Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Skip-The-Line Ticket +Audioguide

Want to visit the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel on your own, but still have benefit of skipping the long entrance lines? Try these easy escorted tickets. You will make your way to our meeting point where your ticket escort will be waiting to take you inside. You will enter using the fastest possible entrance. Get expert advice for how to make the most of your time inside the museums before setting off to explore on your own. All Vatican tickets are timed entrance and specifically for the date you booked. Change of plans? You can request as many changes of date or time as you like or a full refund up to just 24 hours before your travel date. Please note that your booking voucher is not valid for entry to the Vatican Museums! You must bring your voucher to the meeting point to enjoy your escorted Skip the Line entrance and receive your valid entrance ticket.

1. 1

   Vatican Museums

   10 min

   Visit the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel on your own. Tickets provide skip the line access.

2. 2

   Cortile della Pigna

   15 min

   Explore one of the Vatican's many open air courtyards. This one is decorated with a giant bronze pinecone sculpture, giving the courtyard its name.

3. 3

   Sphere within a Sphere

   5 min

   Access Vatican Museums and discover the famous "Sphere within a Sphere" sculpture.

4. 4

   Museo Pio Clementino

   40 min

   The Vatican Museums are divided into many smaller, unique museums. Among them, the Museo Pio Clementino is likely the most important, and the many highlights it contains cannot be missed! Stop at the Octagonal Courtyard for the Laocoonte and the Apollo Belvedere -- or the Round Room for the giant marble bathtub patrolled by an enormous bronze statue of Heracles. Spot a sculpture of your favorite fauna at the Room of the Animals, or just marvel at the 3D painted vaults of the Gallery of the Candelabra. Read more about - Skip the Line: Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel with St. Peter's Basilica Access - https://www.viator.com/tours/Rome/Skip-the-Line-Vatican-Museums-and-Sistine-Chapel-Entrance-Tickets/d511-6700P15?mcid=56757

5. 5

   Galleria Delle Carte Geografiche

   20 min

   One of the most popular galleries of the Museums, make a stop here and try to spot the Italian cities you have travelled to, or your ancestor's hometown. These hand-painted maps, dating to the late 1500's, can also be admired for the exquisite attention to detail and embellishments. See if you can spot the nod to Christopher Columbus' voyage across the Atlantic...

6. 6

   Stanze di Raffaello

   15 min

   Admire Raphael's Rooms -- painted by the master himself and his pupils around the same time as the Sistine Chapel -- and inspired and challenged by Michelangelo's greatest masterpiece.

7. 7

   Sistine Chapel

   30 min

   Michelangelo's masterpiece, take time to admire the vaults.

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Children 6 and under are entitled to free access to the Vatican Museums (with proof of age)
• Children aged 7-18 are entitled to a reduced entry fee (see tour and ticket pricing) and must provide proof of age.

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