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Schedule Skip the Line Tickets and Guided Tours Vatican Museums in Rome
Michelangelo Sistine, Creation of Adam
Vatican Museums Guided Tours Tickets
Queues to visit the Vatican Museums are particularly long, on average 2-3 hours in the street, without any protection from the sun or rain.Therefore, we advise you to buy your skip-the-line ticket in advance or book a guided tour that always includes skip-the-line tickets.
Michelangelo Sistine Chapel ceiling
Tickets Vatican Museums + Sistine Chapel
Smartphone Tickets AcceptedVatican Museums Sistine €29 info
Vatican + Sistine €30 info
Laocoön and his Sons
Vatican + Sistine Chapel Tours
Smartphone Tickets AcceptedVatican + Sistine + Gardens €50 info
Vatican + Sistine Tour €62 infos
Vatican + Sistine VIP Night €75 info
(Friday and Saturday)
Vatican + Sistine + St Peter Tours
Smartphone Tickets AcceptedSt. Peter + Vatican Sistine €75 info
St. Peter + Vatican Sistine €85 info
Michelangelo Sistine Adam and Eve
Vatican Sistine St Peter Colosseum Forum
Smartphone Tickets AcceptedSt Peter Vatican Colosseum €213 info
Rome Card City Pass
Smartphone Tickets AcceptedRome All-Access Pass €99 info
Rome Official Vatican €101 info
Opening Hours and days of the Vatican Museums
Monday to Saturday
9:00 to 18:00 (last entry at 16:00)From 14 to 30 April
Friday and Saturday, extended opening until 22:30 (last entry at 20:30)From 5 May to 28 October
Friday, extended opening until 22:30 (last entry at 20:30)Saturday, extended opening until 20:00 (last entry at 18:00)
Closing days in 2023
April 10, May 1, June 29, August 15 and 16, November 1, and December 8, 25, 26 and 31Services and Tips, Security, Mobile Phones, Cloakroom Vatican
Decently dressed visitors
Admission to the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Gardens is allowed only to decently dressed visitors.Upholstered and/or low-cut clothing, shorts that do not cover up to the knees, miniskirts and hats are not allowed.
The decoration also extends to any visible personal objects and distinctive personal signs that are just as visible (such as tattoos) and may offend Catholic morals, the Catholic religion and the familiar feeling of modesty.
Security Metal Detector Control Operations
To facilitate and speed up metal detector control operations, it is advisable to separate items that are not allowed (umbrellas, knives, weapons, scissors and/or various kinds of metal tools) from your hand luggage beforehand to the Museums, and to report them in advance to the staff in charge.Vatican Cloakroom
Before accessing the exhibition spaces, visitors must store their luggage, suitcases, backpacks, medium and large umbrellas (or those with pointed ends) in the closet, sticks (except walking aids), photo easels, video cameras, signs and signs of any kind. Packages and containers that, by size and characteristics, are not considered suitable by the staff in charge.The introduction of alcoholic and alcoholic beverages into the Museums is not allowed (daily delivery/collection at the cloakroom is mandatory).
The cloakroom service is free.
Consumption of Food and Beverages
The consumption of food and beverages inside the exhibition halls is prohibited.However, visitors can deliver any type of food and/or drink in their possession free of charge to the cloakroom (the collection is mandatory within the closing time of the same day of the visit, under penalty of the destruction of what is not claimed).
Use of Mobile Phones
In their efforts to ensure the best visiting experience, the Vatican Museums strongly discourage the use of mobile phones within exhibition spaces.However, visitors are required to activate the ringtone in silent mode.
The use of mobile phones is prohibited in the Sistine Chapel.
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