Amazing tour. Our guide was very informative and made sure we all had a great experience. Excellent tour. Highly recommend.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Expert local guide
- Entrance: Vatican Museums
- Priority skip-the-line ticket to enter the Vatican Museums quickly
- Entrance: Sistine Chapel
- Ebook guide
- Online support at the time of boarding the tour
- Online Consultant who will send you boarding information
Excludes
- Food and beverages
- Hotel pick up and drop off
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- At the Ottaviano metro exit, continue straight for approximately 1 km, red flags will be displayed outside.
Return
- The tour ends at St. Peter's Square, opposite St. Peter's Basilica.
Itinerary
The Vatican Museums, the most important museum complex in the world, are located in Rome. They exhibit works from the immense collection built by the Roman Catholic Church over the centuries.
The frescoes that we contemplate here introduce us to the world of the contents of Revelation. The truths of our faith speak to us here from all sides. From them the human genius drew his inspiration by committing himself to dress them with forms of unparalleled beauty. The Sistine Chapel owes its name to its client, Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere (1471-1484), who wanted to build a new large room on the site where the "Magna Chapel" already stood, a fortified hall from the Middle Ages, intended to house the meetings of the papal court.
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Reviews
Laura was great! Was quite busy but she kept us informed and engaged the whole time. Highly recommend doing the Vatican in the cooler months - today was bearable but the summer could be extremely uncomfortable.
Viator sent confirmation of tour meeting point and time but upon arrival the operator had no record of our booking. Viator provided the wrong address. Contacted the operator by telephone and was directed to a new address but upon arrival was told the tour was rescheduled to later in the day. When I contacted Viator seeking refund my request was denied. Viator indicated I was at fault and that the operator could not contact me although I provided my email and mobile to Viator. Viator screws up but blames the customer. Last time I book with them.
Booked 10:30am tour for four people. Emailed day before that time changed to 11am. Showed 10:45am and told 11:30am (unapologetically). Tour finally began around 12:15pm. Others people who had booked 8am tour were treated similarly. We missed our lunch reservations due to the multiple delays. Tour guide was disinterested and rushed through tour. My advice: skip this tour and try another or self tour; but don’t skip seeing the Vatican!
Visiting the Vatican was a must do on our travel list. This tour includes a skip the line and I highly recommend that. Walking past the hundreds of people sitting in the heat for a chance to go in was well worth every penny. I believe the tour guide is a guide chosen by the Vatican and not the tour company. He spoke very fast and had an accent that at times was hard to follow. With that we still caught on to what was being said and were truly amazed by the history all around us.
Paolo was very knowledgeable of the history and biblical references. He was a fabulous tour guide. Our only issue is that the time of the tour is not actually the real starting time of the tour. We booked a 9:30 time and it got changed to 11:30 due to being overbooked. It was stressful for us. The tour was at 11:30 but it took over an hour just to get inside the Vatican. We needed up having to leave our group and go ahead into Sistine Chapel for 4 mins and then hustle to get to cruise ship. So we spent almost $700 to spend 4 mins or less in Sistine Chapel. That was disappointing.
Our tour guide René was exceptional. She was very thorough and knowledgeable. Even though there was a lot of walking and it was hot, René made the whole experience interesting.
Loved the guide very knowledgeable....need to be on time ! We were on a tight schedule made it very stressful to make it to the ship
Thanks ! Our tour, while tiring, went very well and I love his enthusiasm! A wonderful experience with a wonderful agency,i'm very happy for choose this agency. Guide Sara is Top!
Our guide was amazing and wonderful! He taught us many things and answered all our questions. He kept us informed at every corner! History came alive for us and we enjoyed our tour.
Our guide was very experienced and informative. The Vatican Museum was a wonderful experience, especially the Sistine Chapel, the many beautiful murals, ancient sculptures and other works of art.
Complete and accurate meeting instructions, engaging and knowledgeable guide.Excellent tour well worth the money, woman took time explaining everything answered questions and most importantly
Easy to find the group ahead of the tour, good instructions with the booking info. Very well organised!!More than expected. Guide very patient with crowds. Going early was a plus!
Excellent Tour and Fantastic guide. Hewas friendly, amusing and incredibly knowledgable. We spotted thru security and he gave us a wonderful introduction to the Vatican City and the Sistine Chapel
guide was a fantastic guide very informative and knowledgeable. We enjoyed our time in the tour! Recommened tour! Amazing tour in Rome!!!!
This was a great tour.The museum are fascinating with an amazing collection of art ,paintings, sculptures. Highly recommened
The tour was excellent.Our tour guidewas brilliant,Very helpful,full of knowledge and very passionate. A perfect day! Thank you!
booked this tour before getting to Rome.The guide is very informative and positive. I wasn’t quite prepared for the level of humanity visiting the Vatican. Recommened!
A fantastic tour! We went at 8 am so no queue 🙂. We highly recommend this tour with wonderful Chiara as guide. ROME is emotional history’s city! Recommened!
Absolutely fantastic tour! Beautiful architecture and inspiring majesty. Our tour guide Chiara was brilliant
great tour through the vast collections of the Vatican, St. Peter’s Basilica and the Catacombs. Our guide was an art historian and had a wealth of knowledge about the specific pieces highlighted throughout the 3 hour tour
This tour was fantastic. Easy to find the meeting place. A great tour through the vast collections of the Vatican, St. Peter’s Basilica and the Catacombs.
Out of our entire study abroad trip, this was my favorite tour EVER!it has been one of the best and most entertaining tours that I've taken
My family and I had an amazing experience and will definitely recommend to others, really interesting. The Guide was an amazing and knowledgeable tour guide who has an obvious passion for what she does.
Guide was great, informative and I didn't feel rushed throughout the tour! Take a bottle of water with you as it does get a little stuffy inside Thank’s to our guide Luigi for making the trip exiting , interesting and profissional!
Luigi was your guide. The tour and her guidance were fantastic. Highly recommend this tour and especially our guide. Good! Thank you rome in Tours!
Visits to the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel with a guide at the top, very clear of the explanations. It was a real pleasure, thank you Marianne for these privileged moments.
Very Very Fantastic Tour! Thank you Luigi for our amazing tour today. Is so enthusiastic and kept us all engaged with her vast knowledge. Love it
Luigi, our tour guide, was absolutely incredible; we were even missing her the next day! Adorable! Very ´profissional! Thank you so much, Luigi, for such an incredible experience! Thank you!!!
Very professional! The office (meeting place) was easy to find, cool and had bathroom facilities. It was only a very short walk to the Vatican and we were able to skip the line and get inside very quickly.
We visited The Vatican and its museums and galleries, Sistine Chapel and The Vatacombs with Rome Tours . Luigi the guide is great!! He is one of the best guides we ever had, he is very passionate and he gave us a very enjoyable tour
The frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are something indescribable. The tour went very well! we showed up at the meeting point and the guide accompanied us to the Vatican museums. from there the guided tour began. the frescoes by michelangelo what a passion.
Terribile esperienza. Mi hanno cambiato orario e Non ho potuto terminare il tour. Inoltre la Guida era impreparata, ripeteva a cantilena scocciata e priva di interesse nozioni superficiali e poco interessanti
Everything done great Competent and nice people I recommend it to everyone and would do it again 100 times with them. Thanks guys
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