Vatican Tour: Semi-Private Highlights

Experience the majesty and mystery of the Vatican on our comprehensive 3-hour Highlights Tour. Skip the line and explore the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica with our expert guides.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vatican Museums - Discover the highlights of the Vatican Museums, home to the world’s largest collection.
  • Gallery of the Candelabra - Experience the vibrancy of Greek and Roman statues in the Gallery of the Candelabra.
  • Gallery of Maps - Delve into the detailed maps of the Papal kingdom, crafted centuries ago.
  • Gallery of Tapestries…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Entrance fees
  • Radio headsets for clear audio
  • Skip the long lines
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Small group of 10 people
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities (optional)
  • Food & Beverage
Additional Information

We are delighted to present one of the most extensive 3-hour Semi-Private Vatican Highlights Tours available, featuring skip-the-line access and a group size limited to 10 participants.
Explore all the essential sights of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms, and the Old Papal Apartments.
A professional English-speaking guide will…

Location
Via Tunisi, 4
Via Tunisi
You will find your Vatican tour guide 'at the very bottom of the Stairs' of Via Tunisi, holding signs that say MAXIMUS TOURS. These stairs are directly opposite the entrance of the Vatican Museum. (We DO NOT meet on the steps of the Vatican Museums entrance you must cross the street).
Cancellation Policy

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

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Steven_l
Feb 12, 2025
Vatican - Perfect. Tour guide was very interesting and knowledgeable. We quite enjoyed our tour with her. Her pace was perfect for seeing everything we needed to see.
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Joneswru
Feb 10, 2025
Faultless! 5/5 Stars for Maximus Tours - Well, what to say. Booked via Viator, very competitive price. Hard to find anyone cheaper! Bit skeptical at first as I’d heard all these stories of people getting their tour tickets cancelled hours before the event. But Maximus Tours pulled through! The queries I had was answered quickly and precisely with the tour operator. Cristiana our tour guide was excellent! Whilst maintaining a positive attitude she made it very informative and fun. No question too big or small. Just want to say, hats off again to Cristiana & Maximus Tours for a fun and informative tour around the Vatican, Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica. 5/5 Stars! Would recommend! Aidan, Charlotte & Paul
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Shelley_m
Jan 11, 2025
Fantastic! - As always, the tour guide will make her break the experience. Chris was wonderful! Informative, funny, professional, and friendly… Everything you’d want or need! She gave us tips and insights that I never would’ve known and I will remember the rest of my life. Highly recommend and I would do this tour again!
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Mollie2278
Jan 8, 2025
Amazing Experience, Highly Recommend!!! - I completely forgot about writing this review at the time, but this tour was absolutely fantastic and I cannot recommend it higher. I attended as a solo student (so got a fabulous discount) on a 3-hour Vatican Tour. I am a student of Classical Civilisation but decided a guided tour would be great for Vatican City as I don't know a lot about Renaissance Art and the city itself. Katherine our guide was an absolute star. She knew absolutely everything we asked her, brought print-outs, annotated images and more to talk with us through a very well-structured and produced tour. It was very busy but she did amazing and kept the group together, the small group size made it easy for us to gather in areas so she could talk to us, or using the headsets provided. I wish I could give more than 5 stars. The tour was fabulous and somehow with the last-minute booking the student discount worked out cheaper than entry into all the sites themselves. Thank you Katherine!!
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John
Jan 6, 2025
Excellent tour of the Vatican - Our tour guide was awesome! Very knowledgeable. Excellent explanations! Got us through to see everything even though it was a holiday and very crowded with pilgrims wanting to go through the jubilee door!
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Haytham_h
Jan 3, 2025
Must Do!!! - Fantastic well organized tour and worth every penny. Thought the kids would not enjoy it but Luigi did an exceptional job explaining the unbelievable majestic details of the Vatican that everyone got well engaged.
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Rania_m
Dec 28, 2024
Everything was great and... - Everything was great and our guide was very analytical,friendly and very knowledgeable. We didn’t wait in the line.
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X6175zqalexa
Dec 21, 2024
Great Tour, Great Guide - Sabrina was amazing! She was insightful, thorough and assertive, giving incredible descriptions of some of the more subtle details of Vatican City. Would use her and Maximus Tours again 100%.
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Cindy_s
Dec 12, 2024
Vatican etc tour with Christiana - Very knowledgeable tour guide and plenty of time to take photos, ask questions. Really enjoyed the tour.
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Adam_w
Dec 16, 2024
Good tour but random closing of Basilica - The tour of the Vatican museum and Sistine Chapel were very good and our tour guide did a good job of going through some select pieces and the Sistine Chapel, however were were very disappointed to learn right before our tour was to start that the St. Peter's Basilica had been closed to the public and we were not able to go inside for the the tour. Also, we felt a bit rushed through the museum part of the tour and actually went back through on our own after the tour was over to see other areas that were skipped over.
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