Booking fee
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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Skip the line with direct access to the Vatican Museums with our passionate licensed tour guide in a sharing small group tour up to 24 participants. Once inside you will receive personal headsets and with our enthusiastic art expert guide, you will discover the Vatican wonders, the Sistine Chapel, and the Basilica of St. Peter’s. Our storytelling guide will gain your attention on the masterpieces works but also reveal anecdotes on the great artists such as Michelangelo and Raphael. Our tour includes the Octagonal Courtyard, the Apollo of Belvedere, the Laocoon, the Room of Muses with the Torso of Belvedere, the Round room with Nero's porphyry bathtub. You will cross the Vatican galleries, decorated with amazing Tapestries and paintings, before reaching the Sistine Chapel. Once outside of the Chapel, your guide will lead you to St. Peter's Square, where you can stop to admire the amazing Basilica from outdoor. After the tour, you can make your own way in.
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Headsets for the tour
Licensed guide
Skip-the-line tickets
2.5 hours Vatican Tour
Tips for the Guide
Meals
Transportation
Departure Point
Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy
Traveler pickup
Via Vespasiano, 28, 00192 Roma RM, Italy
Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy In this 2.5 hour tour you will see the highlights of the Vatican Museums: Belvedere Courtyard with the Apollo and the Laocoon;
Room of the Muses with the Torso of the Belvedere; the Round Room with Nero's Bathtub; the Gallery of the Candelabra; the Gallery of the Maps; the Gallery of the Tapestries; the Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's Frescoes; and the St. Peter’s Basilica with Michelangelo's Pietà.
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Please ensure you wear proper attire to visit the Vatican museums
Please bring comfortable shoes and a refillable water bottle.
No shorts above the knees, no sleeveless t-shirts are permitted, no big backpacks are allowed, no big umbrellas are permitted, no pointed objects are allowed.
This tour is not wheelchair accessible but may be adapted to an accessible itinerary if you contact us. Please note that, for disabled visitors with certified invalidity of more than 74%, the Vatican Museums offers free entry that is extended to a companion for visitors who are not self-sufficient. To benefit from this, make sure you mention it at the time of booking so that our staff may handle your request.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
Debra_V
21 Sep 2023
It was very disappointing. Tour guide was too hard to understand. Too much information given too rapidly.
This was our first booking with Viator
I will never book again.
A lot of money for a mediocre tour. I could have done a tour by myself & seen just as much
Lacey_M
30 May 2023
Our tour guide was such a good storyteller and in an extremely crowded space made sure we could hear and see the sights.
Caz
17 Apr 2022
Turned up 15 mins before skip the line time slot over 50 mins later still waiting outside for our English speaking guide together with many others with no sense of organisation eventually sadly gave up and left and did under own steam .
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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