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Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel Tour and Basilica Access
Vatican Museums - Small Group Tour
Galleries of the Maps
Vatican Museums - Small Group Tour
Vatican Museums - Small Group Tour

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel Tour and Basilica Access

By VIVICOS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SRL
8 out of 10
Price is $132 per adult
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Features
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel tour with an expert friendly guide in a small group.
Take advantage of your skip-the-line tickets and maximize your time inside this magnificent Vatican Museums. Your guide will lead you through the amazing galleries housing one of the most important art collections of the world. Art and history will be brought back to life and you will learn many stories & anecdotes through the headsets so you do not miss any words of the hidden artworks.
During your tour you will discover the Galleries of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra and the masterpiece of Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel. At the end of your tour, enter the Basilica with our skip the line access (if option selected).
You will learn about the Renaissance painters: Michelangelo & Raphael and their rivalry throughout their lives.

Note: we do not give access to the Basilica on closing days set by the Vatican.

Activity location

  • Vatican Museums
    • Viale Vaticano
    • 00120, Vatican City, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Via Vespasiano, 28
    • 28 Via Vespasiano
    • 00192, Roma, Lazio, Italy

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German tour without Basilica
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • German

Non ha accesso alla Basilica
Duration: 2 hours

Language options: German
Price details
$286.30 x 1 Adult$286.30
Total
Price is $286.30
French Tour without Basilica
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • French

Non ha accesso alla Basilica
Duration: 2 hours

Language options: French
Price details
$286.30 x 1 Adult$286.30
Total
Price is $286.30
French tour & Basilica Access
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • French

Accesso alla Basilica S.Pietro
Duration: 3 hours

Language options: French
Price details
$286.30 x 1 Adult$286.30
Total
Price is $286.30
Italian tour without Basilica
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • Italian

Non ha accesso alla Basilica
Duration: 2 hours

Language options: Italian
Price details
$286.30 x 1 Adult$286.30
Total
Price is $286.30
Spanish Tour without Basilica
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • Spanish

Non ha accesso alla Basilica
Duration: 2 hours

Language options: Spanish
Price details
$286.30 x 1 Adult$286.30
Total
Price is $286.30
Spanish tour & Basilica Access
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • Spanish

Accesso alla Basilica S.Pietro
Duration: 3 hours

Language options: Spanish
Starting time: 11:45am
Price details
$286.30 x 1 Adult$286.30
Total
Price is $286.30

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHeadsets
  • What's includedWhat's includedSkip the line-Basilica ENTRY ONLY(if option selected, no for option TICKET ONLY)
  • What's includedWhat's includedFree Wifi available at the meeting point
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide for 2.5 hours (IF OPTION SELECTED)
  • What's includedWhat's includedStaff available to assist you at the meeting point
  • What's includedWhat's includedSkip the line Entry - Vatican Museums
  • What's includedWhat's includedSkip the line entry - Sistine Chapel
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Notice of Temporary Closure of the Sistine Chapel We wish to inform our esteemed visitors that the Sistine Chapel will be closed to the public from April 28th until the election of the new Pope. During this period, in order to ensure a meaningful and enriching experience, alternative sections of the Vatican Museums will be made available to visitors. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation during this significant time for the Church.
  • A current valid ID document is mandatory on the day of the tour
  • Please show up 10 minutes before the tour to do the check in.
  • Please note that due to security or ticket availability situations, there might be a slight change in scheduling and when this happens you will be notified.
  • Please note that, for disabled visitors with certified invalidity of more than 74%, the Vatican Museums offers free entry that is extended to a companion for visitors who are not self-sufficient. To benefit from this, make sure you mention it at the time of booking so that our staff may handle your request.
  • PLEASE NOTE: We are not responsable if St Peter's Basilica is closed for religious functions or for the decision of the Pope.
  • Please note: by purchasing this tour you accept our Terms and Conditions and you are aware that not refund it will be given in case of not attending the tour or if you arrive late for the tour. Please note that in the afternoon the door connecting the Basilica and the Vatican Museum is closed and you are aware that by purchasing this tour you will not have the skip the line passage for St. Peter’s Basilica. You can go to the Basilica on your own entering from the main square.
  • Please note that during Easter and Christmas time the fast access to the Basilica can't be guaranteed because St. Peter's may be closed due to religious functions
  • Please note that the Vatican Museums are very strict with entrance times. Latecomers cannot be guaranteed entry, and no refund will be provided if you arrive late or do not attend the tour.
  • Please note that during the Jubilee year the Basilica of Saint Peter may observe different unexpected closures.
  • 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.

Activity itinerary

Vatican City (Pass by)
The Vatican City State, also known simply as the Vatican, became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty (1929), and it is a distinct territory under "full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction" of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state's temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence.With an area of 49 hectares and a population of about 825,it is the smallest state in the world by both area and population.
Vatican Museums
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Vatican Galleries including the one of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra. Pine Court courtyard, Pio Clementine Museum, Apollo of Belvedere, Laocoon, Nero's bathtub, Room of Muses.
Sistine Chapel
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
Frescoes of Michelangelo

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESVatican Museums
    • Viale Vaticano
    • 00120, Vatican City, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEVia Vespasiano, 28
    • 28 Via Vespasiano
    • 00192, Roma, Lazio, Italy

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