Early Entry Vatican and Sistine Chapel Tour
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Experience Highlights
This ticket allows you to enter the Vatican monuments early in the morning, i.e. before their official opening time. This allows you to avoid the large crowds and feel that all the works are on display just for you.
In addition, you will be accompanied by a tour guide throughout the tour to inform you about the relevance and history of all the works in the Vatican Museums, the museum's Pinacoteca and the Sistine Chapel. This guide will give you his or her undivided attention as you will be part of a small group of around 15 people.
- Enjoy a guided tour of the great monuments of the Vatican early in the morning.
- All necessary entrance fees are included with guaranteed skip-the-line service.
- You will be part of a small group, with a maximum of 15 people.
- You will also have the option to choose a guided tour at the end of the day.
What’s included
- A tour of the Vatican monuments
- Local tour guide
- Early morning tickets and queue-free service
- Entrance to the Vatican Museums
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Step by Step
With this ticket you will enjoy a guided tour of the Vatican Museums, its Pinacoteca and the Sistine Chapel early in the morning. This means that you will be able to enter before the official opening time where the capacity is only 10%. Therefore, you will avoid the large crowds and enjoy a much more pleasant and calm visit in a group of around 15 people. And you won't waste any time either, because you'll be able to enter without waiting in line.
In this way, you will visit the Vatican Museums, which contain one of the largest art collections in the world. These include galleries of tapestries, candelabra and maps, but also numerous sculptures and sarcophagi. You will also enter the rooms of the painter Raphael, where you will find Renaissance masterpieces that worked on the faces of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
You will also visit the Pinacoteca of these museums. Inside you will find great masterpieces of art. Among them you will see paintings by Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael.
On the other hand, the Sistine Chapel is a must-see in the Vatican. On its ceiling you will find the frescoes painted by the great Michelangelo. In them he depicts biblical events such as the 'Last Judgement' or 'The Creation of Adam', both totally emblematic works in the history of humanity.
Finally, you will visit St. Peter's Basilica where you will be able to contemplate works such as Michelangelo's Pietà or Bernini's grandiose altarpiece. Please note that this visit will not be available if you choose the last minute option.