Sistine Chapel & Vatican City Tour for Kids & Families Fast Access Private Tour
Rome, Italy
3 hours (Approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English and 4 more
Overview
See the Vatican and Sistine Chapel with your children on a 3-hour tour specifically designed for families. Your entire family can learn together about the Vatican Museum’s impressive works of art while participating in a fun interactive tour. You’ll visit the Vatican Museums, including Raphael's Rooms and the Gallery of Maps, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica. The tour includes pre-booked tickets so your family will avoid the long entrance lines.
What's Included
Private transportation
Departure & Return
What To Expect
Itinerary
Your expert local guide for children and families will customize the tour for your family, so that it’s unique to you and your interests.
The interactive tour includes activities to encourage learning and participation. The whole family will enjoy solving quizzes, answering trivia questions, participating in scavenger hunts, and many more creative activities to keep the whole group engaged.
Your tour will begin near the Vatican City, where you will meet your guide. Then, using your pre-booked tickets, you will avoid the entrance queues and enter the Vatican Museums.. You may check any luggage or belongings in the Vatican cloakroom, if necessary, before the tour begins.
Duration: 1 hour
Admission Ticket Included
From the start of the tour, your guide will engage the children in games to identify important Vatican artwork, which includes wonderful Greek and Roman sculptures, and the sarcophagi of Empress Helena and Constantina, the mother and daughter of Constantine the Great.
The Gallery of the Candelabra, Gallery of the Tapestries, Sobieski Hall, and the breathtaking Raphael's Rooms will follow.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
The Sistine Chapel is next. It’s one of the most popular attractions in Italy. As you view Michelangelo's breathtaking fresco, “The Last Judgment,” you’ll learn about stories from the Bible, including the creation of Adam. The Sistine Chapel is still used today as the venue for papal elections.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
Then your group will enter the most significant Catholic church on earth, Saint Peter’s Basilica, where you will see Michelangelo’s Pieta.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
Your tour will end in Saint Peter's Square next to the taxi and bus station.
We’re sure your entire family will learn a great deal, including your children, and you’ll have created memories that will last a lifetime.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- READ CAREFULLY: Because of the growing popularity of the current pope Francis and his intense activity in organising mass events in the Vatican some areas might get closed last minute without previous notice. This has already happened this year and can happen again during you Vatican tour: the Sistine chapel and/or the Basilica of Saint Peter might not be accessible. In case of such events our tour guide will provide you with a valuable alternative focusing the tour inside the Vatican museums.
- A dress code is required to enter worship placed and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders must be covered for both men and women. You mau risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
- 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.
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