Description

Overview

Opening hours

Monday: 09:00 – 18:00
Tuesday: 09:00 – 18:00
Wednesday: 09:00 – 18:00
Thursday: 09:00 – 18:00
Friday: 09:00 – 18:00
Saturday: 09:00 – 18:00
Sunday: Closed

Best time to visit

At 08:30, 15:30 or 15:00

Highlights

Skip the lengthy line and see some of the finest art in the world;
Explore Michelangelo’s famous frescoes in the Sistine Chapel – The Creation of Man on the ceiling, and The Last Judgement on the altar wall;
The Raphael Rooms, The Gallery of Maps, and Caravaggio’s Deposition are some of the highlights that would be the centerpiece of almost any other museum in the world.

Description

Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are widely regarded as the finest artwork ever created. And that’s not all; the Vatican Museums is full of artworks amassed by the popes over centuries; paintings, sculptures, tapestries, and more. With these skip-the-line tickets you’ll head straight for the entrance. No waiting, just wall-to-wall artistic masterpieces (literally).

The Vatican City may be a tiny country (44 hectares), but it punches well above its weight in all categories. Most of all: culture. There’s so much art here that this institution is called the Vatican Museums, plural. These extraordinary attractions are located in the heart of Rome, near St. Peter’s Square.

A visit to the Vatican Museums will expose you to some of the finest art in the world. On your way to the Sistine Chapel (the undeniable highlight), you’ll pass through the Raphael Rooms, the Gallery of the Maps, and Bramante’s Fountain of the Pine Cone.

And at the end of your tour: the Sistine Chapel. Admire Michelangelo’s breathtaking frescoes – he created over 300 figures on over 500 square meters of ceiling. 22 years later he returned to fresco The Last Judgement on the entire wall above the altar.

With this skip-the-line ticket you’ll miss the infamous museum queues that snake around the walls of Vatican City. Use that extra time to visit all four remarkable collections: classical sculpture, Renaissance masterpieces, and stunning artifacts from Ancient Egypt and the Etruscans.

Prices

Regular Ticket

Age: 18+ €28.00

Regular Ticket + Audio Guide

Age: 18+ €35.00

Reduced Ticket

Age: 6 – 17 or 18 – 25 (with student ID) €19.00

Reduced Ticket + Audio Guide

Age: 6 – 17 or 18 – 25 (with student ID) €26.00

Ticket

Ticket features

Skip The Line
Instant ticket delivery
Smartphone tickets accepted

What’s included

Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museum: Skip the line (timed-entry) ticket
Unlimited time inside the Vatican Museums
Skip-the-line service
Audio guide (if selected)

Cancellation

Cancellations are not possible for this ticket.

Key info

Wheelchair accessible
Audio guide
English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Russian

Additional info

Admission:
Last admission at 16:00
Closing of the galleries starts at 17:30
Between 26 April and 25 October, the Vatican will also be open on Fridays from 19:00 until 23:00, with last admission at 21:30

Getting there:

Metro: Line A, stations Ottaviano – S.Pietro-Musei Vaticani or Cipro (from either station it’s a 10-minute walk)
Tram: 19, Piazza del Risorgimento (5-minute walk)
Bus: Line 49 stops in front of the Museums Entrance. 32, 81 or 982, Piazza del Risorgimento, end of the line (5-minute walk). 492 or 990, Via Leone IV / Via degli Scipioni (5-minute walk)
Car: Paid parking on Viale Vaticano