when you come up from the metro stop for the vatican there are hoardes of people trying to get you to buy into one of their tours. I was there this time last year and on the insistance of one group from the hostel i was at said to take the tour. So I did, it was 35 euros i think. They say they can jump the line at st peters which is ok, but everyone still has to go through security. by the time we got through security the line for non tour groups was the same length. I could have saved that money for something else. next time ill take my chances. While the guide was knowledgeable I had a guide book that told me the same thing. and yes it included the ticket to get into all of it, chapel, st peters, gardens etc etc.