Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour
- 3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Discover the wonders of the Vatican with an unforgettable guided experience through the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica! All our tours include Skip-the-line entrance tickets to the Vatican Museums and Fast-track access to St. Peter’s Basilica directly from the Sistine Chapel, avoiding the long queues outside. Choose the experience that suits you best: an intimate Semi-Private Tour (maximum 10 guests), an exclusive Private Tour, a Group Tour (up to 20 guests), or a specially designed Wheelchair-Accessible Private Tour. Every experience is led by an exceptional, knowledgeable guide with extensive expertise in Vatican art, history, and architecture, bringing centuries of fascinating stories and masterpieces to life. Whether you prefer a personalized experience or a shared journey, explore the Vatican's greatest treasures with priority access, expert guidance, and a tour tailored to your needs.
Inclusions
What's included
- Certified guide
- Entrance to Sistine Chapel
- Skip-the-Line Vatican Museums Ticket
Itinerary
Start your tour at the renowned Vatican Museums. Aside from being the home of the Pope, Vatican city is also home to the Vatican Museums, the world’s largest collection of art with 9 miles of art that could wrap around the Vatican walls 4 ½ times! It contains 54 museums, 1400 rooms, chapels, and galleries. Aside from the renowned Sistine Chapel, the museums also display the only work of Leonardo Da Vinci in Rome, St. Jerome, the Raphael Rooms, and the Pinoteca, which contains collections of the Popes, all dating back to the middle ages and are set in chronological order.
Michaelangelo’s Sistine Chapel is possibly the most well known masterpiece in modern day, with over 5 million visitors per year. It was a project the artist took on reluctantly because his focus was sculptures, and he would complain about the physical toll it took on his body. It is said that the design of the chapel from Pope Sixtus IV, is modeled after Solomon’s temple from the Old Testament, measuring at just larger than a professional basketball court! There are many more frescoes to admire here from other artists, including: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pietro Perugino, Cosimo Roselli and Sandro Botticelli.
You will head through a secret entry into our last stop on the tour, St. Peter's Basilica: the largest basilica in the world, with markings inside the church to ensure every other basilica would fit inside. The curious visitor is treated to Michelangelo’s Pieta at the front, 150 mosaics, and Bernini’s baldacchino, which stands at 96 feet tall and 100,000 pounds of bronze! Surprisingly, there is only one actual painting in the basilica, and it can be spotted hanging above the Pieta. Many popes are buried in the church or are on display, but most of the popes are buried underneath the basilica including St. Peter, the first pope.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Get to 91, Viale Vaticano. Look across the street and you will see the guide standing by the bus stop along the Vatican walls with a Europe Odyssey sign.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 12 travellers
- Operated by
- Europe Odyssey Tours di Rahul Raghavan & C.sas
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- There is a dress code for entry into the Sistine Chapel and the Basilica. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You will be refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements.
- The tour ends in front of the Basilica. You can spend more time inside the Basilica but you cannot go back to the Sistine Chapel nor the Museum.
- If it is raining carry umbrellas that are compact and can be folded and not ones that have sharp pokey end. The long one give by your hotels will have to be checked into the cloakroom of the museum and involves a 1 km walk to get it back again
- Entry to St. Peter's Basilica is subject to availability and may be restricted or closed without prior notice due to religious ceremonies, papal events, or Vatican regulations. If access is unavailable, your guide will extend the tour within the Vatican Museums instead. No refunds or partial refunds will be provided.
- If you hold a valid Disability Certificate, please bring it with you on the day of your visit. If you are unable to present one, please notify us before your tour.
How it compares in Rome
- Its from-price is 20% below the median of the 8352 experiences we list in Rome.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 2863 of 8352.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Rome
Rome layers nearly three thousand years of history into one walkable city, from the Colosseum and Forum to Baroque piazzas and Vatican art.
Ancient Rome is still in plain sight. The Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill sit together at the city's heart, the Pantheon still stands with its open oculus, and fragments of temples and aqueducts turn up between apartment blocks. Across the Tiber, Vatican City holds St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Top-ranked sights in Rome: Colosseum, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel.
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