A private tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica is what you need to enjoy one of the most beautiful places in the world. You will access with skip the line tickets and your professional tour guide will explain you all the history and secrets of the Museums.
This private Vatican tour will let you enjoy at best your time in Rome. Come and tour one of the most incredible places on Earth – the Vatican City - with a personal, private and expert tour guide dedicated to you and your group alone for each and every minute. Visit the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums and St Peter's Basilica and all the wonders kept inside, which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, on this unforgettable private tour of Vatican.
It is a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience, so you don't have to worry about anything or to wait for a very long time on a queue and you can save energy to see the Vatican Museums collection: with the skip the line tickets included in the private tour you will be allowed to access the Museums immediatly. Vatican Museums keep the world's foremost collection of Renaissance art and architecture, and you will visit this really unique place in the company of a professional guide, exclusively devoted to enriching your personal experience on every step of the way.
Your personal guide will help educate you about the history of the Vatican itself as well as the Church which has made its home here in this State within Rome. He will intrigue and educate you with stories and tidbits of information about many of the masterpieces, and how they eventually made their way here to their homes in Vatican City.
The Private tour of Vatican Museums culminates in the Sistine Chapel where, surrounded by some of the most incredible fresco work on Earth, you can view one of the most famous pieces of art of all time – Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. The Sistine Chapel is also the place where the Cardinals meet to choose the new Pope: a place full of spirituality that you can't miss while visiting Rome.
You really will scarcely believe what you will see and learn with our exclusive tour and thanks to our professional guides, you will never forget this day inside the Vatican walls.
The private tour of the Vatican Museums will then continue with a visit of the St. Peter's Basilica, one of the most famous Domes in the world and the cradle of the Catholic Church. You will feel like in the centre of the world when visiting this majestic temple. Inside the Basilica you can admire masterpieces made by Michelangelo, like the "Pietà" the sculpture in Carrara marble, or the "Baldacchino" the bronze altar canopy made by Bernini. Your private vatican guide will explain you all the details about the most important masterpieces and will be happy to answer to all of your questions and curiosity.
After Museums and St Peter basilica, the tour will end in the main square of the Vatican State: St Peter Square. Your guide will show you the optical illusion of Bernini's colonnade, the magnificent facade of St Peter's Basilica designed by Carlo Maderno and all others attractions that you can admire in the square.
The tour of the Vatican is available in many options, both private and in a group or small group: if you want to stay on budget, check out our small group tour of Vatican, for groups up to 15 people, or our group tour of Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica.
For those who does not have much time to spend in Rome, we suggest our small group full day tour to Vatican Museums and Colosseum with tickets included for up to 15 people or the full day private tour of the Vatican Museums and Colosseum.
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Meeting point information and local telephone numbers at your destination are included on your Confirmation Voucher.
We regret to inform that this tour is not suitable for guests with wheelchairs or with impaired mobility.
Please note that the itinerary inside the Vatican Museums may slightly vary depending on restrictions decided by the museum board.
Entry to the Vatican Museums is based on strictly timed tickets. For this reason, late arrivals cannot be guaranteed access.All visitors must have a photo ID for the security check.The Vatican Museums imposes a mandatory dress code: knees and shoulders must be covered otherwise you will not be able to enter.Due to exceptional religious events, St. Peter's Basilica might be closed without any notice.
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