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Rome: Skip the Line Vatican, Sistine Chapel, St Peter 6 PAX Group

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Skip the Line Small Group Tour Vatican Sistine Chapel and St Peters Basilica
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  • 3 hours
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

See the best of Vatican City on this small-group tour of the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica. Skip the long lines at the Vatican and go straight to the remarkable art and architecture, including galleries, the Julius II apartments, the Raphael Rooms, and Sistine Chapel. This intimate Vatican tour is limited to six people for a personal experience and individual service from the guide, and includes all entrance fees.
  • Visit the Vatican Museums and St. Peter's Basilica
  • See galleries, courtyards, and papal apartments
  • Take in the Sistine Chapel
  • Interior access to St. Peter's Basilica
  • All entrance fees included
  • Skip the line
  • Small group limited to six people

What's Included

  • Tour in a Safe and Semi Private group of 6 people
  • Enjoy Skip the Line Access
  • Professional, Local, Expert Guide
  • Private Option available!
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Viale Vaticano, 100, 00192 Roma RM, Italy

    in front of Caffé Vaticano, on viale Vaticano 100, just across the street from the Museum entrance. Your guide will be holding a LIvTours sign.

End point

  • St. Peter's Basilica
    Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City

What To Expect

Meet a guide at a central location near the Vatican at the pre-arranged time, then skip the line to get into the Vatican Museums to see the highlights of the vast collection. Exploring the museums with a small group, you are able to maneuver the crowded galleries at a comfortable pace, with plenty of time to ask questions.

Pass through a series of gardens and terraces, where you find early Renaissance architecture and an exquisite modern art piece, then see the collection of Roman and Greek artifacts in the Octagonal Courtyard.

Visit the Muses Room, the Round Room, and the Greek Cross Room, then take in the maps and tapestries in the galleries on your way to the Julius II apartments and the Raphael Rooms, part of the papal apartments.

Enter the Sistine Chapel through a tiny door, with time to take in the brilliant frescoes that the ceiling and walls. From the Sistine Chapel, continue to St. Peter’s Basilica through an interior passageway—this allows you to skip the exterior line—and finish the tour in the enormous Catholic shrine, which contains masterpieces of design, sculpture, and artwork.

Vatican Museums

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Sistine Chapel

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

St. Peter's Basilica

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
  • Occasionally the Basilica may be closed due to last minute private events outside of the tour operators control and often without notice. In these uncommon circumstances the tour will operate as usual and the time spent inside the basilica will be made up elsewhere on the tour. No refunds will be granted in the event the Basilica is closed
  • Please note that tours selected on Wednesday mornings at 10 am can be periodically effected by the closure of St Peter's Basilica due to last minute decisions by the Vatican. Please be insured the lost time will be compensated with other areas of the museums.
  • Not recommended for travelers with mobility issues
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Great tour.
Robert_S, Apr 2024
A wonderful experience. Alex was extremely knowledgeable and very friendly. He took the time to explain everything and answer all our questions. I hope all our future tours are as good as this was.
Highly recommend
Chimene_M, Apr 2024
We were very happy with our tour! Silvia did an excellent job! She took us to see the highlights and made navigating the Vatican museums a breeze. Silvia's English is impeccable, with a lovely Italian accent. She is very knowledgeable and answered every question she was asked. We highly recommend taking LivTours Vatican museums tour with Silvia.
Excellent
Rosalinda_A, Apr 2024
Ribal was an excellent guide…very informative. We truly enjoyed the tour with him and the group. Highly recommended!
Smooth as silk
Harley_D, Apr 2024
I thought our experience was outstanding. The group was small and our guide was so knowledgible. This tour gave us so much of ourt time back because skiiping the line was so smooth.
Fun day
Tim_R, Apr 2024
Umberto was a super guide and used his local knowledge to save us time in the queues that were easy to get tangled up with. The Basilica was incredible
Great!
Niki_W, Apr 2024
There were only 5 of us in our group, three of us and another couple. I was expecting a much bigger group so was thrilled with that. Annalisa, our tour guide was great! We enjoyed her personality and she was very knowledgeable and informative. We enjoyed exciting she told us and in many ways got so much more out of the experience than we would have in our own. Of course, the museums plus the Sistene Chapel and the Basilica are huge! So there's no way to see even a fraction of it in there hours but we were pleased with how much we were able to see end learn about. We're grateful we did the tour and would highly recommend it!
Vatican small group tour
Chris_W, Apr 2024
Our guide was very knowledgeable and gave great historical detail with some humour thrown in. The overview of the Cistine Chapel prior to entry (essential as no talking allowed) was really useful. Small group tour 6 people) thoroughly recommended.
Extremely impressive tour
Marwa_Y, Apr 2024
Joseph was our guide in this tour, I don't think that I met a better tour guide in my whole life. In short time about 3 hours, he nourished us with information that can compose a book in a very delightful and respectful manner. I would love to extend my sincere appreciation to him for the care and accommodation he showed to all the members of the tour
Best way to tour the Vatican city
Julie_H, Apr 2024
Guide Lucy was great. We enjoyed having a smaller 6 person group that was able to move easier throughout the tour. There was so much to see and was informational all the way through.
Amazing tour of the Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel
deannabstone, Apr 2024
We were able to get into the Vatican quickly with just a short wait to go through the mandatory security check. Our guide was very knowledgeable and gave us a wonderful tour. She was very friendly and easy to talk to, also. I would go on a tour with her again anytime.
The only way to tour Vatican City!
Whitney_h, Apr 2024
We had a small group tour, just 4 of us, and Claudia was our guide. She was incredibly knowledges and helpful with answering all the questions! Plenty of time to stop for pictures along the way, time inside the Vatican museum, Sistine chapel and then ending with St. Peter’s basilica. You’re even able to go down inside the crypts after your tour ends. Claudia was fantastic and made the tour for sure!
10/10 Experience!
Katherine_C, Apr 2024
Our tour guide Lia B was exceptional! She was so funny and engaging, in every way. Although she was very quick-moving, it ensured that we were never too caught up in the very populated areas and saw as much as possible in the allotted time frame. Her sense of humor and immense knowledge made her our favorite tour guide during our trip to Italy!
Amazing
Heather_G, Apr 2024
Our tour guide was AMAZING 👏 so knowledgeable and well spoken! Definitely well worth the money to skip the lines !
Vatican & Sistine Chapel
Jo_S, Apr 2024
My mum, Cindy and myself had a wonderful tour with Sissi 💙 she looked after us all beautifully. Sissi was knowledgeable, interesting, amusing, considerate and kind. Having Sissi as our guide enhanced our experience hugely. It was wonderful. Thank you ☺️
Informative and enjoyable
Kayla_B, Apr 2024
Our guide, Federica, was amazing. She gave great insight and information. She led with assertiveness to our benefit getting us to great spots. The meeting point and entrance experience was easy and uneventful. Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Great tour of the Vatican!
Thomas_R, Apr 2024
St. Peter’s Basilica is wonderful. The artwork in the Vatican Museum is magnificent. Monica was a great tour guide, who was knowledgeable and cheerful.
Boring with guide
Joseph_G, Apr 2024
Waste of money… better to do it by yourself. Skip the line is worth it but the rest you can do on your own
Vatican Tour
Mark_W, Apr 2024
Brilliant tour with a fantastic guide - could not ask for any more and would recommend LivTours guide
Our guide, Lucina was...
BRENDA_C, Apr 2024
Our guide, Lucina was very knowledgeable about the Vatican and all the history there. She answered all our questions and we would definitely recommend her and this tour to family and friends.
Chiara was phenomenal
Maria_T, Apr 2024
We had a private small group tour with Chiara and she was phenomenal. We had a fantastic experience all around with a knowledge guide who was focused on our needs and answered all of our questions with enthusiasm and details. Highly recommend.
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