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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!
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
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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1Vatican City
Our private driver will take you to the Holy See’s museum complex, where you will meet your guide. Thanks to your priority access ticket, you will avoid the long queues at the entrance and begin your tour in complete comfort. The complex is regarded as one of the world’s most important artistic treasures. It houses prestigious collections featuring priceless works from Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Etruscan antiquity, as well as paintings from the 12th to the 19th centuries, including masterpieces by Raphael, Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci. The tour includes the Raphael Rooms, the Picture Gallery featuring works by Giotto, Leonardo, Caravaggio and Bellini, classical sculptures, masterpieces by Bernini, tapestries and mosaics. The tour culminates in the famous Sistine Chapel, immortalised by Michelangelo’s genius with the extraordinary frescoes of The Creation and The Last Judgement.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
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
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 and date of birth 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.
- The visit to St. Peter's Basilica is not included.
- As announced by the Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage, we would like to inform you that from 11 January 2026 to April 2026, Michelangelo's fresco of the Last Judgement, located in the Sistine Chapel, will not be visible to the public due to extraordinary maintenance work. Please note that the Sistine Chapel, with its vault decorated by Michelangelo, the Vatican Museums and Raphael's Rooms will remain open to the public throughout this period. However, the entire wall of the Last Judgement will be covered by scaffolding to allow for a complex and delicate restoration process.
- Please note that admission times may be subject to slight changes beyond our control, depending on ticket availability and high visitor numbers. In such cases, we will inform you as soon as possible.
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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