Skip the Line Tour: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
Description
Enjoy a morning or afternoon of Vatican splendor on a 2-hours skip-the-line tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica. Explore the Gallery of Maps, Gallery of the Tapestries and Giuseppe Momo’s spiral staircase, and admire iconic Michelangelo frescoes inside the Sistine Chapel.
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the Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace the official residence of the Pope, in Vatican city, regarded as Michelangelo's masterpiece the Sistine Chapel is one of the most important attraction in the world.
Vatican Museums are one of the most popular attractions in Rome, it was established by pope Julius II during the sixteenth century.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- By pre-booking this tour it enables you to skip the long lines (which can take up to two hours) to enter the Vatican Museums.
- Visitors must pass through metal detectors at the security check point. Please expect to wait 20-30 minutes to clear security.
- A dress code is required to enter the Vatican Museums and knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. This dress code is strictly enforced and you will be refused entry if you fail to comply with requirements
- Do you cater to wheelchair users? Do you or the Vatican provide wheelchairs? This tour is NOT wheelchair accessible. For your information, Vatican Museums provide wheelchairs free of charge in the main lobby. You can easily pick one up after entrance, before starting your own independent visit. If you are looking for a guided tour with wheelchair access, we recommend booking our private tours so a guide can lead you through the alternate routes.
- This tour is not recommended for people with walking difficulties
- Please note: If St Peter's Basilica cannot be visited because it is closed, you will spend more time in the Vatican Museums
- "Due to the Jubilee, some monuments may be under restoration. Please pay attention to any messages we may send regarding potential changes
Reviews(1,075)
Such a great experience! We could not imagine having to wait in line, it was very crowded and this allowed us to see everything efficiently. Our tour guide Max was great, he was very knowledgeable and led the group perfectly.
Everything was so beautiful. Our tour guide was going extremely fast though and would stop in the most busiest areas. We did the English tour and our guide had a very heavy accent and it was hard to understand .
We had an outstanding guide for this excursion. Seeing the sistine chapel and the vatican and st peters basilica was amazing.
This was a great tour that saved a lot of time waiting in lines. Ricardo was very knowledgeable and great at dodging the crowds. We learned a lot and were able to appreciate the museum more than going on our own. I would warn you that there is a lot of walking and standing on this tour and no time for breaks. Be prepared with water!
So rushed, with a guide who spoke so quickly that I was sorry I bothered with a tour. Didn’t get one minute to appreciate what we were there to see
Dear Kind all The visit includes important masterpieces to see and explain, so the guide can't stop the group for a long time, Thank you for your review Kind regards
Our guide was impressive! I couldn't believe how much information she knew. I was a little surprised by the amount of people squeezed into the Museum, and even though we had a skip the line group, it was a lot of waiting. It's warm inside, so I think i would go in late fall or early spring if I was to do it again!
Our tour guide had so much helpful information about the Vatican. The history behind the art work was fascinating. He pointed out so many things we would have never noticed.
The knowledge of the guide and the fantastic displays of creativity were unsurpassed. The masters created without the aid of modern technology and tools - truly unbelievable!
Dear Kind customer, we are always happy to render a satisfactory service, thank you for your so positive and useful review, kind regards
A must see in Vatican Treasures, Sistine Chapel trip. Our guide was fine. Skip the line is also a must
Dear Kind customer Thank you for your positive feedback! we are happy of your satisfaction. Kind regards
DO NOT BOOK HERE. It’s a third party service. We booked a tour for 10am, showed up at 9:50 and they said we needed to wait 10 minutes for our guide. At 10:30 they took us to another place called “Rome Tours” where we got tickets. Then waited until 11:30 for a guide to show up. Save yourself a hassle and DO NOT BOOK HERE. Just book directly with Rome Tours or another agency that does just pass you down the chain.
