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Skip the Line: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Tour

Classic visit of the Vatican covering the Highlights
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Please Note: Due to the passing of Pope Francis, the Sistine Chapel will be closed from April 28 until the end of the conclave. Tours will run as scheduled but.. Read more

  • Skip the Line access.

  • Our guides are all Vatican experts.

  • Comfortable groups of 20 or less.

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09 january 2023
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Skip the Line: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Tour

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About the tour

Please Note: Due to the passing of Pope Francis, the Sistine Chapel will be closed from April 28 until the end of the conclave. Tours will run as scheduled but will not include the Sistine Chapel during this period. Access to St. Peter's Basilica may also be interrupted.

Looking for an enjoyable, classic tour covering the highlights of Vatican City? What about fast Skip the Line access? This is the tour for you.

In groups of 20 people or less, our insider guides will lead you straight to the most important areas of the Vatican Museums. This classic itinerary of the must-see sights includes stops in the Pinecone Courtyard, the Belvedere Courtyard, Room of the Muses, the Round Room, the Candelabra Gallery, Gallery of the Tapestries and Gallery of the Maps.

This tour culminates inside the museums at the Sistine Chapel. Rules are rules, and your guide will be unable to speak while you are inside. However, your insider guide will prepare you for your visit to this word wonder beforehand.


Daily except Sunday

2.5 hours - departure Various

English


what’s included
  • Skip the Line Access to the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel 
  • Entrance tickets
  • Insider Guide
  • Small Groups of 20 or less
  • Headsets
what’s excluded
  • Food & Beverage
  • Tips
Jade Taylor

Google 09 May, 2025

My father and I did this tour with the fantastic tour guide Marcello

My father and I did this tour with the fantastic tour guide Marcello The areas we got to see were fantastic and the commentary Marcello gave throughout was informative and understandable He had visual prompts he bought with him to show us to help add further detail and he answered all our additional questions At no point did we feel rushed which can be tricky in such a busy museum I would 100 recommend this tour to anyone visiting Rome and hopefully youre lucky enough to get Marcello worth adding I did a similar tour 2 years ago with a different company but this tour was hundreds of times better

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Itinerary

Starting Point

*THIS VOUCHER IS NOT A TICKET*

*DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REDEEM THIS VOUCHER DIRECTLY AT THE VATICAN MUSEUMS*

Plan on arriving to our meeting point at least 15 minutes in advance of your selected departure time. Meet our representative on the steps in front of Via Tunisi, 4. The steps are located at the corner with Via Sebastiano Veniero. Your Ticket Host will be holding a flag with the green EcoArt logo.


Ending Point

Vatican Museum

Itineraries vary from day to day and at the discretion of your guide who will adapt your route.

This itinerary covers the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Other stops include but are not limited to: Pinecone Courtyard, Belvedere Courtyard, Room of the Muses, the Round Room, Candelabra Gallery, Gallery of the Tapestries and the Gallery of the Maps.

Additional information
  • Comfortable shoes are recommended.
  • Leave big backpacks at your hotel! Only small purses are permitted inside the Museums.
  • Something to cover your knees and shoulders.
  • Photos are permitted is almost all rooms of the Vatican Museums, except for the Sistine Chapel. No bulky or clearly professional photographic or video equipment (especially tripods or large videocameras, equipment backpacks) will be permitted inside the Museums.

Daily except Sunday

  • We are unfortunately unable to accomodate guests with wheelchairs.
  • Guests must be able to climb and descend stairs on their own.
  • Please Note: Due to the passing of Pope Francis, the Sistine Chapel will be closed from April 28 until the end of the conclave. Tours will run as scheduled but will not include the Sistine Chapel during this period. Access to St. Peter's Basilica may also be interrupted.
  • *THIS VOUCHER IS NOT A TICKET* You must redeem this voucher at the meeting time and location designed on this voucher, with one of our designed Ticket Coordinators.
  • It is recommended to wear comfortable shoes.
  • Large bags and backpacks must be checked in.
  • To enter the Vatican Museums, shoulders and knees must be covered.
  • We are unfortunately unable to accomodate guests with wheelchairs.
  • Guests must be able to climb and descend stairs on their own.
  • Guests with a certified disability of over 75% are entitled to free entrance to the Vatican and do not require a ticket. For guests who are not self-sufficient, free entry is extended to a companion.  

Tour goes forward rain or shine! Your Vatican Tour may be cancelled for a full refund or may be switched to a different date/time as long as your request is received no later than 24 hours before your original departure time and date. Multiple changes are permitted. To request a cancellation or change of time/date, send an e-mail to info@ecoarttravel.com.

Reviews
Stephen
TripAdvisor
24 Aug, 2022
Our guide Giuseppe was great for our Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Tour!

Our guide Giuseppe was great for our Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Tour! My wife and I had a great time seeing the best the Museum had to offer.


Rafael A
TripAdvisor
16 Sep, 2020
Great service, 5 stars

Emanuele our tour guide is the best of the best. He was wonderful and excellent in every way, so pleasant and remembered the names of everyone in our tour group.


FELLOWTRAVELER793323
TripAdvisor
14 Mar, 2020
VERY INFORMATIVE

We had a wonderful time with this tour. The guide (maybe Krista?) was exceptional - she had a passion and love for all things Catholic which included a rich understanding and deep respect for everything we saw at the Vatican , Sistine Chapel and St. Peters Basilica. It was incredibly informative and exciting.


Pete973
TripAdvisor
07 Feb, 2020
wonderful

This was one of the highlights of our trip to Rome. It was so Interesting and to have the art work explained was great. The guide Jeanette brought everything to life. I now see things in art a lot clearer. She was fantastic. A totally brilliant afternoon. Great place, great guide.


ladyhawker
TripAdvisor
10 Jan, 2020
Could have been bad

This would not have been a good experience without our guide, Jeanette. The meet up was at the bottom of the stairs across the street from the Vatican. Communications the day before and directions were pretty clear. It's a lot of walking, wear good shoes. The bad side is that the Vatican, Chapel and Basilica were all ridiculously jam packed. (Glaringly apparent that this religious government is desperate for your money) It was difficult to maneuver let alone actually see anything but, Jeanette was absolutely the best. Not only was she confidant and very knowledgeable but, she was interesting, funny and engaging. She managed our group of about 20 people, which contained a wide age range, (pre-teen boys to octogenarians) like a champ. She was able to get us closer to exhibits and she pointed out things we might have otherwise missed. She did not sugar coat the history but provided accurate, well documented information in a way that wove things together memorably. Without her, we would have been sardines, trying to swim upstream. We would tour just about anything with this lady, and other guides seemed equally proficient. A big YES to Eco-Travel Rome, tour group company.



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