Vatican Tour: Skip-the-Line Art Exploration

Experience the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica like never before. Skip the line, join a small group, and follow a knowledgeable guide to discover the immense art collection, iconic masterpieces, and breathtaking frescoes by Michelangelo.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vatican City - The world’s smallest independent state, the heart of Christianity, led by the Pope.
  • Vatican Museums - A vast collection of art amassed by the Popes over the centuries, including the Vatican Galleries.
  • Museo Pio Clementino - The largest section of the Vatican Museums, featuring the Belvedere Apollo and the stunning…
What's Included
  • Free device charging station at the meeting point
  • Free Wi-Fi at the meeting point
  • Skip the line entry to Sistine Chapel
  • Skip the line entry to Vatican Museums
  • Sistine Chapel illustrated factsheet
  • Official Vatican headsets
  • Professional licensed guide
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick up and drop off
Additional Information

Join a guided tour of the Vatican Museums with guaranteed skip-the-line access. Explore St. Peter’s Square and admire the masterpieces of Michelangelo and Bernini.
Start your guided walking tour at the Vatican Museums, home to an extensive collection amassed by the Popes over the centuries, and explore one of the world’s most extraordinary art…

Location
Brastours
Via Santamaura
Brastours Office. 15 minutes prior the departure time. No refunds will be issued to customers who are late and miss the tour.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Briantf8021pc
Mar 23, 2025
Wonderful tour! Excellent guide! - Gabby did a fantastic job with our group of 13 despite the crowds! Her knowledge, enthusiasm and ability to interact with everyone was commendable. Ready to answer all our questions. Although Saint Peter’s basilica was not on the schedule she took all who wished to visit to the entrance and gave us guidance as to the route we should follow in the cathedral. Thank you Gabby for a memorable day!
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Zambaninil
Mar 11, 2025
Not to be missed - An exceptional guide Chiara FRIGGIANI, was really exciting, precise punctual, neat and exciting! Thanks Chiara!! Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 10.30am 2L0ZC4CB21I3VA4LT
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Janet_c
Mar 7, 2025
Outstanding Tour of the Vatican Museums - Paola was a wonderfully kind and knowledgeable guide; we very much enjoyed her tour and appreciated the insight she shared as a local citizen of Rome. Although we were a bit disappointed to learn that the tour wouldn’t include the St. Peter’s as advertised, (we were sent a email stating there would be no tour/no refund) we had plenty of time to see it on our own. The tour is definitely worth buying for the skip-the-line convenience as the lines we past as we breezed by with Paola were quite long.
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Peter_k
Mar 7, 2025
Vatican Museum - Awesome tour would highly recommend it. Great guide who absolutely knew her stuff. Could have gone for significantly longer time.
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290katarinam
Mar 4, 2025
10/10 would recommend - The tour was really interesting and it covered the most important works of art. The guide was really kind and because of her the tour went without any stress considering hoe crowded the Vatican is.
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Claire_p
Mar 2, 2025
Highly recommended - It was an efficient and professional tour with a fantastic tour guide if you’re lucky enough to get Hilary who s passionate knowledgeable and interesting to listen to
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Nomad10356074853
Mar 24, 2025
The tour didn't add much value to the experience - The tour guide took us around very quickly whilst it was very busy which led to a chaotic experience. The gardens and St Peter's basilica were closed and weren't offered any sort of partial refund.
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Kh1751
Mar 23, 2025
Average Tour - museum very very crowded - This tour was average at best. I’m not sure what question or lines we skipped as most of the tour was spent queueing ? I think the guide was very knowledgable but the headphone system provided was of very poor quality and it was difficult to make out what was being said. It was also incredibly busy which is not down to the tour company but they should make this much clearer in their information. There were some nice things to see but overall the tour was not a pleasant experience and we won’t be repeating anytime soon.
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Emma_p
Mar 16, 2025
Felt like we would have... - Felt like we would have been better off booking a tour through the Vatican for less money. Don’t feel like what we got from the guided tour was worth the money. Information shared was repetitive and not incredibly informative. Overall very disappointing.
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Robert_v
Mar 17, 2025
Not enough concentration... - Not enough concentration on the art inside the museums. Could not enter Saint Peter’s Basilica at the end of the tour.
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