Morning Access to Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel: Quiet, Informative Tour with Small Group

Experience a quiet and informative tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with early morning access. Be among the first visitors to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece and learn fascinating stories about its creation.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vatican City - Indulge in the exclusive First Entry Experience at the Vatican Museums, where you’ll have the privilege of admiring the Sistine Chapel at its absolute best - Vatican Museums - En route to the Sistine Chapel, marvel at the phenomenal art collections throughout the various galleries of the Vatican Museums. Your guide will…
What's Included
  • First Entrance into the Vatican Museums
  • Expert, English-speaking guide
  • Small group of 12 people or less
  • Entrance Tickets and Reservation Fees
  • First Entry Experience to the Sistine Chapel
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Experience the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel first thing in the day before it gets crowded. Led by your passionate guide, swiftly bypass the extensive galleries bloated with tapestries, sculptures, and frescoes straight to the crown jewel, the Sistine Chapel. By making this Michelangelo’s marvel the initial official stop of your tour, you’ll…

Location
Via Tunisi, 4
Via Tunisi
At the bottom of the steps across the street from the Entrance of the Vatican Museums. The steps are located right next to Caffè Vaticano on the corner of Viale Vaticano and Via Tunisi. The closest Metro stop is Line A (Ottaviano – Musei Vaticani).
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Cherylgreene
Sep 26, 2024
Vatican - Tour guide was really wonderful and knowledgeable. We thought we were going directly to the chapel but we just had a regular tour of the museum leading up to the chapel, It was crowded at 9 but amazing!
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Katherine_h
Sep 2, 2024
Great experience! - Great experience, amazing tour guide and learned a lot of new information about the art within the Sistine chapel and Vatican! Will recommend this company especially if you want to get a tour and have time to explore the rest of the museum on your own as well!
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692calandrat
Sep 1, 2024
Great tour guide! - Christian was an amazing tour guide! I enjoyed this tour tremendously. Christian navigated the Vatican Museums seamlessly by getting priority skip the line entry to the museum and basilica.
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Torid8
Aug 12, 2024
Do not skip this tour! 100/10 worth it. - I definitely recommend this first entry tour. While it was very busy and crowded while trying to enter, the process was pretty seamless and we were able to get in very quickly. Guiliano our guide was extremely knowledgeable about the art and exhibits we passed. He mentioned his studies in fine arts and museum management which made it a very pleasant experience to hear all about the different art, artists, and techniques. The actual Sistine Chapel is like nothing I've ever seen in my life. I highly recommend this tour. It was busy in the chapel, but not so jam packed you couldn't move. This first entry was definitely worth it in my opinion.
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Waynej938
Jul 20, 2024
Vatican - The tour was very well done. The guide (Paula H) was knowledgeable about the art peices and provided great insights into the highlights of the Vatican art collections. I would recommend this tour to anyone who is enthusiastic about art, the painting are amazing... don't just let me tell you, go see for yourself!!!
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Forestw309
Jul 5, 2024
Cosimo! - We were very lucky to have the opportunity of touring with Cosimo he was so enthusiastic and valued curiosity my experience at the Vatican was greatly improved by his guidance. Thank you Cosimo!
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Susan_n
Jul 15, 2024
We booked a tour but spent too much time outside waiting to get in... - Disappointed that our tour was scheduled for 8:00 am (early entry) It was to be an hour and a half tour. We did not even get inside to see our glimpse our first paintings until 9:10. Far too much explaining about "what we would see" without actually seeing anything. We needed to get to the airport, so we were in the Sistine chapel for about 6 minutes. Very disappointing!!
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Kimberly_a
Sep 29, 2024
Tour guide canceled at the last minute - We arrived for our tour and found out that our guide had canceled. We were given the option of a full refund or a self-guided tour. We didn’t have any other time available, so we did the tour on our own.
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Andre_d
Jul 6, 2024
Very disappointing :( - It had all the elements to be a memorable experience, first entry, skip the line, guide, Vatican museum and Sistine Chappel, but it was disappointing at least . The guide speeded the group up through all the visit, Sid that we,d be able to return and stay on the museum for the day, left us 25 minutes on scorching sun telling us about the Sistine chappel while the museum and Sistine chappel got really crowded and left us before the Sistine chappel. The result: after leaving the Sistine chappel we could never go back to the museum, citywindera support answered us 8 (eight) hour later and denied any form of compensation . My advice: book it directly with the Museo Vatican Website, pay half the price and enjoy the place at your own time and rhythm. Citywonders support wasn’t useful nor was Viator’s customer service . They just denied my complain without explaining why and said that it was rejected by the operator . Utterly useless.
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Anthony_w
Jul 4, 2024
Cancelled - Tour cancelled with no warning No notification of refund We were given fast track entry tickets Also St Peter’s was closed and no notification.
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