if the tour option is selected)

Not included

Entrance to the dome
Hotel pickup and drop off
Food and drinks
Gratuities

Additional

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Please note: Raphael Rooms are available only for the first morning tour (if the tour option has been selected)
On Wednesdays departure there is the possibility that you will be unable to include St Peter’s Basilica. This is due to the weekly Papal Audience during which access to St. Peter’s Basilica could be closed. As an alternative you will be offered an extended itinerary within the Vatican Museums, which still includes the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael’s Rooms. It is important that you come to the meeting point at least 15 minutes prior to departure time. We are unable to accommodate other entrance times. Anyone who arrives late cannot be accommodated. We cannot predict when individual museums will be crowded. In general, long lines are common at major attractions in summer, on most weekends and during peak travel periods throughout the year (Christmas, Easter and local holidays). Our skip the line tickets enable you to skip the line indeed if there is one. Unfortunately there is no way to foresee which days and times will produce lines and which will not. On rare occasions Saint Peter’s Basilica closes without notice. When this happens, we will spend 3 hours touring the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel. The tour guides aim to notify the guests if St. Peter’s Basilica unexpectedly closes upon commencement of the tour. It is beyond our control therefore no refunds or discounts will be issued.
Please be informed that the Vatican Museums provide wheelchair free of charge in the main lobby. You can easily pick one up upon entering, before starting your own independent visit.
If you are looking for a tour with wheelchair access you can choose our private wheelchair accessible tour so our guide can lead you through an alternate route.
Please note also that - the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica maintains a strict dress code year-round. All visitors must have their shoulders covered and pants/skirts must come to the knee. Please wear comfortable shoes.
Backpacks, tripods and big umbrellas must be left inside the cloakroom upon entering Vatican Museum. To reduce any disruption for your group, we recommend that backpacks are not taken on this tour.
Near public transportation
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
meeting point - Via Vespasiano 46b
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers

Features

Tourism

70%

Cultural

70%

Original

30%

Reviews

3.6

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Kathy S

2 | 2019-09-30

This was a very disappointing experience for the Sistine Chapel. It was extremely hot and so crowded you could not even see the floor as you were shoulder to shoulder with about 500 people packed into the chapel. And I went at 9am. I could hardly look up to see the ceiling. Our tour guide, Alfredo, had a red umbrella that he held up to keep us together. Well there was another guide in the chapel with a red umbrella and I lost my group but I was able to catch up later. The tour of St. Peter's was very good and I enjoyed that very much.

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Damon H

5 | 2019-07-03

Highly recommend, what a fabulous place and the skip the line tickets tickets where a great way to do it

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Georgina P

1 | 2019-04-26

It isn’t made clear enough that there is a meeting point for this tour even if you’re just getting an entry ticket!! Was late for the meeting point as I didn’t know and then couldn’t go in and wasted a lot of money!!!

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