Experience the highlights of the Vatican City on a 3-hour private tour with VIP access. Explore one of the most extraordinary art collections in the world. Pause in the Sistine Chapel and admire Michelangelo's masterpiece with an expert guide.
About this activity
- Free cancellation
- Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
- COVID-19 precautions
- Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
- Mobile ticketing
- Use your phone or print your voucher
- Duration 3 hours
- Starting times 10:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM
- Skip the ticket line
- Instant confirmation
- Live tour guide
- English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian
- Private group
Experience
- Save hours of vacation time with fast track tickets to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel
- Enjoy a private tour of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica
- Take advantage of a tailored service and personal guide at your disposal
- Admire ancient and Renaissance masterpieces
- Fast track entrance tickets guaranteed to skip the long ticket lines
- Entry to the Vatican Museums and St. Peter's Basilica
- 3-hour private tour
- Official expert private guide
- Assistance
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Wheelchair users
Customers must book this activity online because the ticket office is closed
- All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
- The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
- Customers are required to bring and wear masks
- Customers will get a mandatory temperature check
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Prepare for the activity
Viale Vaticano, 100, 00192 Rome. Meet your guide at the Vatican Museum main entrance. Your guide will be waiting for you holding a signboard with your name on it.
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- Passport or ID card
- Comfortable shoes
- Camera
Not allowed
- Pets
- Shorts
- Baby strollers
- Smoking
- Luggage or large bags
- Short skirts
- Sleeveless shirts
Know before you go
- Estimated time entrance in the museum is 45 minutes after tour departure because you will have to pass the security check. All visitors must pass through airport-style security. During high season the wait at security may be up to 30 minutes.
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- A maximum of 14 people per booking
- Your tickets will be held by the guide for collection on the day of the tour. You will be required to present this voucher. If you have purchased a discounted option you will be asked to show a photo ID in exchange for your tickets
- Not wheelchair accessible due to some difficulties in the Sistine Chapel
- Estimated time entrance in the museum is 45 minutes after tour departure because you will have to pass the security check
- It is not possible to enter the Basilica on religious holidays including
- papal audiences, beatifications, or masses of the pope; the tour will not operate on these days