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Explore the Sistine Chapel From Home on a Virtual Tour With the Vatican Museums

These virtual tours include areas that are usually off-limits to the public.

Jessica Poitevien is an international storyteller and regular contributor to Travel + Leisure.

If you are not able to travel in person for whatever reason, the good news is that museums and attractions around the world are providing virtual tours, allowing you to experience them from the comfort of your couch.

Among the most iconic places offering virtual tours is the Vatican .

Typically millions of travelers visit the Vatican Museums every year. Its many halls are almost always crowded, making it difficult at times to truly admire the intensely detailed frescoes, especially in the Sistine Chapel. However, the Vatican Museums created a variety of impressive virtual tours showcasing several areas around the grounds. Now, you can sit at home and contemplate these historic beauties with easy-to-navigate virtual tours that are also completely free of charge.

There are 26 distinct areas in the Vatican Museums, and thanks to this digital tourism option, virtual visitors have the opportunity to explore sections that are normally off-limits to the public, including the Niccoline Chapel , which features frescoes by Fra Angelico. Raphael's Rooms, created for popes Julius II (1503-13) and Leo X (1513-21), also have 360-degree tours that place you right in the middle of the elegant rooms.

The Vatican Museums also offer photos and videos of other areas where virtual tours have not been made, such as the Gregorian Egyptian Museum , the Jewish Lapidarium , and the Carriage Pavilion .

For a full list of all the virtual tours available, visit the Vatican Museums official website . And once you're done exploring, be sure to check out these 12 museums from around the world that are also offering virtual tours.

Jessica Poitevien is a Travel Leisure contributor currently based in South Florida, but always on the lookout for the next adventure. Besides traveling, she loves baking, talking to strangers, and taking long walks on the beach. Follow her adventures on Instagram .

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The Sistine Chapel is certainly one of the best-known artistic treasures in the world. Mainly the Sistine owes its fame to Michelangelo's frescoes that decorate the vault and the apse wall. Consequently this place represents one of the attractions of Rome most visited by tourists.

For this reason it is recommended to organize your visit in the best way to see the Sistine Chapel without queue and without stress. Indeed, millions of tourists flock to the Vatican every year with the sole purpose of seeing Michelangelo's masterpieces that decorates the sacred chapel.

How to visit the Sistine Chapel with no line

The Sistine Chapel is located inside the Vatican Museums . So in order to visit it you need to buy a ticket to the Vatican Museums. As we said, given the large turnout that the museum has, it is recommended to book a skip-the-line ticket for the entrance. Reserve your tickets for Vatican Museum

In order to avoid the lines there are many solutions. The first option is to pre-purchase the skip-the-line entrance ticket that allows you to enter the Vatican Museums on the day and time you have chosen. By purchasing the simple entrance ticket, you also have the option of the official audio guide . This latter option permits you to orient better inside the museums and listen to the explanation of the main works on display. The explanation is customizable, so you can freely choose the path you wish most. Our advice is to get organized before entering the Museums having already clear what you want to visit. The Vatican Museums are indeed very large and consist of numerous sections. The paths inside should also be taken into consideration before starting your tour.

The second option is to participate in a guided tour of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel . It is therefore a visit with an official guide who will accompany you for about 3 hours to admire the main sections of the Vatican Museums and of course the Sistine Chapel. The tour takes place only on Saturdays from April and October and during the public holidays and the Christmas holidays.

Finally, you can also book a tour with a private guide to the Vatican Museums . With this option you will be able to deep the best of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel as you wish. In fact, with this tour you will have at your disposal an official guide dedicated only to you. The visit can last 3 hours. In this case you will visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Otherwise there is also a 4-hours tour which, in addition to the Vatican Museums, includes also the guided tour of St. Peter's basilica and the entire monumental complex.

In which times of entrance I can visit the Sistine Chapel

The Vatican Museums are open Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 6:00 pm (last admission bookable at 3:00pm). During the summer months, an extraordinary evening opening is also planned until October, but only on Fridays.

On which day is the entrance at the Sistine Chapel free?

As we mention, the Sistine Chapel is inside the Vatican Museums. The entrance inside the Vatican Museum is free every last Sunday of the Month from 09:00am to 2:00 pm. This may not happen just if the last Sunday of the month occur with Easter, on the 29th of June, on the 25th and 26th of December. During these religious holidays the Vatican Museum are always closed.

How to reach the Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel is located at the end of the path of the Vatican Museums. The main entrance of the Vatican Museums is located in Viale Vaticano . The new entrance was built in 2000 and is located to the left of the old main entrance. The Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel are easily accessible by local means of transport (metro and bus).

Appropriate clothing

The entrance to the Sistine Chapel and in general to the Vatican Museums is allowed only to visitors dressed in a proper way. Armless and / or low-cut clothing, shorts, miniskirts and hats are not allowed.

Medium and large luggage

It is not possible to carry baggage, bags or backpacks inside the Vatican Museums that are not considered suitable by the staff, both in size and in type. Inside the Vatican Museums there is a free wardrobe available to visitors.

Can I take photos inside the Sistine Chapel?

Inside the Sistine Chapel, taking pictures and filming videos with any electronic device is strictly prohibited. Instead, photos and videos are allowed inside the Vatican Museums, the important thing is that they are taken without flashes or professional equipment.

Advices to better admire the Sistine Chapel

It is not allowed to speak inside the Sistine Chapel. The silence is in fact imposed by the sacredness of the place. In the case of a guided tour, not even the official Vatican guides have the right to explain inside the Sistine Chapel. Along the route of the Vatican Museums, there are panels to describe and explain the various frescoes present . The vault of the Sistine Chapel is very high and therefore it is not possible to see the details of the paintings up close. Therefore, we advise you to look carefully at these panels and read up on what you will be able to admire inside the chapel. In fact the panels, besides having a descriptive part, also report an enlargement of the various representations.

Reductions and free tickets for the Sistine Chapel

Children aged between 6 and 18 are entitled to purchase a reduced ticket. In addition, students under the age of 26 with a Student Card or university booklet are entitled to this reduction. Free admission is reserved for children younger than 5 years, journalists with a card and ICOM members.

Entrance for people with disability

People with a degree of disability greater than 74% can enter the Vatican Museums for free (and therefore in Sistine Chapel) together with an accompanying person. The person must remember to present the certificate to be entitled to free admission.

Different path to visit the Sistine Chapel

As we said, to visit the Sistine Chapel it is necessary to enter the Vatican Museums. Inside the Vatican Museums it is possible to choose between the two paths well signalled along the itinerary.

Therefore if you intend to visit mainly the Sistine Chapel there is a short path that avoids many of the halls of the Vatican Museums. This route starts immediately once you go up the main escalators after the Atrio dei Quattro Cancelli and leads you directly towards the Sistine Chapel walking through the Gallery of the Candelabra, the Gallery of Tapestries, the Gallery of Geographical Maps and the Pius V Apartment.

Consider that with this path you won’t see many important halls of the museums as the Pio Clementino Museum, which hosts the important statue of the Laocoonte, the Cortile del Belvedere and the Raphael’s Rooms. On the other side, with the longer path you will also see the Greek-roman section and some of the courtyard of the Vatican Museums. Signals are present almost everywhere.

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Entry to the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Gardens is permitted only to appropriately dressed visitors. Sleeveless and / or low-cut garments, shorts above the knee, miniskirts and hats are not permitted. The requirement of decorum extends also to any visible personal objects as well as similarly visible distinctive personal signs (such as, for example, tattoos) that may offend Catholic morality, the Catholic religion and common decency.

Luggage, bags and rucksacks

Before entering the exhibition spaces, visitors are required to leave in the cloakroom all luggage, suitcases, rucksacks, packages and containers not considered suitable by staff on account of their size or nature. Visitors who continue their tour in the Vatican Basilica are reminded not to leave their baggage in the Vatican Museums. The cloakroom service is free of charge. Cloakroom regulations

Knives, scissors and metal tools

To ensure the safety of visitors and to protect the artistic patrimony, the Vatican Museums require all knives, scissors and/or metal tools of various types to be stored in the cloakroom. The cloakroom service is free of charge.

Lost & Found

The visitor is advised to report any loss of personal belongings at the nearest security point, to enable the object to be found. If the visitor has already left the Museums, it is possible to make a request for assistance by email at [email protected] . Please note that items found and not reclaimed by the end of the day will be placed in storage at the Vatican Gendarmerie . In no event can the Vatican Museums be held responsible for the loss of personal belongings.

Relaxation areas

Relaxation areas with seats are located along the museum itinerary to enable the visitor to take a break and to rest (Courtyard of the Cuirasses, Courtyard of the Pinacoteca, Square Garden, Courtyard of the Pinecone).

Pets and guide dogs

Access to the Vatican Museums, as well as to the Museum Complex of Castel Gandolfo, is not permitted to animals, even small ones, with the exception of guide dogs for the blind or partially-sighted , provided they are equipped with a muzzle and lead, and animals for the certified purpose of pet therapy. To enable reception and entry in these cases, communication of the visit must be submitted at least one day in advance by email at: [email protected] .

Photography at the Vatican Museums

It is permitted to take photographs, for personal and domestic use only , of the works in all areas of the Vatican Museums, apart from the Sistine Chapel. Flash photography is strictly forbidden . The use of tripods, stands, drones and/or professional equipment is not allowed; any eventual use must be authorised by the Directorate of the Museums and Cultural Heritage. The use of telescopic "selfie sticks" is forbidden. In the Sistine Chapel it is forbidden to take photographs or films with any type of electronic equipment. The guard staff is authorised to request the immediate cancellation, in their presence, of video or photographic material produced in contravention of this rule.

Visits to the the Sistine Chapel

With respect for and in view of the sanctity of the location, during the visit to the Sistine Chapel visitors are kindly requested to observe absolute silence. Guided tour groups, although equipped with radio headsets, will receive all the relevant art-historical information prior to their entry in the Sistine Chapel. For this purpose, totem touch screens are available to authorised educational guides to illustrate to visitors what they will subsequently admire in silence. A number of informative panels rich in details on the sacred Chapel and other areas of the Museum are available to individual visitors or tour guides along the exhibition itinerary (Courtyard of the Pinecone and Square Garden).

Drawing in the Vatican Museums

Special authorisation from the Directorate of the Museums and Cultural Heritage is required for the reproduction or drawing of the works on display (solely and exclusively in pencil). By virtue of a didactic agreement between the Vatican Museums and the Rome Academy of Fine Arts, students enrolled on the Artistic Anatomy courses are permitted to draw the works within the academic programme they are following.

Laser pointers

The use of any type of laser pointer is forbidden inside the museum spaces. 

Map of the Vatican Museums

Visitors are advised to consult the official map of the Vatican Museums when planning and personalising their visit. The map can be downloaded and printed from the Vatican Museums website or obtained free of charge in the ticket office.

Paper, tins, bottles and other refuse must not be discarded in the Vatican Museums. They must be placed in the appropriate containers which, for safety reasons, are located only in the areas outside the itinerary (main entrance, courtyards, refreshment areas, and restrooms).

Support and donations

In support of the Pope's commitment and charitable work in favour of those most in need, the Vatican Museums are able to provide interested visitors with an information kit on Peter's Pence , containing a postal payment slip and documentation on the Pope's apostolic and charitable work. There is a branch of the Vatican Post inside the Vatican Museums, where it is possible to make payments and other ordinary transactions.

Security checks by metal detector

To facilitate and speed up security checks by metal detector, visitors are advised to remove inadmissible items from their hand baggage beforehand, and to inform staff in advance (see sections Umbrellas , Knives , Weapons ).

Umbrellas, sticks, stands and video cameras

Medium and large umbrellas (or standard non-telescopic umbrellas), sticks (apart from those used for walking), tripods and stands for photography, video cameras, banners and signs of any type must all be left in the cloakroom. Rods used by authorised tour guides for visibility purposes are permitted. The cloakroom service is free of charge.

Weapons and/or hazardous materials

It is forbidden to bring any type of firearm and/or dangerous material into the Museums. In addition, entry is not permitted to armed visitors (including those holding a valid license). This prohibition is extended to members of the Police carrying weapons. Firearms and hazardous materials may not be left in the cloakroom.

Food and drink

It is not permitted to bring alcoholic and super alcoholic beverages inside the Vatican Museums (these must be left in the cloakroom for the duration of the visit). It is forbidden to consume food and drink inside the exhibition halls . Visitors can however store any type of food and/or drink in their possession in the cloakroom free of charge. ( This must be reclaimed before the closing time of the day of the visit; unclaimed food and beverages will be destroyed ). Along the museum itinerary several vending machines and refreshment areas with cafeteria, self service and pizzeria services are available to the public.

Families at the Vatican Museums

The Museums are pleased to welcome families with children and strollers in tow. The guard staff is responsible for showing visitors the easiest route and to direct them to dedicated elevators providing easy access to various museum spaces. Along the itinerary there are dedicated spaces equipped with baby changing facilities and a nursing room for breastfeeding mothers. Highchairs are provided in some refreshment areas. To view points of interest, see the official map of the Vatican Museums .

Supervision and protection of the artistic patrimony

It is strictly prohibited to touch the works of art throughout the museums (with the exception of blind and partially sighted visitors participating in tactile and multisensory visits ). To guarantee the safety of visitors and the protection of the entire artistic patrimony, all the museum spaces, along with the works conserved therein, are equipped with an advanced alarm and video surveillance system.

Mobile phones

Endeavouring to ensure the best possible experience for visitors, the Vatican Museums strongly discourage the use of mobile phones inside the exhibition spaces. Visitors are required to activate the silent function of their mobile device. The use of mobile phones is forbidden in the Sistine Chapel.

Works on loan

In planning a visit to the Vatican Museums, visitors are advised to consult the section " Museums in the World " to see the list of works temporarily on loan to other institutions for exhibitions and other events.

Amplified microphones

The use of amplified microphones is not permitted in the Vatican Museums. For guided group tours with 11 or more participants, the internal hire of radio headset systems is obligatory .

For security reasons, no museum area has Wi-Fi coverage.

Air-conditioning

Architectural constraints and the strict requirements for protection of the patrimony impose severe restrictions on air-conditioning (especially during the summer months) of some areas of the museums which receive heavy visitor traffic.

Smoking in the Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums are a "no smoking area", and smoking is strictly forbidden  (including electronic cigarettes and similar instruments) along the entire museum itinerary, the Octagonal Court included.

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Walk in the footsteps of popes and Renaissance masters as you take in the Rooms of Raphael and the Sistine Chapel, from its commissioning to the finishing touches by none other than Michelangelo Buonarroti. With an expert guide, learn to discern between myth, fact, and popular Hollywood fiction regarding this epic work of art.

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Mr. Adams and the pope took part in the World Meeting on Human Fraternity, a conference organized by the Fratelli Tutti Foundation, which was founded by Pope Francis, that brought Nobel laureates and celebrities to Rome to promote peace.

“War is a deception, as is the idea of international security based on the deterrent of fear,” Pope Francis told people attending the conference, who gathered at the Vatican on Saturday. “Ensuring lasting peace requires a return to a recognition of common humanity and to place fraternity at the center of peoples’ lives.”

Mr. Adams said it was a “sacred moment for me just to have an opportunity to hear from Pope Francis as he leads the world on the most important issues of our time, from the global refugee crisis to climate change, to the journey toward peace.”

The mayor often speaks publicly about how his Christian faith informs the way he governs. He has said he does not believe in the separation of church and state and has described himself as a “prayer warrior.” He has even criticized the removal of prayer in schools.

On Saturday, the mayor made several stops in Rome. After the meeting, he showed up at the formerly dilapidated Piazza di San Cosimato in a New York Knicks playoff hat and a black polo shirt. Then, he went to the World Meeting on Human Fraternity conference.

Mr. Adams toured the piazza with the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, to hear about the work of Rome Cures Rome, a civic association that helps clean up the area. The two mayors also painted over graffiti on a building there.

“Government can’t do it all,” Mr. Adams said as he painted, speaking in favor of the role civic groups can play.

Mr. Adams has said part of his goal on the trip is to learn how to deal with New York’s problems from a city like Rome. Both Mr. Gualtieri and Mr. Adams, in speeches before the World Meeting on Human Fraternity on Saturday, emphasized the bonds between cities and the shared crises like homelessness and helping migrants seeking asylum.

“The issues are basically the same,” Mr. Gualtieri told the audience.

Mr. Adams, addressing the crowd at the piazza, said that “New York is the Rome of America,” echoing a phrase he uses often when describing other cities.

Earlier in his trip, Mr. Adams visited the Colosseum and saw the construction site of a Metro station there. He also toured the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums.

Mr. Adams attended the closing ceremony of the conference on Saturday night at St. Peter’s Basilica. On Sunday, Mr. Adams is expected to tour a site that is providing services for migrants. He will return to New York City on Monday.

Mr. Adams’s celebration of the pope’s antiwar message provoked criticism from some in New York City, who say the mayor has not spoken out enough on ending Palestinian suffering during Israel’s war in Gaza.

“The response we need is a leader who will show up for Israeli and Jewish communities and Palestinian and Muslim communities,” said Shahana Hanif, a Muslim councilwoman from Brooklyn.

Mr. Adams said people have thanked him for his stance on Palestine and Israel.

“I’m comfortable in how I’ve taken a strong stance that children and innocent people should not die globally,” he said. “I’m not the type of person that is inconsistent in that message.”

Elisabetta Povoledo contributed reporting.

A picture caption with an earlier version of this article misidentified what Mayor Eric Adams was looking at from the balcony of his office in the Campidoglio. It was the Roman Forum, not the Imperial Fora.

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