Negative-Crowded but the Tour Guide made it more comfortable! Excellence well seasoned tour guide. She knew her stuff!!!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Extra-Small Group of 10 people or less
- Professional Headsets to hear your guide clearly
- Skip the Line Access to St. Peter's Basilica (only when option selected)
- Professional & Passionate Guide
- Skip the Line access ticket to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
Excludes
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Arrive at least 15 minutes early. Meet us on the steps at Via Tunisi, located at the corner with Via Sebastiano Veniero. We will be holding a sign with the green EcoArt logo.
Itinerary
A typical itinerary inside the Vatican Museums includes the Pavilion of the Carriages, home to everything from centuries old horse-drawn carriages to vintage and modern cars really used by Popes past and present. You'll visit the Pinecone Courtyard, the Hall of the Maps (the "Oval Office" of the Pope centuries ago), the Gallery of the Tapestries, the Pinacoteca, Belvedere Courtyard, Room of the Muses, the Round Room and Candelabra Gallery.
This courtyard gets its name from the enormous bronze Pinecone sculpture that dominates it.
The Vatican Museums contains some modern art as well, including this famous sculpture: Sphere within a Sphere. Variations of this sculpture can be found in many settings around the world.
The most famous wing of the Vatican Museums, the Pio Clementino museum contains much of the Museum's most important highlights. Your guide will take you through the Room of the Animals, where you can spot the life-like statues of fauna from around the world. Head to the Octagonal Courtyard where a small fountain trickles in the background of famous statues like the Laocoonte and Apollo Belvedere. Don't forget to look at the Candelabra Gallery -- master painters decorated these ceilings to create the illusion of a 3D effect centuries ago!
Head with your guide to the Gallery of the Maps -- and get a perspective of the world how it was five centuries ago. These exquisitely detailed, hand-painted giant maps are a favorite of the Vatican Museums. See if you can find the Italian cities you have visited, or spot the nod to Christopher Columbus' journey to the Americas.
Raphael painted these rooms with incredible frescoes, originally meant for the private rooms of Pope Julius II.
No guides are able to speak inside the Sistine Chapel. However, your guide will prepare you in advance for your free time inside so you'll know what to look for.
Visit to Vatican Museums - Vatican City
Only for bookings where access to St. Peter's Basilica is selected, tour will include Skip the Line Access to St. Peter's Basilica directly from the Vatican Museums.
Tours that do not end in St. Peter's Basilica will end in St. Peter's Square when available.
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Reviews
Excellent! 100% worth it, definitely would book again if coming back with others. Our tour guide Martina was incredible, very nice and very knowledgeable!
We had a great time on our tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. I would definitely recommend this tour.
Eddy was a great guide. Very knowledgeable, good pacing, personable, and funny. Will recommend this tour and especially Eddy to friends and family.
Our tour guide Eddy was excellent - humorous and knowledgeable and made this a great experience. This was definitely the best way to do Vatican City as Eddy explained what we were seeing or about to see and isolated out the highlights as well. This was the first time I had booked a small group tour as I normally do audio tour but I am so glad we did. Once we had finished the guided part he even gave us information and tips on the Basilica - thank you Eddy!
Go early. Lots of stairs. Plan on walking. But the magnificence of the floor interiors is awesome. Laura was a very knowledgeable and engaging guide. Her insights were much appreciated. The only thing missing was how to exit the building! And find the taxi stand!!
Martina was amazing. She was so enthusiastic and knowledgable
Our guide, Stefano, was wonderful - both funny and knowledgeable. He made us feel comfortable and looked out for us. We would have liked more time to visit the artwork in the museum, especially considering the price of the tickets.
Elena was so knowledgeable and made sure we moved through this impressive and vast space with ease and pace, keeping us all together. She gave us the important and interesting information and made sure it was entertaining. There was quite a lot of standing around which might be problematic for people with back problems or other physical problems and not a lot of opportunities to rest and sit for a bit. Overall, I would say this was an excellent tour with too much to cover.
The experience was great and Stefania is an AMAZING guide. Unfortunately, the Basilica tour wasn't offered to me when I purchased the tour from the hotel and my group's tour ended at the Sistine Chapel. However, what we did experience was beyond what I expected. Stefania did a great job explaining so much. I learned so much. Thank you, Stefania!
My husband and I took a small group tour of the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel with Doriana & EcoArt. We learned so much from Doriana and was amazed at all the incredible artwork, sculptures and history! We highly recommend this tour and Doriana!
Excellent Tour! Laura was an incredible guide. So worth every penny. She was informed, fast, and funny! I really appreciated her interpretation and discussion.
Assunta was fabulous. She was very knowledgeable and knew the best places for great photos. You could tell that she loved teaching us about the Vatican museums and the history and the artists.
Guide Kattalina was awesome! I could not say enough about what it was to experience the tour with thru her explanations.
Stefano was fantastic. Full of great historical facts but gave us the fun less polished version of Papal history, which I appreciated! He was funny and to the point. Great. experience!
Eddy is incredible. Wish I could rate him a 10 because the knowledge of not only the site but also the history was incredible. And his taste in music is awesome, too!
Pick up location was a little difficult to locate but once there check in was easy. Our guide never introduced herself to anyone in the group and seemed a little distracted at first. She did get better as the tour went on and she was pleasant. Would recommend this tour and the small group.
Great guide, Rosa, really knew her stuff. Her knowledge was so expansive. Great day, well organized.
Outstanding access and knowledgeable guide. History, architecture, and spiritual relevance were covered expertly. Some members of the group needed to be managed due to rude behavior, but Sarine(?) was gracious and patient despite their arrogance.
Our guide Mariapaolo was excellent and super knowledgeable
The overall experience was great, but far too many people. If you have claustrophobia, I’d give this a miss. However, the art was spectacular, and the tour guide, Assunta was very knowledgable, a veritable font of knowledge!
It was a great tour made even better by Mariapaola. She was very friendly and very knowledgeable
A great tour with an awesome guide! Thank you Rosalba for the special day. She really knows her stuff.
Martina was our guide and she was terrific. She was knowledgeable and funny, and moved at a perfect speed. I would recommend her.
Martina and EcoArt provided infectious enthusiasm, education and organization. What I most liked was Martina gave a constant preview of next steps so you were never wondering e.g. about the next photo opp on thr Vatican tour.
Had a great experience with Martina. She was very knowledgeable and passionate. Got stuck with screaming children in our group unfortunately. Not the tours fault but may be worth setting an age minimum on the guided tours.
Mariapaola was amazing!!!! Very informative and showed us all the great pieces. Highly recommend
Elena was a fantastic guide. She was very knowledgable. We really enjoyed it.
Our guide, Martina, was outstanding! She was so knowledgeable and made the entire experience so memorable. 10 stars for Martina!!!
Wow! What a great experience. Laura was an exceptional guide. Her vast knowledge and ability to articulate the details in a way we could appreciate and understand made learning about the art and history of the Vatican so much fun.
Have more signs where to check in. The confirmation need to be more exact on where to check in there are so many other tour companies.
Marcello was our guide for the Vatican and was absolutely amazing. He was so knowledge and made the tour so unique and interesting! Totally worth it! Thanks Marcello!
The tour was wonderful, Serena was Amazing. So knowledgeable, and kind as we were slowing down a bit. I highly recommended this tour.
I can’t imagine waiting in line for hours! This skip-the-line small group tour with Oscar was fantastic and got us straight into the Vatican Museums at our designated time. Oscar did a great job with his narration and pace. He gave us a lot of history and information as he led us through the museums, into the Sistine Chapel, and then into St. Peter’s Basilica. I can wholeheartedly endorse this tour!
Follow the restrictions and do not speak while in the Sistine Chapel. Enjoy the experience and expect crowds
Martina was extremely knowledgeable and explained everything in a clear way. She was easy to talk with and answered questions in an informative manner. Highly recommend the tour and especially Martina!
Monica was amazing! She knew SO much and you could tell she really loved doing these tours and sharing her knowledge of such an iconic location with everyone. The groups were small, which made navigating super easy. Obviously it’s not possible to see and cover everything (because there’s a LOT!) but I genuinely feel like I got to see and learn so much. Highly recommend!
Great trip very crowded but we got in pretty quick. Ended at the Basilica which as great
Martina was excellent, knowledgeable, friendly respectful!
Too many people Get a better earpiece Dont be late. People have other things to get to. So instead of going to each room, if late, just walk to the Sistine Chapel. That is what we came to see!
Excellent tour, wonderful guide Marcello Highly recommend.
Laura, our guide, was very knowledgeable and made the tour very interesting !
Martina was great! Tour was great!
We loved every bit of our tour of the Vatican. Marcelle was our guide who was very knowledgeable and interactive about everything. Could understand him clearly and enjoyed his passion and personality so much! We were so impressed! Highly recommend going on this tour.
Lorena was amazing!! She was a great story teller and allowed us to connect all the history in a fun and engaging way. Would highly recommend!
We really enjoyed this small group tour! Gaga was a very knowledgeable guide and kept the tour moving at a nice pace. I highly recommend Ecoart Travel as a tour company!
Gieuseppie was very knowledgeable and also a skilled guide, giving a through and thoughtful tour that moved at a good pace without leaving anyone behind, he was open to and available for questions. Audio equipment worked well/small group and priority entrance as promised. Well worth the cost.
We loved the semi-private Vatican Tour with EcoArt. Laura, our guide was so personable and knowledgeable of all the history. She made it fun and educational all at the same time. 2.5-3 hours was the perfect amount of time. Highly recommend!
Laura, our tour guide, was amazing. Her depth of knowledge added so much to the experience. And of course skipping the line was a real bonus.
Oscar was extremely informative. I had let him know that I had a disability and walked slower and he was very accommodating. Thank you for a great tour
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