Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

Experience the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica on an exclusive private tour. Avoid the crowds and customize your visit for a stress-free and family-friendly experience.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Borgo - You will meet your tour guide at our office, which is located in the oldest neighbourhoods of the Vatican, Borgo Pio. It is an area filled with charming local shops and vendors.
What's Included
  • Admission to the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Personalized guidance by a top-rated tour guide from Trip Advisor
  • Skip-the-line access to the Vatican Museum and St. Peter’s Basilica
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experiencing the Vatican through private access is always a distinctive occurrence. Even our experienced guides, with numerous visits under their belts, value the chance to marvel at the art in such a context. It may come as a surprise to know that the Vatican manages more than 6 million tourists annually, making solo visitation rapidly become a daunting and uncomfortable task.

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We suggest booking this intimate tour with us to tailor your visit for you and your family. We guarantee this child-friendly environment will please every individual of your group (our guides have a knack for captivating young minds!) How could we forget to mention Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? This stunning work requires no preamble.

No queuing = no hassle! (and let’s not forget the avoidance of sun and excessive summer heat!)

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We provide two sessions for this intimate tour experience (morning or afternoon). Elect your preference!

Location
Via Plauto, 17
Via Plauto
The meeting point is located in Borgo Pio, very close to St. Peter's square. The exact address is Via Plauto 17/A. Please check your booking and confirm your chosen time. Be sure to arrive at the office earlier than the start time (9 AM)
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Compass762643
Oct 8, 2024
Amazing tour, would recommend!! - We had an amazing experience. Our tourguide Santi was very well prepared and explained everything in Detail. He answered all our questions. We enjoyed every second of this tour. We will definitely recommend this Tour to friends and family and would always do it again!!
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Maria_d
Sep 25, 2024
An amazing walk through history - Everyone must visit the Vatican to experience the wealth of art, architecture, beauty and history on display in this holy and magnificent city. Barbara made our visit even more enjoyable with her great knowledge and love of this magnificent trove of western civilization.
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Jessicadi3765kv
Sep 25, 2024
Amazing Vatican Tour - We booked the group tour but upon arrival were pleasantly surprised to have Roberto all to ourselves for a tour of the Vatican! He was a WIZARD at getting us through long lines and gave us incredible insight into the stories, sculptures, art, architecture, and history of every area of the Vatican grounds. We had such an incredible morning with him & truly won’t forget it. Highly recommend Made in Rome Tours!
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715yelisag
Sep 4, 2024
Visit Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel - Excellent Guide I recommend, samtha is the best. It was a wonderful experience.
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Teresa_h
Sep 3, 2024
Highly recommend private tour - Santi was our private tour guide. Very knowledgeable and informative about our tour. Very nice to have a private tour to avoid the lines. Very glad my husband and I chose a private tour.
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Shay_z
Aug 13, 2024
Amazing Vatican highlights tour - Our guide Santi, gave us an amazing tour of the Vatican museum and kept our 4 teens engaged throughout. He kept us moving thru the overwhelming crowd while sharing the best works of art and history.
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Kathleenrm7786yh
Jul 2, 2024
Amazing Tour! - This tour is $$ - and totally worth it! Katerina was such an amazing tour guide - so knowledgeable and very kind to our children. The Vatican would be overwhelming without someone to guide you, and Katerina took great care of us and made sure we saw the most interesting things. Skipping the line is so helpful too. We loved every minute of it; would do it again! Highly recommend!!
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Amy_b
Jul 2, 2024
Not bad - This was a fine tour, it seemed for the cost it was more about access to skipping lines rather than the story or additional information.
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319mirenb
Aug 9, 2024
A hoax. The visit includes long waits in the sun despite being sold as a priority - I would never recommend it. They sold us the tour saying it was a queue-free visit and we found a long wait in the sun. The Guide, Ignacio replied very arrogantly saying that he had nothing to do with it and that he did not care what they had offered us in the purchase of the tickets. My mother almost flashed from the heat and the Guide kept saying it wasn't her problem. A deception by the ticket seller and a very unfriendly treatment by the Guide.
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Pamela_n
Jul 16, 2024
Tour cut short - We paid $$$ for a 3 hr private tour. Senti was our guide. He did an ok job but after 2 hours he left us and pointed to the Basilica and left us alone. It felt like he couldn’t wait to be done. Would not spend $752 for private tour for 2 people.
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