Sistine Chapel
- Address:Viale Vaticano, Vatican City
- Hours:Open Mon - Sat 9am - 6pm (last entry at 4pm)
- Admission:Adults: €12-18
Sistine Chapel Reviews
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Both my wife and I enjoyed this tour our guide Tiffany certainly knew the Vatican history and what lies within even to the point of informing us that all our belongings were now owned by the Pope although there yours again once you leave the Vatican. The only downside were the idiots taking pictures inside the sistine chapel which not allowed of all nationalities, come on Vatican officials please enforce this so that the frescos will last for generations to come
David
Our group of 4 (1senoir and 3young adults) thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Be prepared to walk though. It can be tiring but our guide was considerate enough to factor in rest and toilet breaks when possible. We found it very informative and were blown away by the collection of art treasures within the Vatican. The sistine chapel is breathtaking and well worth seeing. I'm not sure if we saved a huge amount of time waiting in line but it was worth doing the tour because of the expert commentary.
We saw the museum early in the morning without the crowds of people. Our guide pointed out the important pieces. By the time we got to the Sistine chapel the crowds were starting to build. The enterance to St. Peter's also very crowded. The wait in lines to St. Peter's by that time were an hour or more. The Skip the Line early morning tour is the way to go.
The tour guide was excellent and answered all questions. The group was small and it was easy for everyone in the group to stay together. It was great skipping all of the lines. I booked this tour before we left home and everything worked like a charm- the group was easy to locate, the head sets worked great. My husband and I were very happy with this tour and would certainly recommend it for anyone wanting to see the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's. This was an excellent value.
I would HIGHLY recommend this tour for two reasons: you do skip the lines for entrance AND your guide explains so much in the Vatican Museum about which travelers such as me and my wife would have not a clue.
Our guide, Davide, was FANTASTIC! Friendly and extremely knowledgeable about the museum, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica. The radios with the earphones were also a wonderful accessory on the tour. We could all hear Davide even if in a crowd or a short distance away gazing at AMAZING things! You will miss so much if you do this on your own. And Davide also does private tours of Rome as well. I would recommend him without hesitation. Viator offers a great service!
The Vatican and Sistine chapel are something to behold and a must to see in Rome but do not go on an organised tour unless you wish to be bored to death by an american tour quide who thinks its great if she can remember your name!!and takes 45 min outside in the cold showing you pictues on an Ipod of the inside of the sistine chapel when all you want to do is go in there and experiance it for yourself.By all means pre book the tickets with the Vatican and pre book for the Coleseum with the Coleseum but if your want a tour with a boring history lesson, then book this tour.
The guide was most informative and we found the tour very interesting and good value. Being able to go into the Sistine Chapel which was amazing and directly into St Peter's Basilica without queuing was a great benefit of being on the tour.
I would be happy to recommend this tour to other visitors to Rome.
This tour is awesome. So much magnificent artwork, sculpture and history to be seen.The only negative is the large crowds that can and did go with us through the galleries and Sistine chapel. It is unavoidable. Our tour guide was concerned at the large crowd but was able to keep us together and handled the situation very professionally and capably. It was great to walk straight in and avoid the long queus. Another example of the reliability of Viator in organising the tour.
This was a wonderful tour! Our tour guide was humorous, very knowledgeable and very informative. We didn't have to wait in the very long lines that everyone else was in. We learned a lot about the Vatican Museums, Raphael's Rooms and St. Peter's. The Sistine Chapel was AMAZING! My wife and I would strongly recommend this tour!
I would highly recommend this tour! Tour guide was very knowledgeable! I learned so much during our tour and would have never gotten as much out of the attractions had I attempted to view on my own. My only disappointment was the fact that talking was allowed in the Sistine Chapel. Our tour guide warned us that there was no talking in the chapel and explained everything prior to entering. However, once we were in there, people were talking all around us. Very disappointing as we just wanted to take it all in and feel the holiness of the chapel.
Nice tour! I made a good choice booking this tour. Lots and lots of people in this tour, so try to stay close to your guide because it can be very confusing. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it, even with the multitude of people inside the Sistine! Book it, you´ll be amazed!
Seriously awesome trip. The tour was excellent, informative, and well paced. You saw all the amazing history of the Vatican and you get to take short cuts not open to non-tour groups. Suffice to say we left Sistine Chapel and got the fast track to St. peter's square and St. peter's Basilica. you won't regret taking this tour.
Good Friday was probably in retrospect not the best day to visit the Vatican. We were carried along the museum corridors in a veritable tide of humanity. The Sistine Chapel was packed with around three hundred people a third of which were taking photographs with flash cameras. They were also showing very little reverence to this great wonder of the world - indeed Arsenal supporters make less noise! All in all something which should have been enjoyed in a serene environment was ruined by 'ignorant' behaviour. The Vatican stewards seemed to have no control over the crowds and seemed disinterested in proceedings. If this is the norm then the Vatican has a very big problem.
Didn't realize it would be two hours before we entered the Sistine Chapel after the tour started. We only had 20 minutes in the chapel itself, not nearly enough time, we should have handed our guide headsets and stayed. Guide was super informative.
Very good, you don't get to see the Vatican Museums but I understand their point, which is taking you through all the Raphael rooms and then to the Sistine Chapel which, by the way, looked like Times Square on New Year's Eve, disrespectful tourists taking flash pictures and pushing to take them too, pretty gross. But the services of the company itself were very good, well organized and punctual, the tour guide was a real charmer.
