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Take a small group walking tour of the Vatican Museums and St Peter's Basilica, and jump the queue by booking ahead. Numbers are limited to a maximum of 20 people on this small group walking tour, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your guide. And by booking ahead, you won’t waste any time waiting in line!
Your knowledgeable guide will escort you into the Vatican Museums to explore the world's most extensive collection of art. Brilliantly decorated and lined with masterpieces, the museums are brimming with treasures and history. Your guide will lead you through the 2000 rooms that stretch over almost nine miles, and share the stories and secrets contained within the Vatican's walls.
Highlights of the museums are Michelangelo's famous Creation of Adam fresco in the Sistine Chapel and Raphael's Rooms. After taking in the Vatican Museums, you will encounter another of Michelangelo's masterpieces, La Pieta, in St Peter's Basilica. For a fascinating finish to your small group guided walking tour, stop to admire magnificent St Peter's Square, as your guide points out Bernini's ingenious use of optical illusion.
- Guided walking tour inside the Vatican Museums
- Includes Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel with magnificent Last Judgment and Creation of Adam frescoes
- Personalized small group and commentary (maximum 20 people)
- Expert English-speaking guide, plus audio headsets so you're guaranteed to hear the guide clearly
- The tour ends close to the Vatican Post Office - don't forget to send postcard or two from the smallest country in the world!
Skip the Line: Vatican Museums Walking Tour including Sistine Chapel, Raphael's Rooms and St Peter's
Monday to Saturday
Unavailable Dates:
- January 1 (New Years Day)
- April 13 (Easter Monday)
- December 25 (Christmas Day)
- December 26 (Boxing Day)
- 9:30am
- 2:30pm
- Prices are listed as a guide only. For an exact price quote, select a date
- Infants aged 5 years and under are free of charge
- Child prices are applicable for children aged 6 - 18 years
- Prices are per person.
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- Guided walking tour (3 hours)
- Vatican museum entrance fees
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines!
- Headsets to hear the guide clearly
- Personalized small group and commentary (maximum 20 people)
- Optional gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- This tour must be booked at least 24 hours in advance of your travel date.
- Confirmation for this tour will be received at the time of booking, unless you are booking within 5 days of travel date. In this case, confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability.
- Tour is operated in English unless otherwise specified.
- The climb to the top of the dome at St Peter's Basilica is not part of this tour, however customers are encouraged to climb on their own, after the tour concludes.
- By pre-booking this tour it enables you to skip the long lines (which can take up to two hours!) to enter the Vatican Museums. Please note, all visitors must pass through metal detectors at the security check point. Please expect to wait 20-30 minutes to clear security.
- If you are interested in booking this tour on a Wednesday (morning tour only), there is the possibility that you will be unable to include St. Peter's Basilica and St. Peter's Square in your itinerary. This is due to the weekly Papal Audience during which access to St. Peter's Basilica could be blocked off from the Museums. As an alternative you will be offered an extended itinerary within the Vatican Museums, which still includes the Sistine Chapel and Raphael's Rooms. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. If you would prefer a tour with St. Peter's Basilica and Square guaranteed to be included, please do not select Wednesday as your travel date.
Only for private tours. On this group tour we cannot because wheelchair users must use alternate routes to move about the corridors of the Vatican Museums. In a private tour you will be more flexible to take the appropriate routes because you will have your own guide. For passengers who need a wheelchair, refer to Skip the Line: Private Vatican Museums Walking Tour. If you do decide to book our private tour and need a wheelchair the Vatican Museums provide chairs free of charge in the main lobby. You can easily pick one up after entrance with your guide, but before starting your tour.
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