Vatican Tour: Explore Museums & Sistine Chapel

Explore Vatican treasures with a private, no-line tour. Discover masterpieces, from the Sistine Chapel to St. Peter’s Basilica, with expert guidance.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vatican Museums - Located in Vatican City, the Vatican Museums are renowned public art and sculpture museums. They showcase an extensive collection gathered by popes over the centuries, featuring some of the most famous Roman sculptures and significant masterpieces of Renaissance art globally.
  • Sistine Chapel - Situated in the Apostolic…
What's Included
  • Private tour
  • Professional blue badge guide
  • Vatican entrance ticket
  • Saint Peter’s Basilica fast entrance
  • 3.5 hours guided tour
  • Visit all of the most important sites of the Vatican
What's Not Included
  • Food And Drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience the Vatican Museums with this engaging 3.5-hour tour alongside your family or friends. Navigate the vast museum complex at a leisurely pace while maintaining full interaction with your knowledgeable tour guide. With no-line quick access, enter the Vatican Museums through our preferred entrance. Explore the highlights, including the renowned…

Location
Viale Vaticano, 100
Viale Vaticano
Your guide will wait you in front of "Caffè Vaticano", Viale Vaticano, 100, holding a board with your name on it.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Compass575100
Sep 22, 2025
Denis is exceptional! - Denis was an interesting, excellent and a professional guide of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica. He thoroughly explained art especially the Sistine Chapel paintings before we entered as talking is not permitted inside. His attention to detail was exceptional. After our tour he took us to the Vatican shop which we were very appreciative. Denis made our experience the best ever!!!
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Deltabravoman
Aug 26, 2025
Amazing tour - Denis was amazing. Very enthusiastic. My whole family had a great time. We learned a ton and are so happy we chose this tour!
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Elizabeth_w
Jul 10, 2025
The Sistine chapel, and... - The Sistine chapel, and Basilica are awe inspiring!! I highly recommend this tour, for me it was a very special experience!
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Brianl3005kb
May 13, 2025
Best of the Best - Outstanding Vatican Museums / Sistine Chapel / St. Peter's personalized tour by Denis! Highlight of our trip so far. He was so knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and accommodating that it really made this a true 5-star experience for us. Hope to use Denis and Kai Travel again!
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U5605qxlindas
May 4, 2025
Visit to Vatican City 4/22/25 - Our private tour was amazing. Vatican City was very crowded. Denis our private guide was able to navigate through the crowd. Dennis was very knowledgeable and pointed out many interesting facts as we walked through the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica. We learned so much and easily navigated through our visit which would have been challenging without our tour guide.
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T6187omjimp
Apr 24, 2025
Vatican private tour - Denis was a great guide who knew how to get us around this very busy area. He was very knowledgeable on everything within the Vatican especially since we visited the Vatican the day after the Pope had died. A private tour was definitely worth every dollar we spent.
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Allisonsj8698oc
Dec 12, 2024
Awe Inspiring! - Wow! What an amazing tour. Denis met us at a restaurant near the entrance to the Vatican. Once we met up, he took us right in, no standing in line! This was great as it was a misty/rainy day. We didn't have to be outside for long, because we were whisked right into the Museums. What a vast array of sculptures, artwork, and tapestries. Denis talked about what we saw and mainly hit the highlights of the different rooms and artwork of the times. This included the walls and the ceilings as well. One could spend days in these museums and still not learn all there is to know. We appreciated the information and that it was not too lengthy as we had just flown in from the US. On to the Basilica and Sistine Chapel. Denis explained with an ipad picture, what we would see in the Sistine Chapel, as no photographs are allowed, and it would be too packed to have a discussion in the Chapel. Sistine was PACKED with people!! We went in November, so I can only imagine how stuffed it would be in there in the summertime. At any rate, the artwork was completely awesome. In the Basilica, Denis showed us the main sculptures and explained what the intent was for many of the pieces. Again, we learned so much and left with a complete appreciation for the hands that molded, formed, and painted the many beautiful sights. We will definitely recommend Denis to friends and family, as his tour was informative, and he was a complete pleasure as a guide. Thank you so much!
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A3932bzgiuseppea
Sep 8, 2021
Ticket price skip the line 28 euro - To buy of course the skip the line ticket .. A must-do stop when passing by the Capital...all very nice
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Simonamen
Aug 26, 2021
Culture at the top - Today I visited the Vatican museums and the Sistine Chapel with a teenager and a 10-year-old girl... It was really worth it... A bit crowded, and given the covid regulations nn I thought I found it so,..also I noticed that there are no disinfectants around...and people wore shorts and backpacks🤔....too bad that in the rules was expressly required knees and shoulders covered and mo backpacks and duffel bags...said qst which in my opinion was disappointing .the visit with the audioguoda is very exhaustive and complete (beautiful idea of the treasure hunt for children to make the path less boring) At least once in a lifetime it is a place to visit...no comment on the Sistine Chapel...it is magnificent...too bad I repeat that it was full today😔
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Lauravp1756zi
Aug 21, 2021
Michelangelo and Raphael at the Vatican Museums - Today, together with my husband and my 12-year-old daughter, we were lucky enough to find Christian as a guide for the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. It couldn’t have been a richer experience of information, anecdotes, passion for sharing our immense artistic and cultural heritage. He was able to keep the attention and interest of all the members of the group, composed of people of all ages. Extreme care of every aspect of the visit combined with sympathy and humanity that we will remember. I will recommend the guided tour to anyone coming to Rome! Thanks to Christian who was able to remind us how lucky we are to be part of a wonderful country. Laura, Domenico and Vittoria
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From $309
up to 4 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).