Rome: Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel Skip-The-Line Tickets

Overview

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Take a stirring journey through art and religious history with skip-the-ticket-line entry to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Avoid the long ticket lines and enjoy your visit at your own pace.

Wander through the Greek Cross Gallery to see elaborately carved sarcophagi that might just contain the earthly remains of some of antiquity's famous kings and queens.

Peek at the Cabinet of the Masks, or tour the Sala degli Animali to see a virtual menagerie of fantastic beasts, real and imagined. Walk the Upper Galleries, including the Gallery of Maps, to see how cartographers depicted the world through the ages.

See masterpieces by Renaissance masters in the Raphael Rooms, and rest in the Borgia Apartments for a while. Then, it’s time to marvel at Michelangelo’s exquisite Sistine Chapel, the crown jewel of the Vatican, and perhaps even of all the world’s art treasures.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Public transportation options are available nearby

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

All Fees and Taxes

Entering to temporary exhibition

Cloakroom service

Vatican Museum Map

Skip the line ticket for Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel

Relaxation areas with seats are located along the museum

Lunch

Private transportation

Sistine Chapel during Conclave

What To Expect

Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums are the public museums of Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most well-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments.

1 hour 30 minutes•Admission Not Applicable

Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that time, the chapel has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today, it is the site of the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescoes that decorate the interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment, both by Michelangelo.

1 hour 30 minutes•Admission Not Applicable

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Rome: Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel Skip-The-Line Tickets

Reviews

3.06

85 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Okay tickets, terrible timing, disappointing
Corinna M,
Jun 29, 2025
- Viator
2.00
Apparently it’s a Jubilee Year, which to a Non-Catholic means way too many people. We could barely moved around the various tour groups. We wanted to see the Sistine Chapel but were required to snake through several museums first. They were decent enough museums, but with inpatient children in tow and only a half day, it was extremely frustrating and aggravating. I feel like I didn’t really get to see the Vatican and we ran out of time to find even the outside of St. Peter’s Basilica. And we went at the beginning of the “off-season”. If you’re going to do this trip, you need an entire day, from earlier in the morning until evening. The line was mostly easy to find, but once in the museum, we wasted a lot of time not knowing we had to go through the museums to get anywhere.
Extremely Professional
John F,
Jun 26, 2025
- Viator
5.00
These guys are legit. Great communication and super easy to deal with. Would definitely recommend. You do need WhatsApp to contact them
Great!
Ashley T,
Jun 26, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Such a beautiful tour! But be prepared to walk for miles. The Vatican is huge! Wear comfortable shoes. And in hot weather, bring plenty of water with you! Arrive at your scheduled time. They won’t let you in any earlier during the busy season.
Your was cancelled at the...
Rhiannon C,
Jun 26, 2025
- Viator
1.00
Your was cancelled at the last minute, with a long delay between messages for updates. Viator had to chase the response for us to discover the cancellation
Not my best experience
Michael B,
Jun 24, 2025
- Viator
2.00
my tickets were sent to the wrong number which caused me and my family a lot of stress we in fact did not receive our tickets until 2 hours before our entry time you need to find a better way of making the ticket's available to your customers also you web site does not make it self user friendly when it comes to making contact with your selves.