3 or 2 hours Vatican with St. Peter's Basilica option

Overview

Available languages

English

Italian

French

Spanish

Mobile ticket

The complete guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica is the best way to visit them. Dedicated entrance and no queues for the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel. An expert guide will tell you all about the works of art you will see. Headphones are available to hear the guide better if the group is larger than 11 people.

Choose the 2-hour or 3-hour visit option with Basilica included and enjoy the best of the papal collections!

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

The Vatican requires a dress code: dressing with covered shoulders and knees is mandatory

Access to St. Peter's Basilica will be closed during the covid-19 epidemic until a later date

it is required to be at the meeting point 30 minutes before the visit

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

What‘s Included

guide in person

2-hour option: skip-the-line tickets, 2-hour tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

entrance ticket

3-hour option: skip-the-line tickets, 3-hour tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and Basilica

What To Expect

Vatican Museums

Visit to the main galleries of the Vatican Museums such as: pio-clementine museum, gallery of candelabra, gallery of tapestries, gallery of maps

1 hour • Admission Included

Sistine Chapel

Arrival in the Sistine Chapel. Silence is required. The guide will let you admire the masterpieces of Michelangelo, Perugino, Ghirlandaio and other artists.

10 minutes • Admission Included

Options

Spanish

English 2 hours

English 3 hours Basilica included

Basilica
Duration: 3 hours

Reviews

4.00

11 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Our Viator guide was...
Karen D,
Jun 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Our Viator guide was experienced and the tour exceeded my expectation. There is so much to see. The Basilica is breathtaking!!
Pre cruise Vatican City
Elaine K,
May 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The tour guide was very knowledgeable and helpful. Lots of great information. Moved at a comfortable pace. Very friendly and personal approach!
Expert guide and smooth skip the line
469guyg,
May 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Smooth service and limited waiting times for all entrances. Very knowledgeable guide. Abundance of antique art in both musem, chapel and St. Peter's Basilica.
Peter Kay
dawnyh65,
Jun 3, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Went to see Peter Kay at the O2 with my daughter, a gift from her ..our first time at the O2 and we was very impressed..My daughter had prebooked parking a very short walk away from the O2, inside there are lots of lovely places to eat, we had a lovely meal at Frankie and Bennys the food was delicious. There is a cinema also and lots of shops . There was drinks on sale sweets all you could want. Peter Kay himself was unbelievably funny he was fantastic, we was wiping tears away from laughing, he certainly did not disappoint, I am wanting to go and see him again! All in all we had an amazing time loved every minute.
In our opinion not to be trusted.
BradM96,
May 3, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
We booked a Vatican tour with this operator through Viator. We travelled to Rome and from abroad and this tour was cancelled in less than 24 hours with this tour agent through Viator. We were refunded through Viator, but this is terrible as we lost a booked trip to see the Vatican at extreme short notice. In our opinion this is not a trustworthy tour operator.
Small issues equal GOOD instead of GREAT!
Steve P,
Sep 29, 2023
- Review from Viator
4.00
It was a stressful start because the meeting point was difficult to find! Even though the available GPS coordinates were close, the actual meeting point was not well sign-posted. However, given the size of the crowds, it was a great experience. Tur guide was very knowledgeable, a good communicator and entertaining (although, the group was split up for a short time due to other tour groups and visitors merging on stairs which could have been better managed by the guide and this caused some anxiety!). Biggest negative was the technology ... ear pieces were not easy to mount and kept falling off, and the reception was only good when very close to guide and totally useless when direct line-of-sight could not be maintained. I feel I missed much useful commentary as a result. However, I realise this is probably a Vatican admin issue and not a tour operator issue, but this should be communicated to the relevant Vatican tour management staff.
Great
zoecody1,
Jun 26, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Very informative and interesting experience Would recommend to others, a must see. However our tour did not last the 2 or 3 hours stated.
Beautiful setting and many works!
Ladyphp,
Feb 25, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Skip-the-line tickets are a must to enter this busy museum. The museum is rich in works, the setting is beautiful. To do of course!
Slight downside
Aurore-vaillant,
Sep 13, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
The interior is beautiful, we took full eyes! Flat! Shoulders and knees must be covered to enter. But having the stomach and chest in open bar is quite normal!! Once they're inside, they don't say anything, so we can meet.
First booked and...
Christopher S,
Aug 23, 2022
- Review from Viator
2.00
First booked and confirmed tour guide for 100 tour never showed up. Tour company splicing and got us a 330 booking. Received phone call 40 mins before tour was to start changing the meeting point. This was nearly impossible to find. The tour guide gor 330 booking was great but the tour was rushed. Not enough time to enjoy. Told to check bags for 330 tour and were not told museum closes at 6 and our bags would be unavailable. Took nearly 2 hours and seemingly endless walking to retrieve our belongings.