Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Evening Guided Tour - Timed-Entry Ticket Included

Explore the Vatican Museums in the evening
with an English-speaking guide

Meet your guide near the entrance of the Vatican Museums, get an overview of what you'll see, and head inside. The tour lasts about 2 hours, and timed-entry tickets are included so you skip the ticket lines. In the early evening, after the heat of the day has faded, you can explore the courtyards and galleries in a relatively calm atmosphere.

See ancient sculptures in the Pinecone Courtyard and Pio-Clementino Museum

In the Pinecone Courtyard (Cortile del Belvedere), your guide explains the history of the Vatican, and you can see the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. Then admire ancient sculptures such as the Apollo Belvedere, the Laocoön Group and the Belvedere Torso in the Pio-Clementino Museum.

Pass through the Galleries of the Candelabra, Tapestries and Maps

Walk through the Gallery of the Candelabra, the Gallery of Tapestries and the Gallery of Maps while hearing about ancient sculptures, Flemish tapestries and Renaissance maps. Learn how art, faith and power shaped the Vatican over the centuries.

Visit the Raphael Rooms and enter the Sistine Chapel

In the Raphael Rooms, painted for Pope Julius II, admire The School of Athens. Because silence is required inside the Sistine Chapel, your guide explains Michelangelo's ceiling and The Last Judgment beforehand, and the guided tour ends before you enter the chapel. You then visit the Sistine Chapel for about 20 minutes.

※ During state visits or religious events, some areas of the Vatican may close without notice.
※ Entry to St. Peter's Basilica is not included.