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
Entering to temporary exhibition
Cloakroom service
All Fees and Taxes
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
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting points
End points
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
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.
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.
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Rome: Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel Skip-The-Line Tickets
Reviews
111 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Disappointing, but because of the one who gave us the audio guide, the rest very well.
MariaLuisa Z,
Oct 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00It was very rewarding not to wait in lines. We took self-guide but Miss didn't explain anything about how she was doing in that matter and we stopped listening to a lot of information in museums until we consulted people who were just like us. It was very ugly.
It was good but tiring...
Marialuz Q,
Oct 22, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00It was good but tiring especially the Sistine chapel, especially exiting, we have to take the spiral staircase and it’s so long but it’s beautiful.
People everywhere
Belinda M,
Oct 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
3.00So many people! We were booked in for 13:30 arrived across bridge around 12. Then met with a sea of people every where. We were unsure where to go as assumed we would walk up St Peter’s square and in but no. You have to hang right and head all the way round the outside to the museum. Our tickets let us skip most of the queues but when you get outside the museum there is no real order to the queues due to food vendors in the way. I think we skipped a fair line buy just joining a queue that left a gap. We were allowed in early as queue was so big. Not sure if that is recommended though, go near your time and slow a 25minute window. Impressive sistine chapel but the rest wasn’t that exciting for us. Busy areas, no real clue where to go and poor signage.
Visit to the Museum
Ana A,
Oct 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
3.00And really nice not to wait in queue but exceptionally expensive compared to the actual ticket prices.
Overpriced misrepresentations!
James R,
Oct 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
3.00You don’t skip any lines. We waited for hours to get in, and were hassled by the Vatican Museum staff about the legitimacy of our tickets. You also charged two and a half times more than they actually cost.
Cheating!!! Never get tickets
Groth25,
Oct 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00Huge fake, hands off. This isn't the first time Reliant hasn't sent tickets and doesn't send Antowrt. I booked through Viator and they only write emails that they contact the organizer Reliant. Whether that happens is not clear and there's never a reply to the emails. Viator and Reliant seem to be working together on this. Big Fake, don't book. Never received tickets!!!!
Over priced
Paddy B,
Oct 7, 2025
- Review from Viator
2.00The tickets will eventually show up in WhatsApp prior to your scheduled time. You should be dropped off at the museum main entrance. We did not follow the map given with the ticket (for an additional 1.5 hr walk) and entered there through the main line. It moves fairly quick. Going through the Vatican to get to the Sistine Chapel takes a long time, it’s a maze with no direct route. With that said, the marble statues and rooms visited are stunning. However, unless these are the only tickets available, I would choose another route, as they are just way over priced basic entry tickets.
Vatican museum tour! Check your tickets!!
Gina M,
Oct 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00It took a bit of time to get the tickets to come through. It wasn't working via email so we needed to get WhatsApp make sure you have that just in case, once we downloaded that we were able to reach the tour company and get the tickets. We arrived an hour early in case of issues like this. The guards at security weren't a huge help so know before you go. We went to the museum entrance side to go to the line area. At the scheduled time the skip the line "line" opened and we walked right in. The instructions were very clear from there. Your was two hours and very informative our guide was awesome! After the tour we grabbed a snack at the cafeteria then wandering the museum for a while before leaving.
Family trip
Phil R,
Oct 1, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great tour guide, loved the information provided during our time with him and at an easy pace to enjoy.
Highly recommend
Clare M,
Oct 1, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide, Romina, was wonderful - kept us all in the loop in incredibly busy areas, was so knowledgeable and very attentive and easy to listen to! Very very enjoyable! Thank you :)
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