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Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel: Skip-The-Line Entry Ticket

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Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel: Saints Tour has prepared for you a unique and unforgettable experience. The present service includes a privileged entrance to the Vatican Museums.

  • Free cancellation
    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
  • Instant confirmation & Mobile tickets
    Receive your ticket right away. Use your phone or print your voucher.
  • Skip the line
    Get priority entry.
  • Duration
    3 hours
  • Includes
    • Skip the Line Entrance
Highlights & Description

Highlights

  • Skip The Line Entrance to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
  • You can stay inside the museums till the closing time
  • Admire the beautiful masterpiece of Michelangelo Buonarroti

Description

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel: Saints Tour has prepared for you a unique and unforgettable experience. The present service includes a privileged entrance to the Vatican Museums.
In a relaxed and informal atmosphere, your guide will tell you stories and curiosities that will help
you to understand the historical, artistic and cultural context that has molded the masterpieces hosted in the Hall of the Muses, in the Pio-Clementine Museum, in the Gallery of Maps, in the Gallery of Tapestries, in the Raphael Rooms and in the magnificent Courtyard of the Pinecone that opens in the heart of Vatican City.

Your visit of the Vatican Museums will culminate with the Sistine Chapel: once inside, you can admire the paintings that truly represent the highest peak of Italian Renaissance art, from the precious frescoes by Botticelli, Perugino, Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Luca Signorelli and Piero di Cosimo, to the extraordinary vault cycle and the Last Judgement by Michelangelo.

The Vatican Museums were established by Pope Julius II in 1506 from a single statue, the marble group of Laocoon.
The Gallery of Maps, 120 meters long, ideally reproduces the line of the Apennines: on the left, there are the regions facing the Tyrrhenian Sea, and on the right those facing the Adriatic Sea.
In the Stanza della Segnatura, the philosophers who crowd the School of Athens painted by Raphael, have the features of his fellow painters: Bramante is the mathematician Euclid, Plato displays Leonardo’s hieratic face, Heraclitus borrows the frowning expression of Michelangelo, whose shady character was universally known. In the foreground, Buonarroti’s infamous boots, which he did not take off even to go to bed.
A self-portrait of Michelangelo can be found in the Sistine Chapel more precisely, in the Last Judgment: Buonarroti reproduced his features in the skin that St. Bartholomew holds in his hands.
All the conclaves that precede the papal elections, take place today in the Sistine Chapel.

Good to know before you go
  • - All visitors must pass through airport-style security
  • - Student are considered from 19 years old to 25 years old with a valid student card.
  • Special closures of the Sistine Chapel
  • - On Saturday, 3 January 2026, the Sistine Chapel will be closed to the public from 2 p.m., with the last admission of visitors at 1 p.m.
  • - On Friday, 9 January 2026, the Sistine Chapel will be closed to the public from 2 p.m., with the last admission of visitors at 1 p.m.
  • - On Saturday, 10 January 2026, the Sistine Chapel will be closed to the public from 1 p.m., with the last admission of visitors at 12 noon.
  • Please note that the Vatican Museums will remain open to the public as usual on these days.
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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the cancellation policy for this activity?
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
2. When will I receive the confirmation of my booking?
You will receive an email notification right after your successful payment. If you don't see it in your inbox, check your spam or junk mail folder. When the payment is completed you have the option to download your ticket directly.
3. What does the 'skip the line' ticket mean?
'Skip the line' tickets provide the fastest possible entry with no or very little queuing.
4. Are mobile tickets enough or do I have to print them?
Tickets don't need to be printed. You can show your ticket from your smartphone as a PDF.
  • Adults
    19-99 years
  • Students (with ID)
    18-25 years
  • Youth
    6-18 years
  • Infants
    0-5 years
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