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Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Private Tour

Name: Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Private Tour
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Skip hours of notorious lines outside the Vatican and see wonders like the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel on this private Vatican skip-the-line tour. Our expert guide will walk you through the history and insights of these masterpieces. This is more than a guided visit–it is an awe-inspiring emotional experience you’re bound to remember forever.

Description

Highlights

Enjoy a private tour of the Vatican with priority access
Visit the Vatican Museums with a professional guide
Discover Michelangelo’s masterpieces in Sistine Chapel
Visit the heart of Christianity and admire it in all its splendor

Inclusions

Private professional licensed guide
Skip-the-line Vatican tour: priority access tickets to the Vatican Museums

Tour Exclusions

Transportation
Food or beverages
Optional gratuities

Tour itinerary

Join an early morning tour of the Vatican and step inside before the general public. With priority entry, you’ll be among the first to explore the Vatican Museums—home to some of the greatest masterpieces of Western art.

Guided by an expert in art and religion, you’ll walk through the Gallery of Tapestries, the striking Gallery of Maps, and the Raphael Rooms, where the iconic School of Athens awaits. Your private guide will share rich insights into the history, symbolism, and genius behind each work.

The experience culminates in the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam and The Last Judgment leave a lasting impression. As explanations aren’t allowed inside, your guide will brief you beforehand—then you’ll enjoy 15 minutes of quiet time to admire the chapel’s sacred beauty at your own pace.

A unique and intimate journey through the heart of Catholicism and Renaissance art.

Tiptoe through the Greek Cross Gallery to see elaborately-carved sarcophagi that might just contain the earthly remains of some of antiquity’s famous kings and queens! Peek at the Cabinet of the Masks, or tour the Sala degli Animali to see a virtual menagerie of fantastic beasts, real and imagined. Walk the Upper Galleries, including the Gallery of Maps, to see how cartographers depicted the world through the ages. See masterpieces by Renaissance masters in the Raphael Rooms, and rest for a while in the Borgia Apartments.

Then, it’s time to marvel at Michelangelo’s exquisite Sistine Chapel, the crown jewel of the Vatican, and perhaps even of all the world’s art treasures.

Please Note

General Information:
- Meet your guide outside the main entrance of the Vatican Museums located in Viale Vaticano, next to the huge historical door with statues on top. The guide will show a white sign “Towns of Italy”.
- Please let us know in advance any special need or impaired mobility of the clients and we will do our best to accomodate them.
- Entry to the Vatican Museums is based on strictly timed tickets. For this reason, late arrivals cannot be guaranteed access.
  The Vatican Museums imposes a mandatory dress code: knees and shoulders must be covered. otherwise you will not be able to enter.
- Please note it is prohibited to bring tripods, backpacks, camping or other bulky bags or luggage/trollies. You are allowed to enter with medium and small sized backpacks carried on a shoulder which must be checked by metal detectors and or opened and visually inspected by the Vatican authorities in the Vatican city.
- Please be prepared to show a photo ID (or photocopy) such as a passport, student ID or driver`s license upon entry at the Vatican as you may be asked for one. We will need to know the names and ages of those on your tour especially when they qualify for reduced fare tickets.
Cancellation policy:
For bookings from 1 to 8 pax: Cancellation/reschedule permitted within 8 days from the tour starting day.