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Skip the lines to the Hall of Mirrors with a friendly English speaking guide and roundtrip transport

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Palace of Versailles and Gardens Tour from Paris

Enter the Sistine Chapel, Roman Forum, and see St. Peter’s Dome, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and more!

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Rome in a Day Tour with Colosseum and Vatican Museums

Walk in the footsteps of gladiators on the Colosseum floor and see the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill

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Special Access Colosseum Arena Floor Tour through the Gladiator's Gate

Skip the line and gain direct access to the Raphael Rooms and Creation of Man

Privileged Entrance Vatican Tour with Sistine Chapel

Explore St. Mark's Square's most iconic attractions with skip-the-line tickets and an expert guide

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Get to know Venus de Milo, Liberty Leading the People, and Napoleon's Coronation like never before

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So, you want to visit the Vatican Museums but aren't interested in a guided tour? Then you'll love booking your own tickets to the Vatican to explore at your own pace. You'll even get that coveted privilege of skipping the notoriously long line that goes all the way down the street. With these Vatican tickets, you'll have access to the Pio Clementino, Vatican Pinacoteca, Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms, top galleries, and more.
  

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The Vatican Museums are a series of galleries housing some of the world's most famous artwork produced by high-Renaissance masters such as Michelangelo, Raphael, and more. It culminates in the Sistine Chapel, which is arguably the most famous work of art on Earth completed by Michelangelo and others. 

Exploring the Vatican is a must-do activity while visiting Rome but make sure to bring water and your best walking shoes. Your feet might give out before you can even explore all 9 miles of art at the Vatican! And if you decide you'd rather understand more about these centuries-old artworks you'll see, then be sure to book one of our top-rated Vatican tours instead.

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Vatican Museums Tickets

Book your own skip-the-line tickets to the Vatican Museums here. Last minute availability throughout the day!

Book Skip-the-Line Last-Minute Vatican Museums Tickets

Skip the line and gain quicker access to the Vatican so you can explore at your leisure

Entry Ticket - Meet at Viale Vaticano, 100

Entry Ticket

Vatican Museums - Your self-guided tickets include entry to the sprawling Vatican Museums, spanning 7 km (4.3 miles) of art-filled halls and galleries.

Pinecone Courtyard - A natural starting point inside the Vatican, pause in the Pinecone Courtyard to take in timeless statues and beautifully manicured gardens.

Pio-Clementino Museum - Wander between the most important of 12 rooms, pausing to admire ancient busts, Hercules portrayed in gilded bronze, and detailed mosaics.

See the Areas You Want to See

Hall of the Maps - An astonishing 120 meters long (400 ft), this iconic gallery reveals Italy’s intricate terrain through the cartography of the 16th century.

Raphaels Rooms - Step into four connected chambers, each a canvas for Raphael's frescoes that bring to life the grandeur and intellect of the Renaissance.

Sistine Chapel - As the home of Michelangelo’s famous vaulted ceiling masterpiece, ponder biblical stories in art form from Creation to The Last Judgment.

End your visit inside the Vatican Museums - Continue exploring at your own pace, including the famous Gallery of the Tapestries and Gallery of the Candelabras, among other treasures.

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Gallery of Maps

Gallery of Tapestries

Pio-Clementino Museum

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Step inside the Vatican Museums after they close to the public for a once-in-a-lifetime experience

Gallery of the Candelabra - Marvel at towering marble columns, intricate sculptures, and golden candelabras that illuminate the gallery, a space once reserved for displaying the Vatican’s most prized antiquities.

Gallery of Tapestries - Admire handwoven masterpieces depicting biblical scenes in stunning detail. With lifelike expressions and optical illusions, these tapestries were designed to impress even the most distinguished visitors.

Gallery of Maps - Stretching an astonishing 120 meters (400 ft), this corridor is lined with vibrant, 16th-century maps illustrating Italy’s mountains, coastlines, and cities as they were known during the Renaissance.

Raphael Rooms - Enter the private chambers of Pope Julius II, where Raphael’s legendary frescoes, including The School of Athens, bring together history’s greatest philosophers and artists in a grand Renaissance composition.

Sistine Chapel - Step into the stillness of the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam and The Last Judgment unfold across the ceiling and altar wall, their beauty amplified in the silence of the evening.

End your tour inside the Vatican Museums - Your exclusive experience concludes inside the Vatican Museums, where you’ll have a final moment to soak in the after-hours magic before exiting into the heart of Rome.

Passionate English-speaking guide

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Max 20 pax

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Exclusive Sistine Chapel After Hours Small Group Tour

Experience the quiet of the Sistine Chapel without the crowds after your tailored tour

Intimate after-hours Vatican experience - Meet your guide at the entrance to the Vatican Museums

VIP Entrance

School of Athens - Celebrated as one of Raphael's greatest works, The School of Athens fresco displays a gathering of the greatest philosophers of the time. 

School of Athens

Bramante Staircase - Walk down the legendary double spiral staircase designed by Giuseppe MoMo. It was inspired by the original staircase designed by Donato Bramante. 

Bramante Staircase

Sistine Chapel - A place where cardinals have spent endless hours deliberating the fate of men in the Catholic Church, this room is adorned with Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes.

The Last Judgement - In his mature years, Michelangelo returned to the place that made him famous, only to paint another masterpiece. This time he painted a fresco that portrayed his conception of the end of days.

The Last Judgement

Pinecone Courtyard - Named for the giant pinecone that adorns one of the most beautiful outdoor spaces in the Vatican Museums, the Pinecone Courtyard was designed by Donato Bramante.

Pinecone Courtyard

Belvedere Torso - This celebrated marble torso is a fragment of a statue found in Rome at the end of the 15th century.

Belvedere Torso

Round Hall - Between the beautiful mosaic floors, porphyry granite bath tub and an extremely rare bronze statue of Hercules, you won't know where to look first.

Round Hall

Laocoön and His Sons - Get up close to some of the worlds most iconic statues, including Laocoön and His Sons in the Pio Clementino Museum

Laocoön and His Sons

Gallery of Candelabras - This gallery was originally an open "loggia" but was walled and closed some 200 years ago. The statues and candelabra here date back as far as 3rd Century B.C. 

Gallery of Candelabras

Gallery of the Tapestries -  Some of the masterpieces in this gallery were designed from cartoons drawn by Raphael. Look out for a tapestry that includes a spectacular optical illusion.

Gallery of the Tapestries

Gallery of the Maps - Discover maps painted over 400 years ago that are still extremely accurate even to this day

Gallery of the Maps

Raphael Rooms - Decorated for Pope Julius II and Leo X by Raphael, you will truly understand why Raphael is considered one of the best artists ever

Private luxury return transfer from your Rome accommodation

Exclusive after-hours access to the Vatican City

Tailored private tour of the Vatican Museums and Galleries with no crowds

Raphael Rooms, Borgia Apartments, and much more

An intimate private viewing of the Sistine Chapel

A private English-speaking guide with expertise in art history

Alone at the Vatican: Private After Hours Tour

Do more in a day: St. Mark's, Doge's Palace, glassblowing and lacemaking demos, and a gondola ride

Ultimate Venice in a Day with Murano and Burano

Visit St. Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace, Rialto Bridge, and the hidden areas of Venice

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Doge’s Palace

Easily visit these colorful Venetian islands by boat and see traditional glassblowing and lacemaking

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Explore colorful streets and ancient trades in Murano and Burano with a private boat and local guide

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See Lady Liberty up close and get in touch with your roots at the gateway to New York City

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