Vatican City Trip Overview
This is a classic Skip the Line tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Make it to all of the highlights. Leave it up to your expert tour guide to keep things interesting! Shared groups are limited to 20 people or less with headsets to make it easy to hear as you explore. Would you like a guide all to yourself or a smaller group? Upgrade to a Private Tour or the Small Group option (10 people or less).
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Vatican City, Italy
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Skip-the-Line Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Vatican City, Lazio, Italy
This is a classic Skip the Line tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Make it to all of the highlights. Leave it up to your expert tour guide to keep things interesting! Shared groups are limited to 20 people or less with headsets to make it easy to hear as you explore. Would you like a guide all to yourself or a smaller group? Upgrade to a Private Tour or the Small Group option (10 people or less).
Visit: Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The Vatican Museums are the crowning highlight of Vatican City. Explore with us on a group tour led by a expert local guide.
Duration: 3 hours
Visit: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Together with your guide, set foot inside the smallest country in the world via the fastest possible entrance!
Duration: 3 hours
Visit: Sphere within a Sphere, Pine Cone Courtyard Vatican Museums, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The bronze Sphere within a Sphere sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro marries this historic setting with a touch of modern art.
Duration: 5 minutes
Visit: Cortile della Pigna, Vatican City Italy
One of the first stops inside the Vatican Museums is the Pinecone Courtyard where you will find the Sphere within a Sphere sculpture as well as the Roman fountain, an enormous bronze pinecone, that lends the courtyard its name.
Duration: 20 minutes
Visit: Gallery Of The Maps, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
In this Gallery of hand-painted maps, you can admire the world how it was seen nearly 5 centuries ago. With the help of your guide, pick out the towns in Italy you have visited, or just enjoy the incredible hand-painted details that make these maps unique.
Duration: 20 minutes
Visit: Stanze di Raffaello, Viale Vaticano, Vatican City Italy
“Raphael’s Rooms” inside the Vatican Museums are a spectacular testament to the talent of the painter Raphael, as well the inspiration of the master Michelangelo. Explore them with your guide.
Duration: 30 minutes
Visit: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Your guide will prepare you to take in the Sistine Chapel ahead of time, as no speaking is allowed in this sacred place. Admire this monumental work by Michelangelo.
Duration: 30 minutes
Visit: Museo Pio Clementino, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The Vatican Museums are made up of multiple Museums forming many “wings”. The wing containing the highest concentration of highlights is the Pio Clementino Museum. Follow your guide from the Octagonal open-air courtyard where you will encounter the Laocoonte and Apollo Belvedere, to the eerily life-like statues in the Room of the Animals. Check out the masterfully painted vaults creating a 3D effect in the Gallery of the Candelabra.
Duration: 1 hour
Visit: Museos Vaticanos, 00101 Rome Italy
Your visit ends at the entrance of the Vatican Museums. From here, you are free to continue to explore on your own within official opening hours.
Duration: 10 minutes
