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Fast Track Tickets to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

Rome, Italy
Skip the line ticket for the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

From $67.49

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

  • 1 to 8 hours

Overview

Some of humanity’s finest works of art and architecture lie in one place: the Vatican Museums. Save an estimated two hours with skip-the-line tickets, fast-tracking your way toward the works of Michelangelo, Raphael, and more. Once you’ve finished exploring the myriad galleries and courtyards, make your way to the crown jewel: the Sistine Chapel.
  • Get personally accompanied past the museums' long entrance queues
  • Get immediate access to 20+ museums, lapidariums, and galleries
  • Explore the most beloved masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world
  • Once inside, stay as long as you like

What's Included

  • Priority access ticket to the Vatican Museums
  • Escorted entry
  • Lunch
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transportation
  • Guide services

Meeting and Pickup

Departure Point

  • Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy

Ticket Redemption Point

00192 Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy

What To Expect

Vatican Museums

7 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Sistine Chapel

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Please plan to be at the meeting point at least 20 minutes in advance in via Sebastiano Veniero 21
  • Please arrive on time. Latecomers will neither be accommodated nor refunded.
  • Please note that on the day of your visit certain areas of the attractions may be closed due to religious events or national holidays.
  • Please note that capacity regulations and security checks may delay your visit.
  • Please note that the service provider is not liable for cancelations and changes due to unfavorable weather conditions and unforeseen circumstances.
  • All visitors are required to undergo a security check. Please allow at least 20 minutes.
  • Please note that the exact times of your visit may be subject to changes.
  • Please note that large bags, backpacks and suitcases are not allowed. Only small bags are allowed. The attractions do not have cloakrooms.
  • Please bring a valid photo ID as proof of age in case you have purchased a discounted ticket.
  • the Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica maintains a strict dress code year-round. All visitors must have their shoulders covered and pants/skirts must come to the knee.
  • This activity is not recommended for participants with reduced mobility and wheelchair users.
  • This activity is not recommended for participants with reduced mobility and wheelchair users.

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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Reviews

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Nice job
Anthony_M, Sep 2023
The guide was very nice guy, overall great tour guide experience, was very busy place but guide made sure we all accounted for
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for letting us and the community know about your fantastic experience with us!
Terrible arrangement
Ghadah_A, Aug 2023
Waist of money. We bought skip the line tickets which cost double the regular tickets, and we were asked to check in 20 minutes earlier which we did. However we were delayed in each step of the way and we had to do lines. We checked in at 10:50, our tickets was at 11:15, and we didn’t get in till 12:15 ‎صراحه ما انصح ابدا،، اخذنا سكيب ذا لاين اللي المفروض مافيها انتظار ولا طوابير،، بس ما مشو على الوقت ووقفنا اكثر من وقفه وتاخرنا لو ماخذين تيكيت عاديه اسرع.
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Dear Customer, We apologize for any inconvenience you experienced during your visit. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that sometimes delays in the queue are caused by the Vatican regulations and staff. On busy days, they are forced to limit the flow of people coming in, and we have no influence on this. We are truly sorry that we could not do more for you. Wanted to point out, If you decide to buy a ticket at an official ticket office, you will have to queue up to 500 meters (0.3 miles) and the waiting time can be as long as 2 - 2.5 hours under the scorching sun in 38 degree heat with no shelter. We apologize for the delay, but we are sure we were able to make your visiting experience better than if you had waited in line. Your feedback is essential to us, and we will review our procedures to ensure a smoother experience for our guests in the future. Best Regards, Customer Support Team Checkandgo Tours
we had a tour at 5.00....
Despoina_P, Jul 2023
we had a tour at 5.00. They delayed to take us to the Vatican Museums 30 minutes. They didn't have the tickets earlier and they bought the tickets for the whole group when we arrived there. I mean what's the point?
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for letting us know about this. Your feedback helps us get better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promply and accurately.
Despite the heat and lack of oxygen, the Vatican is worth a visit.
Olga_M, Jul 2023
It was very easy to find the office where you exchange your only tickets and the people at the desk were very friendly. We didn't wait too much to enter the Vatican museums. It is worth visiting the museums and the Chapel. However keep in mind that it is overcrowded and there is no A/C or ventilation in the museums, it's super hot! Only the Chapel has A/C, but is so overcrowded you can't really get a good look. Despite the heat and lack of oxygen, the Vatican is worth a visit.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
We are so happy to see that you had a 5-star experience traveing with us! Thank for sharing!
Scam - terrible, terrible, terrible
Gerard_H, Jul 2023
Terrible, terrible, terrible - we spent more time in the tour operators office, than at the official ticket booth. There was no skipping any line, complete waste of money - beware this scam
Response from Host, Mar 2024
We are sorry for your bad experience. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promply and accurately.
Negative experience
Megan_D, Jul 2023
Plane was delayed and took 3 hours to get rental car. Was not able to make the Vatican tour. Instead of refunding us or providing any sympathy, we did not get a refund and was told there is nothing they can do.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
We are sorry for your bad experience. Unfortunately once the tickets are bought cannot be refunded according to Vatican regulation.
Meh. There wasn’t a line in June anyway
Kelly_G, Jul 2023
We went in June and there wasn’t a need to skip the line because there wasn’t a line. This tour has no guide.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for posting a review and we’re sorry ho hear that your experience was not of the quality you expected. We will use your feedback to make us better.
Amazing
Benjamin_M, Jul 2023
Great experience, fast and easy check in and quick to get inside the museum! So much to see in the museum, can spend an hour or all day depending on your interest.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
We are so happy to see that you had a 5-star experience traveing with us! Thank for sharing!
A complete scam. Just go get your own tickets and save yourself some money.
Jenna_K, Jun 2023
This was the strangest ticket "offering" yet. We did not "skip a line", we were simply herded an screamed at like cattle in a large group, all the way from their offices to the Vatican, and made to wait while the guide purchased tickets like a regular person at a regular counter and handed them out to us. They charge about 4 times the price of doing it ourselves, and there was literally no extra benefit. They purchased the tickets right in front of our eyes. I've been to the Vatican 3 times and usually buy on-site, and only did it this way for fear of crowds or tickets being sold out. We didn't bypass any queues or go to any special counters. A complete scam, no idea how it's legal and everyone in our group was shocked and confused.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for letting us know about this. Your feedback helps us get better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promply and accurately.
Disappointed, was looking forward to tour
Greg_P, May 2023
Did not get to go, they moved our time up so we could not make check in time. Would have been able to make original time. Have not received a refund, should since it wasn’t us that moved time.
Response from Host, May 2023
Dear Customer, No one has refused your refund! Her tour was anticipated by half an hour and had been advised and she replied that she could anticipate, otherwise we would have refunded her even earlier or rescheduled to another time that was better for her. Despite your acceptance, you arrived late and we still lost the cost of your reservation. But as it was our responsibility to move the tour, we still gave the refund. Unfortunately, I can't tell you the necessary bank times in which the refund will be credited to your card, but the refund will certainly be credited back. We sincerely regret taking this bad review despite the refund and through no fault of our own!
Nice experience !!
Lissett_M, May 2023
I love the experience. Tour operator was very flexible with the time considering that we arrived a little early. Details and guidance was provided accordingly. Be ready for a lot of people around you!
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for your review. The entire team in Check and Go really appreciate that you had a 5-star experience. Thanks!
Save your money
Richard_J, May 2023
It turned out that fast track was 90 minutes.l (not so fast). Once we finally received our tickets and the audio guide device we were on our own. Save yourself some money, arrive early and do all of this on your own.
Response from Host, May 2023
Dear customers, maybe your watch didn't work well, because you are entry from the entrance of reserved customers at exactly time. After the entrance, Inside the Museum you need the normal time to change the reservation to have your tickets and go to take the audioguide. But you have not take other 2 hours of line from the normal entry without reservation.
Horrible
Laura_H, Apr 2023
Horribly crowded, earphones didn’t work, too many people., Bad bad bad, would never tecommend, wish we had not done this
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thanks for sharing your experince with us. We want younto feel comfortable sharing good or bad news with us. We are sorry that our vgisit with us fell syhort of expectations. We will use your feedback to make some important changes for the meeting point. We hope to see you again!
Chaotic but a great time saver
Morna_M, Apr 2023
The beginning was very hectic. They changed our start time from 10:30 to 11:00 and when we arrived it was full of so many different groups and very disorganized. We had no clear idea of what to do or where to go. But when we finally arrived at the Vatican museum everything from there on worked smoothly
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for posting a review and we’re sorry ho hear that your experience was not of the quality you expected. We will use your feedback to make us better.
Lovely place but awful tour staff
Gina_J, Mar 2023
The operator asked the woman i was with to stand up while we were waiting in the office, then proceeded to look her up and down. The man with her explained they wanted to know if she was pregnant!! She is not and was embarrassed and humiliated. They could have asked discreetly if they really needed to know but to have her stand up and looked at like that was awful.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for letting us know about this. Your feedback helps us get better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promply and accurately.
Wow
Roberto_C, Dec 2022
The history and the art. I am speechless. This is a dream come true . There are no words that can do justice . You have to see it for yourself but if you asked me to describe it in one word . It would be WOW
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. We will share this with our team!
OKwith some reservations!
Geoffrey_T, Oct 2022
We booked this unguided tour on the basis that, if you are in Rome, you have to see the Sistine Chapel. You have to walk the full length of the museum (a very long way) to reach it, then walk the full length back to get out. There are some beautiful objects and rooms on the way but by the time we reached the Chapel we felt slightly underwhelmed by it. The tour was organised by Checkandgotours. The organisation was not great with little information about what would happen and the office was not easy to find. When we entered the museum the arrangements were confusing and we were left standing around not knowing what was happening. This was not helped by the fact there were two parties together, one guided the other unguided. The lady in charge was abrupt and uncommunicative. Fortunately, the young man with her was more helpful. A 'must do' but not a great experience.
Response from Host, Oct 2022
Hello Geoffrey, We’re so sorry that your experience did not match your expectations. We are sorry that navigating the museums was too much for you. Unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do with the layout of the museums. Should you booked the guided tour instead, you could have had the option of visiting St. Peter’s Basilica without having to queue again and you wouldn’t have to walk the full length of the museums twice to get out. You also mentioned you booked the skip-the-line tickets and not the guided tour, as per the option’s description, you will be escorted to the entrance of the museums to get your tickets and maps then you’re free to roam the site on your own. We would also like to thank you for your valuable feedback it helps us deliver an even better experience next time
Perfect way to see the Vatican, Sistine Chapel, and St Peter's
John_U, Jun 2022
We have been to the Vatican several times before, the last time only 3 years ago. But the grandkids had never been so we went again. This tour does everything you need and nothing more. (so much cheaper) You buy your tickets online. You go to their office. They take you to the nearby Vatican and get you quickly and easily inside, then you do what you want. It turns out the Egyptian part of the Vatican museum is quite good. We never saw it on our tours. Rick Steves has an excellent free downloadable audio guide to the Sistine Chapel. St. Peter's Basilica is free. See the Pieta, climb Michelangelo's dome, etc. Don't waste your time on things you don't care about with a guide who may or may not be good. Our hotel was near the Colloseum (an hour walk), and we had 4 kids, one on crutches. So we were a little late. No problem. They just put us with the next group and couldn't have been nicer. Great deal! Nice people! We also went in the afternoon, which, while still crowded, was better than our prior morning tour experience.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for letting us and the community know about your fantastic experience with us!
Just being together as a...
Joni_H, Oct 2021
Just being together as a family was a dream come true. We were all amazed at the volume of artwork amassed in this one place.
Response from Host, Oct 2021
Dear Joni, it was a pleasure to let you live a dream. We hope to see you soon!
Pas d'attente et...
Mriem_D, Apr 2023
Pas d'attente et accompagnement à l'entrée. Autonomie totale ensuite. Grosse disponibilité un jour avant
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Merci pour cette critique fantastique. Nous avons adoré vous rendre service et espérons pouvoir à nouveau vous aider bientôt.

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