Vatican Museums Tour: Exclusive Early Access

Experience the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica like never before with privileged access and an expert guide. Explore the hidden gems and iconic masterpieces in a small group setting. Book now for an exclusive cultural journey!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cortile della Pigna - The bronze pinecone in the courtyard, is four metres high and two and a half metres wide, and dates back to the 2nd century and has a meaning of immortality and rebirth.
What's Included
  • Skip-the-line entry to St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Expert tour guide accompaniment
  • Entrance ticket to the Vatican Museums
  • Access to toilets at the tour’s meeting point
  • Complimentary Wi-Fi at the meeting point
  • Personal earphones for tour listening
What's Not Included
  • Snacks
  • Carbonated beverages
  • Gratuities
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

This privileged guided tour will give you access, with a group of a maximum of 13 people, to the Vatican Museums, the Raphael’s Rooms Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica, accompanied by our licensed and experienced guide. But there’s more: with this tour you will have privileged access to the Museums and Raphael’s Rooms at 8 am, when they are still…

Location
Piazza Papa Pio XII, 5
Piazza Papa Pio XII
Our meeting point is in Piazza Pio XII, 5 - inside Capriotti's Store. Piazza Pio XII is in front of St.Peter's Square
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Gabrieldutrasilva
Nov 9, 2024
Tuor completo - Julio thanks for this especial tuor was very important and understanding with your informations . I recomended……./..
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379andrezas
Nov 7, 2024
Amazing - Wonderful guide very attentive, full of knowledge, they know the best places to take the perfect photo. Super recommend.
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Ramontw3700eb
Oct 31, 2024
Overall good service. - Excellent attention from Luciana good guide and an amazing experience would repeat this visit thank you greetings from Mexico
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Andreamt3678yo
Oct 31, 2024
Luciana - Great tour, super explained and fluid the tour with Luciana. Has a lot of knowledge and humor, makes it fun and not tedious
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Marthamarg
Jun 25, 2024
We visit the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums excellent option! - It was a very complete tour. Lucciana did very well, we met everything in 21⁄2 hours was an excellent tour. I'd do it again, skip the lines.
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Sijun2024
Jun 3, 2024
Visit - Very good guide Mr. Carmelo, I highly recommend this company for the visit. Excellent service and family friendly
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Dariobartolini72
May 15, 2024
Journey to Paradise - Departure from Piazza Pio XII, up to the entrance of the Vatican Museums where we met our "Beatrice", aka the guide Giuliana who from the height of her experience led us on an incredible tour of "Paradise", among the splendid treasures of the Vatican Museums; he illustrated the history of the Sistine Chapel to us through a panel reproducing the frescoes, preparing us for that celestial vision with precise explanations (you can't talk much in the chapel without being scolded by the supervisors) and curious anecdotes. Finally he took us to the largest basilica in the world, telling us the story of the artists and popes who contributed to the design of the basilica and to making Rome the "Eternal City". Sensational experience; it would have been perfect if we could have stayed longer to admire the Sistine Chapel, but the number of visitors who want to visit Michelangelo's masterpiece unfortunately does not allow us to linger in that place as much as we would like. Highly recommended tour!!!!
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Sunshine19291105733
May 15, 2024
A miraculous tour - The tour with Luciana was fantastic, she showed us the most characteristic and important things about the museum and the basilica, she shared very relevant curious facts. A tour with a lot of information and history. Very grateful for all the friendliness of the guide.
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Janet_b
Jul 13, 2024
Good tour - Overall good tour. Guide was knowledgeable but moved very fast. It was hot and crowded but that is to be expected in July.
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Michael_c
Jul 12, 2024
Quick Highlights - This was a good tour if you are short on time or you just want to see the highlights. There is so much to see in the museum that this condensed tour cannot cover. The distance from the meeting point to the entry point made it difficult for the older people in our group to keep up with the person getting us to our guide.
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