Vatican Tour: Explore Art and History

Experience the best of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with a skip-the-line group tour. See masterpieces, get direct access to St. Peter’s Basilica, and learn from an expert guide.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vatican Museums - Discover the Vatican Museums with a knowledgeable guide, and explore the highlights of the remarkable collections featuring an impressive 20,000 works on display. Enjoy over 4 miles of art, sculptures, tapestries, paintings, and architecture.
    Belvedere Courtyard
    Pinecone Courtyard
    Pio Clementino Museum
    Octagonal Courtyard…
What's Included
  • Skip The Line Priority Access Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Tickets
  • Small Group Tour Experience with Expert Official Licensed Vatican Guide
  • St. Peter’s Basilica if open on the day of your tour (if option selected)
What's Not Included
  • Location Pick Up & Drop Off
  • Scavi / Necropolis
  • St Peter’s Basilica is subject to last-minute closures for religious ceremonies, with no warning
Additional Information

Bypass the line, skip the lengthy queues, and discover the Vatican’s remarkable collections and the breathtaking Sistine Chapel with a knowledgeable guide in a small group setting. This comprehensive and exclusive tour is perfect for those keen to explore all the Vatican has to offer.
The Vatican Museums boast a vast collection of art, showcasing…

Location
Via Germanico, 16
Via Germanico
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.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Tehya_o
May 5, 2025
Our guide Deborah gave us... - Our guide Deborah gave us an incredible experience. She gave us a detailed, knowledgeable guide and didn’t make us feel like we were just tourists, but VIPs!! Absolutely recommend this tour with Deborah as your guide.
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Valon_i
May 4, 2025
Tour guide Deborah was... - Tour guide Deborah was incredible, she wasted no time and was extremely passionate and knowledgeable. Highly recommend!
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19thierryb
May 4, 2025
Unforgettable experience - Extraordinary experience with Marc de Maya Tours. We could not see the Sistine Chapel because of the conclave but the guide Marc gave us an enriched tour of the Vatican museums with very sharp and exciting historical comments. We learned a lot and it was done with a lot of availability and kindness. The guide took his time and it made up for our disappointment at not being able to see the Sistine Chapel. Thank you to him for his skill and dedication.
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Linda_l
May 3, 2025
Pompeii, Almalfi coast and Positano - Our driver, Marco, did an amazing job. He was very personable and a very good driver. We had a great time with him
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Stephanie_r
May 5, 2025
The tour guides were... - The tour guides were pleasant and knowledgeable. Unfortunately we could not see the Sistine Chapel and for some reason the combined several groups for the Basilica tour and the group was too big. The audio is of middling quality but allowed you a bit of space from others on the tour. Everything seemed very crowded to us, but we were told was not very busy!
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Janene_k
May 8, 2025
$70 an hour for a rushed tour…. :( - Everyone was friendly, but for the price of this tour, it was very disappointing. Our tour guide was so rushed I could not stop to take a picture and she would be gone. Her flag typically at her side where I could not find her in the crowds. Even when she told us we could stop and take pictures in’s room of statues she quickly disappeared. I even tried staying right behind her for a bit and she would dart between people in the crowd that would cut us off from her and leaving us behind. To also not get to see the whole tour and for it to be so rushed in order to see the smoke at 5:30…..seems very pricy.
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Robert_k
May 6, 2025
I understand with the... - I understand with the Pope passing it’s rough to predict things. But some communication would be nice
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Dean_p
May 5, 2025
Disappointed - Disappointing. We paid for a 2.5hr tour of St. Peter Basilica, Vatican Museum, Papal tomb and Sistine Chapel. We received a 2.5hr tour of the Vatican Museum. Definitely not considered the most important of the two. We do understand that the Sistine Chapel was not available because of the upcoming conclave. Our tour guide was disorganized and had to go back twice to receive our entry tickets. After our museum tour, we were brought back to the tour office to be told the rest of the tour was canceled. A trip to Rome is centered around seeing as much of Vatican City as you can. The tour operator was going to reimburse us a small portion of our fee. After much discussion we were finally returned 50%. That is a small compensation for us traveling across the world to ONLY see the museum. SUPER DISAPPOINTED
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Nicola_h
May 3, 2025
Overpriced and far too busy - It was supposed to be a small group, but had 20 people. The guide was outstanding, and was the best thing about this overpriced experience. The museum was much too busy, absolutely packed! It was quicker to queue for the basilica in the queue with people that hadn’t pre-booked.
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Felix_s
Apr 30, 2025
Rabailo rushed us thru everything, was rude & condescending Didn’t wait for the older seniors muy maiilducsto his name - Raballo our guide rush us thru everything very condescending, rude , maillducato! Walked very fast & left the old seniors behind when asked questions gave us short answers & felt bothered, For the money we paid it was not worth it!!!!
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up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).