Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Semi Private Skip-the-Line Tour

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3 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English

Visiting the Vatican Museums (one of the busiest museums in the world) can be an overwhelming experience, where hordes of tourists are everywhere, the guides trying to get their groups to the next gallery as fast as possible and where the Sistine Chapel is usually shoulder to shoulder packed, you probably will not be able the see the mosaic work beneath your feet. This is why we have organized this early entry tour; where you enter the Vatican as early as possible and will have a certified tour guide accompanying and guiding you every step of the way.

What's Included

All Fees and Taxes
Fast Track Ticket of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
English Language Guided Tour of a highlight of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
Guided Tour of the St. Peter's Basilica (subject of availability)
Priority Access to the St. Peter's Basilica (subject of availability)
Use of Radio Transmitters

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
End point

The tour will end inside the Sistine Chapel. At the end of the tour and only if Scala Regia, the passage to the Basilica, is open the guide can take the group to the Basilica for a line free and priority access.

Itinerary

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
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    Vatican Museums

    Founded by Pope Julius II in the early 16th century and enlarged by successive pontiffs, the Vatican Museums boast one of the world's greatest art collections. Exhibits, which are displayed along about 7km of halls and corridors, range from Egyptian mummies and Etruscan bronzes to ancient busts, old masters and modern paintings. Highlights include the spectacular collection of classical statuary in the Museo Pio-Clementino, a suite of rooms frescoed by Raphael, and the Michelangelo-painted Sistine Chapel.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
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    Sistine Chapel

    Home to two of the world’s most famous works of art – Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes and his Giudizio Universale (Last Judgment) – the Sistine Chapel is the one part of the Vatican Museums that everyone wants to see, and on a busy day you could find yourself sharing it with up to 2000 people. Michelangelo's ceiling design, which is best viewed from the chapel’s main entrance in the far east wall, covers the entire 800-sq-m surface. At the end of the tour only if the passage to the Basilica (Scala Regia) is open the guide will take the group to the Basilica.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket included
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    St. Peter's Basilica

    The last part of this tour, a brief guided visit of the biggest church in the world; St. peter's Cathedral

    45 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Architecture Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Walking Tours
Small Group

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