Enjoy the Vatican highlights and its marvellous masterpieces you’ve waited a lifetime to see, with all the benefits of a private tour and without the hassle of having to wait in line!
On this VIP-style tour, not only will you be able to navigate corridors and galleries with ease and time to focus on details, but you’ll also admire the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo’s masterpiece. Your private top rated personal guide will be there every step of the way to make sure your experience is a mesmerizing one, exploring all the timeless wonders.
With a complimentary pick-up and drop-off from/at your accommodation or desired location within the city centre, you will not waste your time navigating the transport system.
Explore the Vatican City with us and don’t miss its artistic and architectural wonders!
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Private tour arranged just for you
✔ Guided Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel
✔ Skip the Line Entrance Ticket at Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel
✔ Pick-up and drop off by private luxury car with chauffeur
✔ Professional Certified Guide
Pickup Locations
1. The Westin Excelsior, Rome
Additional Info: We pick-up from any central hotels/apartments/B&B in Rome. If it is not central (a ray of about 8 km from the Pantheon), let us know its location and we will ask a supplement for the extra distance. If your accommodation is not mentioned, during the booking, please provide details regarding its location. If your accommodation has not been booked yet, you will modify the booking later by providing the data relating to it. You can also choose the pick-up option from the Civitavecchia Port or from Fiumicino Airport. In this case, please provide arrival and departure times to arrange the pick-up and drop off. Kindly add to your booking an email address you can check frequently. If you do not receive further messages, by mobile phone or by email, default pick up time is confirmed.
Itinerary
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Vatican Museums
After the pick up, your private driver will lead you to the Vatican Museums, where you will meet your guide and, thanks to our skip-the-line ticket, you will miss the infamous museum queues that snake around the walls of Vatican City. The Vatican Museums are considered among the most beautiful museum complexes in the world. Equipped with one of the most beautiful art collections on the planet, they are rich invaluable works of Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Etruscan antiquity and they house a valuable collection of paintings, ranging from the twelfth to the nineteenth century, with works by Raphael, Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci. The Museums also include some beautifully frescoed rooms: Raphael's Rooms, four rooms decorated by Raphael and used by Pope Julius II as a residence; the art gallery containing paintings by Giotto, Leonardo, Caravaggio and Bellini; sculptures of classical art and masterpieces by Bernini; tapestries and mosaics; the famous Sistine Chapel (from the name of its founder, Pope Sixtus IV) that the extraordinary genius of Michelangelo made one of the most famous artistic treasures in the world, being visited every day by 20,000 visitors. The tour will continue with a visit to St. Peter's Basilica through access from a hidden door reserved only for participants of organized tours. In it, you can admire Michelangelo's "Pietà" and many other works, such as the famous Bernini's canopy, remaining completely fascinated. At the end of the tour, thanks to the genius of Bernini, you will be able to enjoy the magnificent view offered by the colonnade of Piazza San Pietro: positioning yourself, in fact, on the porphyry discs present on the square, you see all the columns perfectly aligned one behind the other as if, by magic, they had moved.
NOTE: on Wednesday morning, due to the papal audience, the Basilica could be closed. In this case, the explanation will be made from the outside.
Duration: 3 hours
Additional info
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Please indicate the names of all tour participants when booking, and if there are children, please indicate their age. to cover knees and shoulders before entering the Sistine Chapel.
• Please bring your identity document
• If children are present, please also indicate their age
• Please, communicate if there are disabled people partecipating the tour .
• Due to the Jubilee, some monuments may be under restoration. Please pay attention to any messages we may send regarding potential changes.
