Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Skip-the-Line Guided Group Tour and tickets
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See the magnificent highlights of Vatican City during this guided tour. The skip-the-line entrace to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel and our official professional guides will make your experience great and unique. Explore the Vatican Museums, one of the most extraordinary collections of art in the world. Pause in the Sistine Chapel for a marvelous view of Michelangelo's masterpiece.
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Discover the treasures hosted by one of the largest and most-visited museums of the world enriched by a huge number of masterpieces collected through time. Taking a spectacular big spiral staircase you will be introduced to the impressive greatness of the Vatican Museum. Admire the best of the ancient world visiting the Greek and Roman sculpture section. A collection of classical art masterpieces where admire the beauty of several sculpture groups, as for example the statue of Laocoön and His Sons that is one of the most famous ancient sculptures. Pass by the Chandelier Gallery, named by the several marble chandelier decorating this section. Be astonished by the elegant Tapestry gallery, wallpapered by the finest tapestry worldwide, realized by Raphael's disciples. Visit the Maps Gallery, a complete exhibition of maps representing Italy as it was seen by cartographer in 1581. Enjoy a spectacular panoramic view of the Vatican Garden and much more ...
Admire the major representatives of Italian art such as Leonardo, Perugino, Beato Angelico, and many more Towards the end of this tour you will visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece: The Last Judgement.
They are famous for their frescoes, painted by Raphael and his workshop. Together with Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, they are the grand fresco sequences that mark the High Renaissance in Rome.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Departure time may differ from 20/30 minutes that the indicated starting time
- A dress code is required to enter places of worship and the Vatican 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
- Student discount is only applied under 26 years old with International Student Card ISIC, to be shown on site
- Children discount is applied with a valid ID card to be shown on site
- Children age 0-5 years entre free of charge
- Not wheelchair accessible due to some difficulties in Sistine Chapel.
- Note: tour will not operate on religious holidays
- IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO VISIT THE BASILICA DURING RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS AND CEREMONIES (Audiences, Beatifications, Masses of the POPE). The Basilica is often subject to sudden closures. In these cases it is not possible to guarantee access to the Basilica.
- Estimated time entrance in the museum is 45 minutes after tour departure, because you will have to pass the security check.
- Not recommended for participants with mobility problems or other serious medical conditions
- PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED
- There is no refund on reservation fees and tickets of monuments that are closed due to event that is out of our control.
- In that instance we’ll try our best to re-accommodate the tour when the information from the office responsible of the sites visited is given in a timely manner for us to rearrange and inform all clients.
- If this is not possible, we will operate the tour and will include other sites to compensate for the site/s being closed. No refund is given on unused tickets due to events that are out of our control.
- Every refund request MUST be done within and not later than 48 hours from the day of the tour
Reviews(28)
David was a fantastic tour guide. He talked through all the highlights. Highly recommend.
Thank you for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear that you had a great experience visiting the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel with David. He is truly passionate about sharing the history, art, and highlights of these incredible sites, and we're glad his knowledge and enthusiasm made your tour enjoyable. Thank you for your recommendation, and we hope to welcome you again on another tour in Rome in the future! Best regards, The Tour in the City Team
The first tour I booked for Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel was canceled. I called Viator, and the rebooked me on the same tour for the same day but different time. I was told tour would be 3 hours. When we got to the tour (skip-the-line) the 4 people in my group we added to another group. The tour was supposed to start at 11 a.m., but we didn't actually start until 12:45 p.m. The tour lasted 1 hour. We lost about half of our group when we were getting ready to enter the Sistine Chapel. The tour guide didn't care, she just moved on. She left us in the Sistine Chapel and ended our tour there. She was not a very good guide. A lot of her descriptions had sexual innuendo, which I found to be unprofessional. I paid MORE for this tour than the one that was canceled. I didn't receive what the booking agent described and was very disappointed. It was a waste of money.
Dear Client, Thank you very much for taking the time to leave us your review. We are really deeply sorry to hear that you felt that the tour didn't live up to expectations. The tour did last 3 hours but just and during and after the tour, we did not receive any complaints from you or any other client. In particular, we are dismayed that you felt our guide wasn't giving the best possible service they could during your tour. We do our best to hire guides who are passionate and really ready to engage clients and bring the Vatican Museum to life. We are actually surprised to hear that the guided tour was unprofessional as we received much positive feedback from other clients. Our Tour Guide has been working with us for a long time now, he has always received 5-star comments and the customers who did the tour with him were extremely satisfied. We would like to thank you again for the feedback and we are sorry if the visit wasn't as you expected. Kind Regards Stefano D.
Just beautiful. I rarely got to say that. The guide as well as very prepared breathed an air of passion. He never looked at the clock and from about 2 hours the tour lasted 3h and 30min! I can only recommend it.
Excellent guide Elisa! She was very kind and improved our knowledge ! Bravo! I was impressed by the whole organization both of the tour and the Vatican City itself !!
Our guide was very informative and his history of the Vatican was very impressive! The tour took most of the day and he did not stop to even take a drink. The only thing i found is that we weren't given much time to take photos as the tour moved quite quickly as there is so much to see but it wasn't a problem as we walked back into the Vatican after the tour finished to take some photos.
Our tour was absolutely amazing. We got lucky and only had 4 people in our group. Our guide Massimo Lacobelli was the best! Great sense of humor and so passionate about his job. You could tell he genuinely loved giving tours and made the experience that much better. We booked a second tour with the same company because of how good Massimo and the organization was.
We visited the Vatican museums in 2018 without a guide.and had not gained much from this visit given the crowds and limitations of an audio guide Visiting Rome in 2019 , we renewed our visit but this time with a guide.There is no photo , despite a still large crowd , we were able to fully appreciate this visit thanks to the competence of our guide who took the time before introducing us to the visit and give essential information on the history of the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel
Itg may or may not be the fault of the tour company, but ALL of the group tours are sent through at the same time. There's no time to really stop and enjoy the museums because the guide keeps admonishing you to keep moving. We were told we would be taken through the Vatican gardens and we were not. We were told we would get a guided tour inside St. Peter's Basilica and we did not. Save your money...
Hello SteveParr, Thank you very much for taking the time to post a review. I was sorry to hear that the Vatican guided tour didn't meet up your expectations. My apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused to your trip to Rome. Please note that as we are in high season, the amount of visitors attending to the Vatican City are higher than winter season. Unfortunately, Tour in the city has no control over the crowds, as the Vatican museums set-up their own venue capacity. On the other hand, I was delighted to hear your kind words about the service which your tour guide provided you with. We'll pass on the message to them, as they will be delighted to hear such a nice feedback. At Tour in the city , we take client's feedback seriously, and once again, we appreciate yours comments, as they help us to keep improving the quality of our tours. We hope we are able to take you on tour in the near future. Best regards, Stefano, Tour in the city team.
Tour guide excellent - very informative. The only improvement suggested, would be a map to indicate clearly where the meeting point is.
We had a great time learning about the history of the Vatican, sistine chapel and st Peter's basilica. Our guide Laura (at about tours)was very knowledgeable and nice. We definitely recommend this tour guide to all. Her English was very. Thanks for a wonderful day Laura.