Early Entry Sistine Chapel & St. Peter’s Basilica Express Service
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Key Details
City:Rome
Duration:2 hrs
Start Time:8am
Highlights
Enter the Vatican 30 minutes before general opening and beat the crowds to the Sistine Chapel
Enjoy a fully guided tour of the St. Peter's Basilica, led by one of our five-star guides
With special-access Sistine Chapel tickets and direct entry to St. Peter's Basilica, you'll avoid hours waiting in line!
The Creation of Adam
Your guide will give you tips on what to look for
Tour Description
Early-entry Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel tickets - enter before the public!
Enter the Vatican Museums a full 30 minutes before the general public on this express tour which includes early-entry Sistine Chapel tickets.
After meeting at the entrance to the Vatican Museums, your guide will escort you (and your small group of max. 20 people) through the long galleries of the Vatican Museums directly to the Sistine Chapel.
Along the way, they'll use visual aids to tell you the story of how the Chapel was painted and what to look out for once you're inside. Moving one step ahead most of the crowds, you'll reach the entrance to the Chapel just before it starts to fill up so you can take advantage of the relative peace and quiet.
Early-entry Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel tickets - enter before the public!
Enter the Vatican Museums a full 30 minutes before the general public on this express tour which includes early-entry Sistine Chapel tickets.
After meeting at the entrance to the Vatican Museums, your guide will escort you (and your small group of max. 20 people) through the long galleries of the Vatican Museums directly to the Sistine Chapel.
Along the way, they'll use visual aids to tell you the story of how the Chapel was painted and what to look out for once you're inside. Moving one step ahead most of the crowds, you'll reach the entrance to the Chapel just before it starts to fill up so you can take advantage of the relative peace and quiet.
Skip-the-line access to St. Peter's Basilica
After 30 minutes inside the Sistine Chapel, you’ll have the option to see parts of the Vatican Museums that you missed on your own, or you can follow your tour guide for the skip-the-line St. Peter’s Basilica tour. We highly suggest that you take advantage of this opportunity to get past general access lines to St. Peter's Basilica (which can stretch for hours during busy periods).
You'll see Michelangelo's Pietà and Bernini's incredible altar canopy, as you learn the history of the church and its importance to Christianity.
Visiting the two most important sights of the Vatican (the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica) in just two hours, this express tour is an affordable, fun and educational way to explore - without having to wait in line!
Sites Visited
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Basilica
Included
Skip-the-line Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel tickets
Skip-the-line access to St. Peter’s Basilica
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Reviews
5-stars from over 502 Customer Reviews
This was a great tour and we had an excellent tour guide who know her history which she shared with us. I would absolutely repeat this tour and recommend it to any one else interested in touring the Vatican. Well worth the money.
Andrew
Oct 20, 2019
Great tour with our excellent guide Gigi!He was very engaging and informative and made the tour very interesting!
Justine
Jan 18, 2020
We really enjoyed this tour. The guide was very good, responsive, informative and entertaining. The tour took us to the key areas quickly which fit our limited time very well. It certainly was not an extensive tour - the Vatican Museums deserve a much longer visit. But for a "taste" of the highlights, this tour was really good.
Craig
Jan 10, 2020
Joseph
Jan 08, 2020
Our guide was a knowledgable, sensitive, intelligent man with a deep understanding of his subject....and a great sense of humor as well! We thoroughly enjoyed our Walk and will recommend your company to friends and family unreservedly. Thank you!
Geoffrey
Oct 22, 2019
Eugene
Oct 20, 2019
This was a great tour and we had an excellent tour guide who know her history which she shared with us. I would absolutely repeat this tour and recommend it to any one else interested in touring the Vatican. Well worth the money.
Andrew
Oct 20, 2019
Great tour with our excellent guide Gigi!He was very engaging and informative and made the tour very interesting!
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Important Information
Before you travel, please read our important notes about possible disruptions & site entrance requirements.
Please note that the Vatican Museums have strict rules on what can and cannot be brought inside. Oversized and forbidden items must be checked at the entrance to the Museums and it will be the responsibility of the guest to retrieve them from the same spot after the tour. Forbidden items can be viewed here.
Entrance to the Vatican Museums will be denied to any guest (male or female) that does not cover both their shoulders and knees. Walks of Italy cannot be held responsible for denied entry due to improper dress.
On rare occasions, when St. Peter's Basilica is being prepared for high masses or a special private event, including the Easter ceremonies, the tour group exit and/or the Basilica itself can be closed without prior notification. Your guide will still give you an introduction to the church should you wish to visit this on your own at a later occasion. We are unable to provide refunds or discounts.
While the Vatican Museums are equipped with elevators for wheelchair access, they are not conveniently located on the group tour route and only give access to specific sections of the Museums. Please contact us at info@walksofitaly.com if you have walking disabilities or if you are in a wheelchair. We can then work out a suitable alternative.