Discover the treasures of the Vatican Museums with a live guide, who will show you some of the most important works on display. Admire masterpieces by major Italian artists and others.

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Duration 3 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
Skip the line through a separate entrance
Live tour guide: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian
Small group available

Highlights

Skip the lines waiting to enter the Vatican Museums
Marvel at the exquisite art in one of the world’s largest collections
Admire masterpieces by Raphael, Michelangelo and many others

Full description

Enter the Vatican Museums without the wait on this skip-the-line tour of the Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and the Raphael Rooms. For 2 hours you’ll be immersed in the glory of art and culture in one of the world’s most important museums. The works of the greatest artists of all time will welcome you. See the art of Raphael in the Stanze, Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, Giotto, Leonardo, and Caravaggio in the Pinacoteca, and van Gogh, Matisse, and Moore in the area dedicated to contemporary art. You’ll encounter the greatest masterpieces of classical antiquity, visit the Etruscan and Egyptian Museums with collections that span centuries, and see the non-European collections in the Ethnological Museum.

Includes

Skip-the-line entry
Admission tickets
Official tour guide
Headsets
Free WiFi at the meeting point
Bathroom
Recharge device station

Not suitable for

Wheelchair users

Covid-19 precautions

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask
Masks are required while indoors
All participants are required to bring and wear FFP2 masks. Blue surgical masks will not be accepted

Meeting point

Meeting point may vary depending on the option booked.

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What to bring

Comfortable shoes

Not allowed

Shorts
Short skirts
Sleeveless shirts

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.6 /5

based on 495 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.6/5
Value for money
4.2/5
Service
1/5
Organization
1/5

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Our guide Arnoldo took us perfectly through the complicated controls when entering the Vatican and the museums and shortened the waiting time with great information and sometimes funny stories. For me a perfect guide for this tour with great knowledge about the history of the Vatican. The tour is quite expensive, but you really get a lot for it!

April 27, 2022

Fortunately, we were lucky enough to be alone with the guide (Professor) who knows almost every corner of the Vatican, a top-notch experience from the beginning, explaining all the mythological shapes and figures from which Michelangelo was inspired. Unfortunately, the crowd did not allow us to enrich our visit any further.

April 13, 2022

Unser Guide war super nett und freundlich, aber etwas mehr Kontext und Hintergrundinformationen wären super gewesen (z.B. wann wurde das Museum erbaut, grobe Geschichte der katholischen Kirche, welche Funktion erfüllte der jeweilige Raum bzw. Exponat, etc). Die Organisation lief ebenfalls gut. Das Museum war dagegen heillos überfüllt, weshalb man nirgends mal stehen bleiben konnte, da die Menge immer „im Fluss“ bleiben musste.

April 12, 2022

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms: Guided Tour

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms: Guided Tour

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