Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica Small-Group Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Access
by Maya Tours
Choose from 5 available options
How do you want to book?
✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.€150Overview
This small-group guided tour of about two and a half hours covers the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica if it is open that day. The tour begins with a visit to the Vatican Museums, where the guide leads the group through over four miles of galleries displaying around 20,000 works, including sculptures, frescoes, tapestries, paintings, and architectural pieces. Highlights include the Belvedere Courtyard, Pinecone Courtyard, Pio Clementino Museum, Octagonal Courtyard, Sala Degli Animali, Sala Delle Muse, Sala Rotonda, Sala A Croce Greca, Gallery of the Candelabra, Gallery of Tapestries, and Gallery of Maps. Next, the tour continues to the Sistine Chapel to view the famous frescoes by painters such as Perugino, Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Rosselli, Botticelli, Signorelli, Della Gatta, and Michelangelo. Key artworks include the ceiling frescoes with the Creation of Adam and the Last Judgement on the rear wall, as well as the Cosmati floor mosaic and other significant religious and mythological depictions. If St. Peter's Basilica is open, the tour concludes with a visit to this Renaissance church, located within Vatican City and central to the Catholic faith. If the Basilica is closed due to religious ceremonies or the Papal audience, the guide extends the tour inside the Vatican Museums instead. The tour includes skip-the-line tickets and is led by an official licensed Vatican guide. There is no pickup or drop-off included.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Vatican Museums
Explore the Vatican Museums with the guide, visiting key sites such as the Belvedere Courtyard, Pinecone Courtyard, Pio Clementino Museum, Octagonal Courtyard, Sala Degli Animali, Sala Delle Muse, Sala Rotonda, Sala A Croce Greca, Gallery of the Candelabra, Gallery of Tapestries, and Gallery of Maps. The collections include over 20,000 works covering sculptures, frescoes, paintings, tapestries, and architecture, spread over more than four miles.
105 min
Sistine Chapel
View the Sistine Chapel, featuring frescoes by Perugino, Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Rosselli, Botticelli, Signorelli, Della Gatta, and Michelangelo. Highlights include the ceiling frescoes with the Creation of Adam, the Last Judgement on the rear wall, the Cosmati floor mosaic, and depictions of prophets, pagan sibyls, and scenes from Christian and Greek mythology.
15 min
St. Peter's Basilica
Visit St. Peter's Basilica, a Renaissance church located in Vatican City and a central site for the Catholic faith. This stop is included only if the Basilica is open on the day of the tour; otherwise, the tour of the Vatican Museums is extended.
30 min
Meeting point
Once you book, we organize everything. Just show up and check-in at the office (VIA GERMANICO, 16) at the correct time (Please arrive 10 minutes before your booked departure time) and your guide will escort you inside the Museums & provide you with your ticket.
End point
You will end the tour inside St.Peter's Basilica if it is open. You will then exit into St.Peter's Square (If the Basilica is not open you will exit at the Vatican museums entrance)
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.
Additional info
Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica Small-Group Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Access
by Maya Tours
Choose from 5 available options
How do you want to book?
✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.€150Overview
This small-group guided tour of about two and a half hours covers the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica if it is open that day. The tour begins with a visit to the Vatican Museums, where the guide leads the group through over four miles of galleries displaying around 20,000 works, including sculptures, frescoes, tapestries, paintings, and architectural pieces. Highlights include the Belvedere Courtyard, Pinecone Courtyard, Pio Clementino Museum, Octagonal Courtyard, Sala Degli Animali, Sala Delle Muse, Sala Rotonda, Sala A Croce Greca, Gallery of the Candelabra, Gallery of Tapestries, and Gallery of Maps. Next, the tour continues to the Sistine Chapel to view the famous frescoes by painters such as Perugino, Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Rosselli, Botticelli, Signorelli, Della Gatta, and Michelangelo. Key artworks include the ceiling frescoes with the Creation of Adam and the Last Judgement on the rear wall, as well as the Cosmati floor mosaic and other significant religious and mythological depictions. If St. Peter's Basilica is open, the tour concludes with a visit to this Renaissance church, located within Vatican City and central to the Catholic faith. If the Basilica is closed due to religious ceremonies or the Papal audience, the guide extends the tour inside the Vatican Museums instead. The tour includes skip-the-line tickets and is led by an official licensed Vatican guide. There is no pickup or drop-off included.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Vatican Museums
Explore the Vatican Museums with the guide, visiting key sites such as the Belvedere Courtyard, Pinecone Courtyard, Pio Clementino Museum, Octagonal Courtyard, Sala Degli Animali, Sala Delle Muse, Sala Rotonda, Sala A Croce Greca, Gallery of the Candelabra, Gallery of Tapestries, and Gallery of Maps. The collections include over 20,000 works covering sculptures, frescoes, paintings, tapestries, and architecture, spread over more than four miles.
105 min
Sistine Chapel
View the Sistine Chapel, featuring frescoes by Perugino, Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Rosselli, Botticelli, Signorelli, Della Gatta, and Michelangelo. Highlights include the ceiling frescoes with the Creation of Adam, the Last Judgement on the rear wall, the Cosmati floor mosaic, and depictions of prophets, pagan sibyls, and scenes from Christian and Greek mythology.
15 min
St. Peter's Basilica
Visit St. Peter's Basilica, a Renaissance church located in Vatican City and a central site for the Catholic faith. This stop is included only if the Basilica is open on the day of the tour; otherwise, the tour of the Vatican Museums is extended.
30 min
Meeting point
Once you book, we organize everything. Just show up and check-in at the office (VIA GERMANICO, 16) at the correct time (Please arrive 10 minutes before your booked departure time) and your guide will escort you inside the Museums & provide you with your ticket.
End point
You will end the tour inside St.Peter's Basilica if it is open. You will then exit into St.Peter's Square (If the Basilica is not open you will exit at the Vatican museums entrance)
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.