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Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Tour short
Skip the line to the Vatican Museums and discover the Sistine Chapel. 2 hours private tour with an art historian.
GOOD TO KNOW
- 2 hrs
- Every day except Sunday
- 9AM or 2PM. Time flexible upon request
- only provate groups
This Tour Includes:
- Skip the line access to the Vatican Museums
- Sistine Chapel
- Pinecone Courtyard
- Galleries of the Candelabra, Tapestries and Maps
Only have a short time in Rome and don’t want to miss the highlights of the Vatican? Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel short tour was made for you. Skip the line to enter the Museums without spending too many hours inside the Galleries!
This Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel short tour is the easiest way to make the best of your limited time! Let our guides tell you everything about the Sistine Chapel and follow them straight into this temple of the Italian Renaissance painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti with Skip the line Access.
You will go through the main galleries quickly, seeing everything possible in a short time. The explanation will be mainly focues on the history of the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel but you will also see Gallery of The Tapestries, Gallery of the maps and Gallery of the Candelabra.
Will you enter St. Peter’s Basilica in this Tour?
Due to crowd-control measures and operational restrictions, the internal passage between the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica may or may not be accessible on the day of your visit. For this reason, the tour does not include entry into St. Peter’s Basilica.
When the passage is open, the tour will conclude in St. Peter’s Square. When the passage is closed, the tour will end inside the Sistine Chapel.
In both cases, your guide will accompany you throughout the Vatican Museums and provide full explanations before the conclusion of the tour. If the tour ends in the Sistine Chapel, the guide will leave you there and you will be free to remain inside the Vatican Museums until closing time, exploring at your own pace.
This does not mean that you will miss the opportunity to visit St. Peter’s Basilica during your stay in Rome. St. Peter’s Basilica is a church, admission is free, and you can easily visit it independently by entering directly from St. Peter’s Square. During your visit, you can admire highlights such as Bernini’s Baldachin, Michelangelo’s Pietà, the Papal tombs, and the magnificent dome.
Where does the Vatican Short Tour end?
The Vatican Classic Tour ends either inside the Sistine Chapel or in St. Peter’s Square, depending on whether the internal passage is accessible on the day of the tour. In both situations, you are free to continue exploring independently and enjoy the area at your own pace.
IMPORTANT: Please remember that both Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s are religious sites. It is required to be dressed appropriately. We will give you instructions during the booking process.
You will enjoy an unforgettable experience across centuries of history with a friendly, enthusiastic, officially licensed Rome and Vatican Museums guide who will answer any question with passion and great knowledge of Italian Art History.
All our guides are English-speaking, official and experts, and in just two hours they will make the best of your time, making the Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel short tour a long lasting memory. Little time does not mean little quality!
Private Tour Only
Your guide is LICENSED, LOCAL and specialized in ROME and VATICAN HISTORY.
- Dress code: no shorts – no uncovered knees and shoulders, no backpacks.
- IMPORTANT: Tickets and headphones (compulsory for 5 or more people, price 2 euro each) are not included in the guide fee.
Vatican Museums skip the line tickets price:
- ADULTS: from 21€
- CHILDREN under 18 y.o or students under 26 y.o.: from 15€
After paying the deposit to secure the tour, we will send you the online booking procedure to get your admission tickets or buy tickets for you upon request.
From June to October and extra fee of 15% will be added on last minute requests (3 days before the tour date).
PRICES: The Guide Fee must be considered as a total, not per person.
We run only private tours.
We don’t run small groups.
We can accommodate time/day request according to our guides’ and entry tickets availability.
Final and detailed price will be provided after receiving your request from the contact form.
Starting price for a private tour 2,5 hrs for 2 adults: 350 euro + tickets but definitive price is provided *only* upon request.
Price can be reduced during low season or increased during holiday, peak dates or last minute request.
For group larger than four, price will be provided upon request.