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By Gray Line - I Love Rome

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Very Good
Free cancellation available
The previous price was £172 and current price is £98 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h+
  • Mobile voucher
  • Skip the line
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

    • Exclusive reserved door entrance to the Vatican Museum
    • Access to the Sistine Chapel with Creation of Adam painting
    • Impressive St. Peter's square
    • Interesting commentary from your local-expert guide
    • Stress-free hotel pickup included

Activity location

  • Vatican Museums
    • Viale Vaticano
    • 00120, Roma, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rome (Hotel Pickup)
    • Rome
    • 00186, Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Skip-the-Line: Vatican Museums Small-group Tour

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Service available from your central hotel in Rome.

Language options: English
Starting time: 14:00
Price details
£231.91
£132.19 x 1 Adult£132.19
Total
The previous price was £231.91 and current price is £132.19
43% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel
  • Inclusions
    Skip-the-line entrance to the Vatican Museums through an exclusive reserved door
  • Inclusions
    Admission to Raphael’s Rooms, Chandelier’s Gallery and Pigna Courtyard
  • Inclusions
    Guided explanation of St Peter’s Basilica from the outside
  • Inclusions
    Professional guided tour with wireless headset
  • Inclusions
    Hotel pickup
  • Exclusions
    Entrance ticket to St Peter’s Basilica
  • Exclusions
    Hotel drop-off
  • Exclusions
    Meals or drinks
  • Exclusions
    Optional service charge

Know before you book

    • Please arrange transport from your hotel when you call to confirm your reservation. Please be ready and waiting at your hotel 30–60 minutes prior to your scheduled pick-up time.
    • Children 2 and younger are complimentary.
    • By purchasing this tour, the customer agrees to follow only the guide assigned to him/her. It is not permitted to add external guides to the group after the tour has been purchased.
    • We inform our customers that, in such circumstances, access to the Vatican Museums will be granted only if escorted by the assigned guide and respective group. If one chooses to opt out, they will forfeit all rights to the tour and ticket, with no possibility of a refund.
    • For the issuance of Vatican Museums tickets, providing a first name and surname is mandatory. Without this information, the ticket cannot be issued. It is also mandatory to bring your passport on the day of the tour.
    • Cancellation policy: From 24 hours before service date or no-show: no refund
    • Please note that the Vatican Museums are an active places of worship. Therefore, some areas may be subject to sudden closures without prior notice. We will not be held responsible for such closures.
    • Please note that if the Sistine Chapel is not accessible for reasons beyond our control, no partial refund will be provided
    • The Afternoon Saturday tour in Portuguese will only be available in April 2026
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Enjoy a guided tour of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, skipping all the lines and entering the museum through a reserved door only available to the Vatican Official Partner. Visit the best of the Vatican Museums with an expert, English-speaking guide and hear the stories behind the artworks—bringing an ancient collection to life.

    After you are picked up from your hotel, reach the Vatican and skip the line to this world-renowned museum. We follow a carefully planned route through the Museums, visiting the most famous rooms such as the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms, plus a wide variety of galleries full of ancient sculptures, tapestries, medieval maps, paintings and precious relics.

    The 54th gallery of the Vatican Museums is the famed Sistine Chapel. Completed around 1483 the Sistine Chapel is arguably the most famous chapel in the world due to the artwork located within. View many of the most famous frescoes in the world, including the famous ceiling and the Final Judgement painted by Michelangelo. Not only does the Sistine Chapel hold some of the world's most precious works of art, it is still used for religious purposes such as the Papal Conclave—the process through which a new Pope is chosen.

Location

Activity location

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    Vatican Museums
    • Viale Vaticano
    • 00120, Roma, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Rome (Hotel Pickup)
    • Rome
    • 00186, Rome, Lazio, Italy