Private Early Access Vatican Tour with Skip the Line entrance ticket and Pick up

Rome, Italy

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icon2 to 3 hours  (Approx.)
Mobile ticket
iconOffered in: English and 3 more
Overview

Tired of the massive crowd of tourists at the Vatican Museums? Buy this private tour with exclusive early access and visit the most iconic attraction of Rome before the public opening with a certified guide and skip the line entrance ticket!
Our private driver will pick you up from your hotel and will bring you to the Vatican Museums entrance where you will meet your guide.
Your guide will whisk you through the Sistine Chapel, where you will have time to pay attention to the details of the sublime “Last Judgment” by Michelangelo Buonarroti and admire as well his “Pietà” inside St. Peter’s Basilica.
At the end of the tour, you will not only understand the Vatican but will have energy left for more of the Eternal City!

Professional Certified Guide
Skip the Line Entrance Ticket
Pick up by our private car with chauffeur
Private transportation
Drop off

Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
We pick-up from any central hotels/apartments/B&B in Rome. So don't worry if your accommodation is not mentioned. In this case, during the booking, please provide details regarding its location.
If your accommodation has not been booked yet, you will modify the booking later by providing the data relating to it.

Departure Time

7:30 AM
Itinerary
Stop At:  
Vatican Museums
The driver will bring you to the Vatican Museums entrance where you will meet your guide. She/he will whisk you through the Vatican's most important collections, before the public opening. You will first enter the Museums of the Vatican that, despite being one of the smallest countries in the world, houses a complex of museums, whose value is hard to quantify. After admiring the Belvedere and the Pigna (pinecone) Courtyard, you will appreciate the Picture Gallery that houses an amazing collection that includes Giotto, Perugino, Leonardo, Caravaggio, Dali… impossible to describe in a few lines. Follow your guide to the main exhibitions. She will focus on Greek and Roman originals, various Pope’s apartments painted by Masters like Raphael and Pinturicchio and the famous galleries of Tapestries, Candelabra and Maps.
Duration: 2 hours 
Admission Ticket Included
Stop At:  
Sistine Chapel
The next part of the tour is the not-to-be-missed attraction, the Sistine Chapel, with its incredible ceiling by Michelangelo and his supreme masterpiece, the Last Judgment. Many other scenes are painted by the best Italian artists, such as Perugino, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio and other masters. It will be surprisingly exciting standing in the centre of such beauty.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
Stop At:  
St. Peter's Basilica
From the Sistine, you will enter directly inside St. Peter’s Basilica, the world symbol of Christianity, famous for numerous Bernini’ s masterpieces and where you will admire the marvellous Pietà, created by Michelangelo Buonarroti at the age of 25. Admiring the numerous Renaissance and Baroque statues and paintings, note how this Basilica is so perfectly conceived: it belies its real size until you realize how small the people at the far end seem to be. The tour will end with the embrace of Bernini’s curved immense colonnades of St. Peter’s Square, and the view of the Pope’s Balcony. On Wednesday morning, the tour of the Basilica is not permitted because of the Papal Audience.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infant seats available
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • The client has to communicate if there are disabled people doing the tour.
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Learn more about cancellations.

From 286.58 USD


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