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Vatican Museums & St. Peter's Basilica with Official Guide

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About the activity

Discover the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel on a guided tour. See the Gallery of Maps, the Raphael Rooms, and the Pio-Clementine Museum. End your visit at St. Peter's Basilica

  • 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.
  • Live guiding
    English, Russian, Spanish (depends on selected option)
  • Duration
    2.5 hours
  • Includes
    • Access to the highlights of Vatican Museum&Sistine Chapel
    • Access to Saint Peter's Basilica (through a special route)
    • Guided tour will be leaded by an official Vatican guide
    • Skip the line tickets
    • Headsets for each visitor
    • Hotel pickup and drop-off
    • Food and drinks
    • Gratuities
    • Climb up to doom
    • Garden
Highlights & Description

Highlights

  • Marvel at frescoes in the Gallery of Maps and Raphael Rooms' masterpieces.
  • Explore the Pio-Clementine Museum and see Laocoön and the Belvedere Torso.
  • Visit the Sistine Chapel and marvel at Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes.
  • Discover Vatican Museum gems like the Borgia Apartments.
  • High quality Official Guides

Description

Explore the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica on a guided tour. Discover masterpieces like the Raphael Rooms and the Gallery of Tapestries, and witness Michelangelo's iconic Sistine Chapel. Begin at the Vatican Museums, where you’ll stroll through the Gallery of Maps, a hall adorned with 40 frescoed maps of 16th-century Italy. Visit the Raphael Rooms, home to The School of Athens, a Renaissance masterpiece. Admire the Gallery of Tapestries, featuring intricate 16th-century Flemish works depicting biblical stories. Capture the beauty of the Spiral Staircase, an architectural marvel by Giuseppe Momo.

Explore the Pio-Clementine Museum, showcasing ancient Greek and Roman sculptures like Laocoön and His Sons and The Belvedere Torso. Then, enter the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo’s breathtaking frescoes — including the Genesis ceiling and The Last Judgment — leave a lasting impression. As the site of the papal conclave, the chapel holds deep historical and spiritual significance.

For those on special or extended tours, discover hidden gems like the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, featuring ancient Etruscan artifacts, the Vatican Pinacoteca, with works by Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael, and the Borgia Apartments, adorned with Pinturicchio’s vivid frescoes. Conclude your journey with entry to St. Peter’s Basilica through a dedicated passage from the Sistine Chapel.

Good to know before you go
  • Please book the tour 72 hours before the service begins. Since saint peter basilica has made a new rules about access to saint Peter basilica with official guide from Sistine Chapel of the Vatican Museum,so we have to reserve under the name of the visitors 48 hours before.Thus we need all booking 72 hours before.
  • Most important message to all visitors.
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English guided tour for Vatican Museum and basilica

Russian Tour

Skip the line Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Guided Tour

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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.
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