Skip-the-Line Vatican and Sistine Chapel Tour with Private Guide

5.0(2)3 hoursEnglish, ItalianBook 1 day aheadRome, Italy

From

$420

See the best of the Vatican City, with an expert guide. You benefit from the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Saint Peter's Basilica, and more. Throughout the tour your guide will talk about the history of these iconic locations and tell you about some of the artistic gems in the Vatican's collections.

Included

Local guide
Skip the line tickets

Not included

Private transportation

What you'll do

Vatican Museums
Viale Vaticano, Rome, Italy
You will get the tour right away; visiting the Belvedere Courtyard, the Pio-Clementino Museum and the large collection of Ancient Roman and Greek statues. You'll move next through the Gallery of Tapestries and then the Gallery of Maps; one of the most valuable collections of Renaissance maps in the world. In the Sobiesky Room you will see one of the Vatican's largest paintings, which is home to some beautiful frescoes. One of the most enchanting stops on the tour is Raphael's Rooms. These rooms were decorated for Pope Julius II, and some of Raphael's greatest works, the Parnassus and the School of Athens.
1 hourAdmission included
Sistine Chapel
Vatican City, Italy
Sistine Chapel and its beautiful works of art, Michelangelo, Botticelli and others on the walls and ceiling. Your guide to the chapel, which is still in use today - as the setting for the papal election - Conclave.
1 hourAdmission included
St. Peter's Basilica
Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City, Italy
The next stop will be Saint Peter's Basilica where you see Michelangelo's Pietà and Bernini's Canopy The tour will end in Saint Peter's Square where you can see the exterior of the papal palace as well as the glimpse of the colorful Swiss Guards.
1 hourAdmission included