An experience unlike any other, this tour of the Vatican Museums includes a delicious American breakfast buffet that you can enjoy inside the Vatican Museums. Following the meal, you will get to visit the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel with skip the line access, allowing you to take in the artistic wonders of the museums in your own stride.
Highlights
Highlights
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Enjoy a breakfast banquet fit for the Pope inside the grounds of the Vatican Museums.
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You'll be part of the first groups to enter the Sistine Chapel with this exclusive early access pass!
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Experience the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel in solitude with an audioguide before heading over St. Peter's Basilica.
Inclusions
Inclusions
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Buffet breakfast inside the Vatican Museums
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Early access to the Vatican & Skip the Line access to St. Peter’s Basilica
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Audioguide
Cancellation policy
Cancellation policy
These tickets can't be cancelled or rescheduled.
Ratings & Reviews
Ratings & Reviews
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Why You Shouldn't Miss This
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VIP Breakfast inside the Vatican Museums
This experience offers you the wonderful opportunity of enjoying a delicious breakfast early in the morning inside the Vatican Museums. Set in the beautiful surroundings of the Pinecone Courtyard, you will be able to feast on a lavish breakfast spread consisting of meats, cheese, pancakes and pastries. The breakfast will be a relaxed affair, allowing you to sit in the courtyard patio and soak in the peace and quiet of the morning as you're surrounded by the pine trees. After your breakfast you can soak in the art that the museums hold in complete solitude.
Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums are home to a number of classical sculptures and paintings by Renaissance greats such as Raphael, Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Bernini and Leonardo da Vinci. Artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dalí, and Pablo Picasso are also represented in the Modern Religious Art section.
Sistine Chapel
You can then visit the Sistine Chapel. Painted by Michelangelo in a span of 4 years, the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel are considered to be a cornerstone of western art. After the Sistine Chapel, the tour will head to St. Peter's Basilica through a direct passage that connects the two.
St. Peter's Basilica
Apart from being the center of Christianity, St. Peter's Basilica is also home to numerous works of Renaissance art. Some of the most popular works of art in the basilica are Michelangelo’s La Pietà sculpture, Bernini’s Baldachin, the statue of St. Peter, Pope John Paul II’s tomb as well as St Peter’s famous dome.
Your Experience
Your Experience
After the meal, you can go through the Vatican Museum's 54 galleries and see its highlights. You can explore the Raphael Rooms, the Gallery of the Candelabra and the Gallery of the Tapestries and Maps. Next, head to the Sistine Chapel where you will come face to face with some of the most important works of art. The most impressive among them will be the marvelous ceiling that was painted by Michelangelo in a span of 4 years.
Finally, make your way towards St. Peter's Basilica through a passage that connects it to the Sistine Chapel. Here, you will be introduced to incredible works of art and architecture such as the dome, Michelangelo’s sculpture ‘La Pietà’, Bernini's Baldachin and the world’s most impressive altar.
You self guided tour will then end at St. Peter's Basilica.
Know Before You Go
Know Before You Go
Important Information
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All guests need to bring and wear only an FFP2 mask. This is the only acceptable mask at the venue.
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To gain entrance, guests MUST have a reinforced Covid Pass (proof of last vaccination being within 6 months (or recovery) OR in the event that a guest doesn't have a full vaccination/the last dose had passed 6 months, they'll need to show a negative covid test taken within 48 hours (PCR can be done at any local pharmacy).
Tour Timings
This VIP Breakfast Self Guided Tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel is available on Mon, Fri & Sat at 8:15am, from 29 Oct until 31 March with breakfast taking place at the Coffee Bar of the Vatican Museums.
From 3 April until 28 October, the tour is available on all days except Sunday, every half an hour from 8am to 9:30am, with breakfast taking place at the Pinecone Courtyard.
Getting There
The closest station to the Vatican is the Ottaviano-S. Pietro station. Line A of the Rome Metro stops at this station every few minutes. Your meeting point, as well as the Vatican Museums and St. Peter's Basilica, is a 5-minute walk from this metro station.
What to Wear
Please be dressed appropriately. Sleeveless blouses, miniskirts, shorts, and hats are not permitted. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. Comfortable shoes are recommended.
My tickets
My tickets
You will receive an email with your Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel mobile voucher. No need to print. Please display the same to the security at the museums and head inside to exchange the voucher for the ticket at "CASSA ONLINE E GRUPPI", the Vatican Museums ticket office.
Head over to the coffee bar of the Vatican or the Pine Cone Courtyard depending on the season for your buffet breakfast before beginning your self guided tour.
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