Vatican Museums Tour: Self-Guided with Skip-the-Line

Skip the line and explore the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with our immersive audio guide. Discover art and history at your own pace.

Duration: 1 day
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vatican Museums - Discover the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel at your own pace using an Audio Guide, bypassing the long lines with this skip-the-line admission ticket. Spend more time admiring the world-famous art as you are escorted inside through a dedicated Vatican entrance. Explore independently, including galleries such as Raphael’s Rooms…
What's Included
  • Self-Guided App in different languages
  • Skip-the-Line Tickets & Escorted Entrance to the Vatican Museums
What's Not Included
  • Guided tour
Additional Information

Embark on a captivating journey through the Vatican Museums with our immersive self-guided tour! Dive into a rich tapestry of art and history spanning millennia, from ancient Egyptian marvels to Renaissance wonders. Our audioguide provides fascinating insights into each era and style, enriching your exploration.
Perfect for adventurers craving freedom,…

Location
Vatican Museums
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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O1896hrallenm
Nov 5, 2024
Amazing Vatican tour - Really friendly and knowledgeable tour guide Cosimo was a brilliant addition to a wonderful tour, with amazing sights, in particular St Peter's basilica. Could not recommend the tour enough especially our tour guide
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Angelanailedit
Sep 21, 2024
Fabulous tour guide and visit - We had the skip the line to Vatican, Sistine chapel and St. Peter’s basilica. Also breakfast in the Pinecone courtyard. Our guide, Christian, had lots of great information but with a fun personality that made it a great tour. Best way to see the Vatican!!
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Nathaliemw2442gw
Sep 20, 2024
Amy is the one to ask for! - We were a group of 4, we did the Vatican guided tour with Amy, she was fantastic! She was friendly, answered all our questions and bonus, had a great sense of humor, which made the time with her very pleasant 😀. If you book with City Wonders, you should ask for Amy. I give her 5/5 stars 🌟 🤩
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Lucaskiwis
Aug 6, 2024
Vacation museum, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter’s Basilica - Today we did a tour through Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter’s Basilica. It was amazing!!! But what it amazing was our tour guide Amy!!! Amy told us everything that we needed to know. She made it a fun and very interesting tour (which our kids even enjoyed!). I came here 20 years ago, and thought I knew everything but today I found out a whole lot more. Thank you so much Amy!!
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F1189hyleslied
Jul 27, 2024
Worth every cent (Euro) a must for those who want the best treatment, skipping the queues and enjoying good commentary - I never write reviews but I’d have to say that this was a truly excellent experience. The skip the line tour is an absolute must, because it was absolutely packed, but we were ahead of everyone. Our guide (Olga) was super friendly, well paced and knowledgeable. Her understanding of the history of Italy, the Vatican, the religion and the geography was superb and always light hearted and pleasant. We are in our mid sixties and found the journey around the sights fabulous. Loved it!
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Wwastle
Oct 18, 2024
Ok your - Our guide was super nice. He talked way too much, we stood around more than exploring. I felt like we missed so much of the Vatican due to this. He disappeared for 15 minutes saying he had to check into St. Peter’s balistica. However there was no need for this. Very sus. The good was that we skipped the massive line and into the Vatican and St. Peter’s. It was quick and worth it.
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S5818uxrichardg
Sep 27, 2024
not worth the money - We and several other members of the tour group felt misled as to the tour. You advertise it as follows; "With our First Entry Experience to the Vatican Museums, you will admire the Sistine Chapel at its best, without the notoriously large crowds." This was not the case. It took us 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to the Sistine Chape at which point it was absolutely packed with people and we could hardly move. So much for your statement of "you will admire the Sistine Chapel at its best, without the notoriously large crowds. " We felt we had overpaid for what was supposed to be a very memorable and unique experience. Our guide was great, she was very informative and friendly but for some reason she was holding us back to get to the main event, at which point she asked for all the electronic guides back and then sent us in to the Sistine where it was as busy as a London Subway at rush hour.
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Michellenq2886xr
Sep 17, 2024
City wonders stay away from this company - I have never had as bad experience with any other tour company. This all started with me calling city wonders because I was at the Vatican but unsure how to get to the museum and wanted them to let the tour guide that we were on our way, at this time I was still about 15 minutes early. I also asked for directions but the person on the other end was entirely rude and stated it was not her problem that my phone does not work in this country … and basically said if we are not there on time too bad. After asking several people on the street for directions we finally arrived on the steps. A worker tried to get us to our tour group but the tour guide told my wife no that she would have to go back to the steps. We went back to the steps as I called city wonders and was told that we would not get a refund and had to pay another 80.00 to re-book. I re-booked but am definitely not happy. “This has been the rudest and most money hungry company I have ever dealt with.” Trip advisor and others should really think about dropping them. Amazing a company that works like this would be allowed to work any of the Vatican tours as this does not follow the beliefs.
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656brettz
Sep 7, 2024
Awful. Never use City Wonders - Arrived on time 7/9/24 with pre-paid vouchers for and was told that the tour guide for the day had cancelled. A City Wonder guide advised we could take our tickets and do it ourselves, otherwise seek a refund. This also meant we missed out on the quick link from the Vatican Museum to St Peter’s Basilica. We had to wait 45 mins in the sun to enter the Basilica. No alternative tour group was offered, even though we asked. No cancellation confirmation was offered. We were just told to email the company. This was the worst tour guide experience we have encountered. Please stay away
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150laquishaj
Aug 5, 2024
Poor customer service - The company clearly oversold tickets and then was very unaccommodating. We purchased tickets months in advance. They canceled my sister’s breakfast at the Vatican tour 3 weeks before the trip and offered to downgrade her to the regular tour or cancel. This would have been no issue. However they wouldn’t allow me to downgrade with her since we purchased tickets separately and I was not one of the people they chose to cancel. We ended up choosing to skip the tour altogether. We are tourist from another country we weren’t going to go on the tours alone. So unfortunately they scammed me out money as they wouldn’t offer a refund option either.
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From $33
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).