Enjoy your Vatican Tour experience
What’s Included
- Reserved Access to the Vatican Museums
- All entrance & reservation fees
- Access to the Sistine Chapel
- Skip-the-Line Access to St. Peter’s Basilica
- Audio headsets so you can always hear your guide
- Small groups of 20 people or less
- Gratuities
Sites Visited
- Vatican Museums
- Sistine Chapel
- Gallery of Maps
- Gallery of Tapestries
- St. Peter’s Basilica
- St. Peter’s Square
No One Gets You in Faster
Visit the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica on this exclusive and fully guided walking tour of up to 20 passengers. With our Reserved Entrance, you can head straight inside and explore without wasting any time – you’ll also discover the stories about the characters that walked these corridors before you as artists and Popes.
No One Gives You More Access
Inside, your guide will take you out to the Vatican Gardens balcony for your first glimpse of the dome of St. Peters Basilica before strolling through the ancient statues and modern sculptures of the Pinecone Courtyard. As there is no talking allowed in the Sistine Chapel your guide will prepare you here for the many fascinating details you otherwise might miss on your own.
To reach the Chapel, your guide will lead you along the Hall of Maps, the Gallery of Tapestries and through the Gallery of Candelabra. These works of art will come to life as you follow your guide’s commentary on your dedicated audio earpiece. At the Sistine Chapel, take some time to pick out the rich details on the walls and ceilings – from Michelangelo’s boneless self-portrait to the shields representing violent bible stories.
After learning all about the chapel’s rich renaissance history, we’ll use our Skip-the-Line Access again, to enter St. Peter’s Basilica. Bypass the long lines as your guide provides an overview of this magnificent church. Here, you will see Michelangelo’s ‘Pietá’ which portrayed Mary as being as an eternal young mother. Spend some quiet time in this vast place of worship beneath the tallest dome in the world. When you finish, you are free to remain inside St. Peter’s Basilica to experience more of this amazing church at your leisure or return outside to St. Peter’s Square to admire Bernini’s clever optical illusion and the basilica’s heavenly façade.
In just 3 hours, we’ll introduce you to the artistic treasures of the Vatican in an enjoyable and hassle-free manner. From the enormous Vatican Museums to Michelangelo’s ground-breaking frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, you will see how the Popes used art and culture to spread their message. You’ll leave not just appreciating the Vatican but having understood it too.
