Discover the Vatican Museums and the wonders of the Sistine Chapel accompanied by an expert and professional guide who will follow you throughout the journey, commenting on the main works of the exhibition itinerary. The tour Includes tickets with skip-the-line reservations
Explore the myriad of paintings, sculptures and tapestries that museums have to offer. Your expert guide will then lead you to the Sistine Chapel. Enjoy Da Vinci's illustrious and renowned ceiling frescoes as your guide enlightens you on his all-important story.
You will visit the Cortile della Pigna, the Cortile del Belvedere, the Gallery of Geographical Maps, the Gallery of the Candelabra, the Pio-Clementino Museum, the Gallery of Tapestries, the Raphael Rooms (only on early morning tours) and the Sistine Chapel.
Afterwards, your expert guide will lead you to discover the main attractions and some lesser-known points that often escape the eyes of visitors. See other galleries of the Vatican corridors as well.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Expert local guide
✔ Entrance - Sistine Chapel
✔ Entrance - Vatican Museums
✔ Online support at the time of boarding the tour
✔ Online Consultant who will send you boarding information
✔ Skip-the-line to enter the Vatican Museums
✖ Round-trip hotel transfers
✖ Food and beverages
✖ Tips
Departure & Return
Departure:
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When you will arrive, please enter in the office
Itinerary
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Vatican Museums
Vatican Museums: The plural is used, because there are: an Art Gallery, an Egyptian and an Etruscan Museum, the Contemporary Art Museum, the Museums of Classical and Grego-Roman Antiquities, the Philatelic and Numismatic Museum and the Ethnological Museum; then there are the Gallery of Tapestries and that of Geographical Maps and the majestic Sistine Chapel. Our guides, all with Vatican accreditation, will be able to accompany you through the absolute masterpieces and precious collections of the Vatican Museums, making you discover important details, which you surely would not have even noticed.
Duration: 1.4166666666667 hours
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Sistine Chapel
The visit will continue in the splendid Sistine Chapel, where you will learn everything about the history of Michelangelo's magnificent masterpiece, but also interesting anecdotes, such as for example that of the self-portrait without bones, which the artist painted precisely to underline that he would have preferred to be skinned alive rather than repaint the Sistine Chapel.
Duration: 1.4166666666667 hours
Additional info
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• If the chosen time is not available, you will be transferred to another time on the same day. These changes do not depend on us. Therefore, when making the reservation you are aware of this possibility, we will not accept subsequent complaints or refund requests. Example: If you choose the 9:30 am time slot and the Vatican ticket office closes at that time, you will be transferred to the first available time slot, 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 2 pm or 5 pm.
• Important notice for last minute bookings (same day or overnight): in case of lack of spaces, the customer will be accommodated the day following the booked date.
• This tour is shared.
• It is advisable not to book more than one tour on the same day, with schedules close together.
• Skip the included queue, it means you will be in the fast queue, not that there will be no one in front of you.
• You will receive a confirmation at the time of booking.
• The youth rate is applicable to students and children: identification document with photo proving age is required.
• Entry to places of worship and some museums requires appropriate clothing. No shorts or sleeveless shirts are allowed, Knees and shoulders MUST be covered.
