Vatican Evening Tour with Sistine Chapel only on Fridays!

A chance to experience the beautiful Vatican Museums under the twilight where you will be incorporated by a professional tour guide. He will allow you to connect with stunning art pieces in ways that you have never imagined. With a Friday Evening tour, you will get the ultimate tour experience.

Evening Vatican Tours include everything we offer by day, plus more!

During the Evening Tours, we offer the unique Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel visit opportunity. Visit the charming city when the sun sets around you. Relax on the outside St. Peter’s Square as the changing sky illuminates the city skyline and the Museum tower takes in a golden hour glow. That time tour at the museum becomes more relaxing as the shadows of dusk fill the historic cellblocks.

No. Evening Tours are unique and engaging, and at the same time educational. Evening Tours offers you a chance to explore the history and relevance of the museum. It’s a guided tour featuring in-depth presentations, an audio tour, and skip-the-lines access.

Tickets are available online however, capacity is limited. This is a seasonal tour available between April and October. So we strongly recommend purchasing Friday Evening Vatican tour tickets in advance to secure your entry for Evening Tours.

Children under age 6 can enjoy free admission to the Museum. And young tourists ages 6 to 18 can enjoy discounts on the total price. They must show a valid passport proving their age.

Students under 25 years old also can avail themselves of the discounts but need to come with a valid Student ID and legal documents such as a passport, driving license, etc for proof of eligibility.

Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel is a wonderful and educational place to visit with kids. But it is advisable that children ages 17 and younger must be accompanied here by an adult. This place is stroller-accessible. Free admission ticket is applicable for kids ages under 6 years.

When you arrive, you’ll follow a one-way route through the Vatican Museums which ended at Sistine Chapel. The tour lasts for 2 hours. During the tour, you are free to explore the renaissance artists’ exhibitions, beautiful sculptures, and frescoes on the ceiling, all of this come with a brief educational narration of the tour guide. After the tour ends, you are free to explore outside archaeological sites.

No, photography is restricted inside the chapel, although you can take pictures outside the museum.

If you have any issue with mobility, you have to contact us for private access. But one thing should be noted, the sites are not wheelchair accessible. So if you use one unfortunately you can’t visit this place.

You can bring a small bag with you that has the necessary items. During the visit, do not bring any large bags or luggage, as it is not permissible to enter the attraction with large bags.

Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel are open every day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, except Sunday.

Please note that St. Peter's Basilica is closed on Easter, December 24 and 31, and other religious holidays; the 3-hour tour will be given in other areas of the Vatican Museums at these times.

The Basilica is a place of worship that may be closed for religious activities without warning; in this case, a visit to the Vatican Library will be replaced.

Normally, the St. Peter's Basilica has another door that allows visitors to walk straight from the Sistine Chapel to the Basilica, however, that door had been blocked for the time being since the Covid19 Pandemic. As a result, group tours or any other tours were not permitted to enter the basilica from the interior. All visitors must depart the Vatican and proceed to the Saint Peter's Basilica, which has a separate entrance. However, the government has lifted the restriction, and the entry to the Basilica for guided tours is now open. We can continue the guided tour at Basilica until further notice.

Yes, hotel pick-up option is available but it is optional and comes with extra fees. Please select the Hotel transportation option at the time of tour booking. We will arrange it for you.

This tour is under ‘All Sales Final’ status which means you neither can cancel nor can get a refund if you book this tour 72 hours before the travel time.

It is best to be at the tour meeting spot 25 minutes early. It is the customer's duty to arrive on time. If you arrive late or don’t show up, we are sorry but we cannot accommodate you because we are already at the tour destination with other participants. Furthermore, the Vatican tour ticket price is non-refundable. A refund or cancellation of the Vatican ticket is not possible. As a result, if you miss it, you will not be refunded your ticket money.

Call us at +39 06 2757630 to cancel any trip; we're available Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 4 pm. Please review other cancellation-related FAQ of this tour and the Cancellation & Refund Policy of Rome Tour Tickets before canceling this tour.

At Rome Tour Tickets, we are acutely aware of the current circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic. We are solely responsible for keeping you up to date with the most correct information.

After the post-COVID-19, reserving your ticket online is required in order to avoid unnecessary gathering in the ticket office.

There is no longer a requirement for a Green Pass, vaccination certificate, or test certificate to access the Vatican. Furthermore, there is no certificate needed to enter restaurants, museums, historical sites, etc. When traveling to Vatican City, there is no need for quarantine.

You need to take the following measures while on the tour:

• You are required to wear a mask that covers your mouth and nose the entire time you are here. Wearing a mask is still required in some locations.
• Maintain a social distance while on the tour.
• While entering the venues, the visitor's temperature could be checked. A body temperature of 37.5° C or above may prevent entry to the location.
• Due to social distance, guided tours now only allow a certain number of participants, including the guides.

Visit Covid-19 Travel Notice for the most up-to-date travel information during this epidemic.