Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Skip-the-Line Guided Tour with St. Peter's Basilica Option

Skip the line with a professional guide
and explore the Vatican Museums

Check in at the tour office at Via Germanico 8 in Rome, meet your qualified guide and head to the Vatican Museums. Enter through a special entrance with your fast-track ticket and walk through the museums listening to your guide via headset. The tour is conducted in your booked language (English, Italian, Spanish, French or German), as a group, small-group or private tour depending on the option.

Discover the main galleries of the Vatican Museums

Visit the Courtyard of the Pinecone, the Cortile del Belvedere, the Pio-Clementino Museum, the Gallery of the Candelabra, the Gallery of Tapestries and the Gallery of Maps. Your guide will show you the main highlights as well as lesser-known spots that visitors often miss, and you can admire works by masters such as Michelangelo and Raphael. The "Vatican Museums & Raphael Rooms" options include the Raphael Rooms but do not include St. Peter's Basilica.

Admire Michelangelo's masterpieces in the Sistine Chapel

The museum visit ends at the Sistine Chapel. Options without St. Peter's Basilica finish the tour at the Sistine Chapel, and you are free to keep exploring the museums until closing time.

See the Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica

Options including St. Peter's Basilica continue from the Sistine Chapel to the basilica to see Michelangelo's Pietà, ending the tour at St. Peter's Square. A visit to the dome of St. Peter's Basilica is optional at an additional cost.

※ St. Peter's Basilica is closed on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8:00 AM to noon; during this time, other areas of the museums are visited instead.
※ St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel may occasionally close without notice; in this case, your guide will show you other areas of the museums.