VATICAN MUSEUM TOURS AND TICKETS
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Vatican Museum tours and Tickets | Sistine Chapel | Skip The Line | Vatican City
SKIP THE LINE ticket details
The Vatican Museum tours and tickets include the entrance to Sistine Chapel which includes the entrance into the Sistine Chapel.
Address:Viale Vaticano, Vatican City, Rome
Timing:Monday to Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Last entry time is 3.00 p.m.)Closed on Sundays and religious holidays.
Bookings: Available in 30min timeslots
Online Booking: €6 per ticket
Refund: Vatican Museum tickets are non-refundable
Discount Pricing ( Vatican Museum tours and tickets)
Children: Below 6 years are free Between 6 and 17 years old
Students:Under 26 years old ( must present valid student card/ international student card)
Disabled:If you have a certificate showing you have 74% or more disability; you get free entry.
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Vatican Museums Tours and Tickets – Sistine Chapel Skip the Line Tickets
Enter the Papal Museums with Skip The Line tickets. Normally, visitors spend 3-4 hours in the museum galleries. You can stay till closing time. Once the Vatican Museum tickets are purchased, they are non-refundable.
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Bookings Notice
Vatican Museum tours and tickets | Please understand the booking process. There are many visitors to the Vatican museum. As such, when you place a booking, the museum will automatically select a time slot for you to enter. You can place preference in the blank space of the booking form, but please note it is up to the discretion of the Vatican museum as to when you are able to enter.
For example, if you have requested a time slot of 1:00 p.m. that means you may be given a time slot between 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.. Please keep this in mind when making a booking.
Disclaimer :
Please note we cannot be held responsible for the following
- Strikes
- Closure of the Vatican museum do you too Pope commitments
- Variations in the itinerary
- Partial closure of gallery’s
- Partial closure of exhibition halls dictation
- Partial closure of some parts of the Vatican museum
Why Is The Vatican Museum so Special (Vatican Tickets)
The Vatican Museums are one of the most visited museums in the world and cover more than 7 kilometres of galleries containing fabulous artworks and exquisite sculptures. The Pope’s museums are equally popular holding relics and treasures collected over the centuries.
Vatican Museum tours and tickets | And Why You Need To Get Yours Today!
The Vatican city is the centre of the Christian faith. Faithful’s from around the world visit The Vatican museum and Papal museums to learn more about the biblical history which has been so beautifully represented by artworks frescoes and sculptors by world-renowned master artisans. Lovers of art, history, architecture, and philosophy also visit The Vatican City every year.
About Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino Was born in 1483. He came to be known as Rafael Anne was one of the greatest Italian Renaissance architect and painter. Rafael learnt painting techniques from his father Giovanni Santi. When his father died, he took over his workshop and he was greatly influenced by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Pope Julius II invited 25 year-old Rafael to paint his private apartments. The rooms came to be known as Raphael’s Rooms and are on the must visit list of the papal museums. He made an enormous impact on the Italian Renaissance in his short lifespan.
Raphael’s Rooms
These are for reception rooms which were commissioned by Pope Julius II to be decorated by Raphael in 1507. The rooms represent theological and religious subjects. The four rooms are :
Sala of Costantino
The room depicts scenes of Christianity triumphing over Paganism. It was the largest of rooms and was painted by the students of Raphael, based on his drawings as he had died when this room was decorated.
Famous for: The Vision of the Cross
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge
The Baptism of Constantine
The Donation of Constantine
Stanza di Elidoro
The room depicts how Christ offered protection to the church and was painted by Raphael himself.
Famous for:The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple
The Mass at Bolsena
The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila
Deliverance of Saint Peter
Stanza della Segnatura
Spiritual and worldly wisdom are depicted beautifully through frescos.
Famous for: The School of Athens
Cardinal and Theological Virtues
Disputation of the Holy Sacrament
The Parnassus
Stanza dell’Incendio di Borgo
Frescos here depict the lives of Popes Leo III and Leo IV which were done by Raphael’s assistants.
Famous for: Battle of Ostia
The Fire in the Borgo
The Coronation of Charlemagne
The Oath of Leo
The Pope Museums: Useful Information
There are several sections in the Vatican museums :
Gregorian Egyptian Museum
Egyptian artefacts are displayed here. Funeral objects, statues, jewels, heliographs, gods and goddesses’ statues, and so much more. The Gregorian Egyptian Museum is one of the top five Egyptian museums in the world.
The Pio Clementino Museum
View artworks from the Greek and Roman age. Part of the Pio Clementino museum also includes the Octagonal Court. The famous Laocoön Group sculpture is also found here.
Sistine Chapel
Vatican Museum tours and tickets – This holy Chapel is filled with marvellous masterpieces, walls and ceilings painted. See Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgement.’ Michelangelo also decorated the vault of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo depicted scenes from the old as well as the New Testament. Millions of visitors visit the Sistine Chapel every year to also view the amazing masterpiece; Creation of Adam.
Online Booking –Vatican Tickets Refund:Vatican Museum tickets are non-refundable
The Fire in the Borgo
The Coronation of Charlemagne
The Oath of Leo