The app · iPhone, iPad and Android

The Vatican guide, in your pocket

Tickets explained, the best tours, the Sistine Chapel and St Peter's, with an audio guide that reads every page to you.

Before and during your visit

Plan at home, listen on the spot

The same pages as this website, written by travel editors, made for your phone.

Vatican Museums tickets in the app
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Tickets, made simple

How Vatican Museums tickets work, when to book and how to skip the line. Every page shows the tours that fit it, with real reviews and prices, so you can book in a few taps.

  • Early morning, small group, private and night tours
  • St Peter's dome and the Vatican with the Colosseum in one day
  • Opening times, entrances and how long to plan, at a glance
The audio guide reading a page about the Sistine Chapel
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Listen as you walk

Tap “Listen” and the audio guide reads each page aloud, sentence by sentence, at your pace: look at the frescoes, not at your phone.

  • Pause, skip and change the speed
  • The sentence being read is highlighted
All in one app

Everything for your visit

Skip the line with a tour

Early morning, small group, private, for families or at night: the tours that fit your visit, with real reviews.

Vatican tours in the app

The stories behind the walls

Michelangelo, Raphael and Bernini, the popes, the Swiss Guard, and the legends told apart from the facts.

A story about the Vatican in the app

Save pages for your visit

Keep the pages you need for the day and find the ones you read last on the first screen.

Saved pages in the app

All the Vatican in one guide

The Museums, the Sistine Chapel, St Peter's, the gardens: search the whole guide in a tap.

The app's first screen
iPad

Plan your visit on the big screen

On iPad the guide opens up: big photos, text that is easy to read and the tours always at hand.

The Vatican guide on iPad

Your visit to the Vatican starts here

Free to download on iPhone, iPad and Android. In English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Polish.

An independent travel guide, not affiliated with the Holy See, the Vatican Museums or the Governorate of Vatican City State.

Important notice Oct. 22, 2026

Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel tickets sell out fast — book ahead to avoid disappointment.

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