Antonio was amazing best guide
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Touristation Assistance – Viale Vaticano 95 (50 meters from the Vatican Museums entry).
- Skip the line to the St. Peter's Basilica
- Headsets
- Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel Skip-the-Line Ticket
- Guided tour of the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
Excludes
- Guided tour of St. Peter's Basilica
- Food and drinks
- Pick Up Service
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Touristation Vaticano Office: Viale Vaticano, 95 (50mt away from the Vatican Museums' entrance). Please arrive 15 minutes before the selected time.
Return
- The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican is a church designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo and Carlo Maderno, with piazza and fittings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is the largest church in the world. It has been described "the greatest of all churches of Christendom."
Itinerary
They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries: Vatican museums has more than 20,000 artifacts in display, from the glories of ancient Greece and Egypt to Middle ages Renaissance works. Admire pine cone courtyard, Egypt and Etruscan collections, glorious tapestries, Gallery of Maps, painted ceilings and large scale frescoes by Raphael.
The most visited chapel in the world, seat of the conclave and a fascinating place to admire Michelangelo's frescoes.
Catholic tradition holds that the basilica is the burial site of Saint Peter, chief among Jesus's apostles and also the first Bishop of Rome (Pope). Saint Peter's tomb is directly below the high altar of the basilica, also known as the Altar of the Confession. For this reason, many popes, cardinals, and bishops have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period. St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage and for its liturgical functions. The pope presides at a number of liturgies throughout the year both within the basilica or the adjoining St. Peter's Square. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age. St. Peter's is one of the four churches in the world that hold the rank of major Papal basilica, all four of which are in Rome, and is also one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.
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Reviews
Francesca was amazing, her knowledge and passion incredible and she has the amazing ability to connect with every single person like it's a private tour with just you. Thankyou so much Francesca you made it very special
Was very amazing beautiful place and the tour guide his name was Enzo was amazing.
We spent too much time with the static pictures outside and were rushed through the main parts of the museum and the chapel. The guide was hard to hear and a challenge with her accent but very knowledgeable.
Amazing, really informative and helpful guide. Filo was a brilliant guide.
Great Tour throughout the Vatican Museum which ends after the sixtine chapel in front of the Basilica di San Pietro. It was a truly magnificent experience, well explained and thoughful. I will forever treasure it in my memory.
Heads up - This is a review about the operator Touristation Cappella Sistina - not the Vatican itself. It is not clear what happened but our guide was 30 minutes late or they had to call for back up. Either way, our tour started late which if you have all day, not a big issue. The Vatican museum closes at 6pm. So when you are supposed to start at 3:30 and you aren’t inside until 4:30, it’s tricky. , Sistine Chapel, and access to St Peter’s via the Chapel, it is an issue. We missed many large sections of the museum - all the painitings, and it felt like we were *extremely* rushed and our guide seemed frazzled. We did four different tours while we were in Italy and this was the only one that left us wanting.
Very informative and very nice woman. She spoke loudly and clearly.
Francesca was AMAZING! She is very knowledgeable and being a history teacher only made it better! If you have the chance to choose, CHOOSE her!
Before saying anything, the tour delivered on what it said it was. Our tour guide, Renata, was knowledgeable about the subject matter, attentive to answering any of our questions thoroughly and she seemed to be a very nice person. What I hadn't expected (and I probably should have), were the crowds on a Saturday afternoon. The tour through the Vatican Museums is long (close to 2 hours of the entire 3 hour tour). I'm guessing that a weekday tour, instead of a Saturday afternoon tour, would have taken less time due to it being less crowded. Once through the Vatican Museums, being able to enter the Sistine Chapel and after that, St. Peter's Basilica, was amazing! Our tour guide explained that while inside the Sistine Chapel, she's not permitted to talk to us through out headsets, so she gave us a lot of useful information before we went inside so that we'd know what we were looking at. If you have the time, this is a very good tour. And if you're lucky enough to get tour guide Renata, it will be a great experience.
Amazing. It is very fantastic moment
Luciano was a wonderful guide and explained everything very well
What an incredible tour made 100 times better by the knowledge and amazing personality of our guide Antonio. Clear instructions, wonderfully informative and such humour. Would 100% recommend!
Great tour and an even better tour guide! The basilica is breathtaking
Very interesting. Tour guide was friendly.
Antonio was wonderful. Lots of information. Great day. Thank you
Antonio was marvellous. Knowledgeable, funny and passionate about the topic. Excellent tour.
We were so lucky to have Francesca as our guide at the Vatican Museums. She is incredibly knowledgeable and, even more importantly, truly passionate about history. Her warm personality and great sense of humour made the tour engaging, relaxed and genuinely enjoyable. Francesca has a wonderful way of bringing history to life, and we came away having learned so much while having a great time. The length of the tour was just right, giving us plenty of time to explore without ever feeling rushed or overwhelmed. She made the whole visit feel special. Thank you, Francesca, for such a memorable tour!
Detailed and thorough. Knowledgeable guide with excellent English.
Philomona was excellent guide throughout.
Very interesting and educational tour. Filo was a very good tour guide and knew all the facts really well
Booking experience was good. They were on it in the backend, but this experience seems like it could have been better w/o a guide, although typically a fan of guides. Took too long—a hard follow. Trying to be polite…
Paid 3 times an entry ticket to get guide service and skip the line but it was more chaos than paying cheaper price and they didn't help in any way just printed the ticket for us and gave us a map
Fantastic guide. Very knowledgeable
The Vatican can be overwhelming and super crowded with long lines. This tour gave us skip the line access which was invaluable! Our guide was very sweet and knowledgeable, however, her accent was a bit strong and difficult to understand and the mics were a bit fuzzy. Overall, I would recommend this tour because it made the Vatican more manageable and saved us a lot of time not waiting in massive lines and trying to find our way around.
Incredible! Laura is a really good guide!
Fantastic tour by Laura with all the hidden stories and history! Gave us enough time for pictures and rest.
The instructor was a nice lady. Explained pretty well. Too much to absorb though. Definitely a guide adds to the experience.
Stefani (or Stephanie) the Spanish guide, was incredible. She’s a natural. I REALLY recommend her. By all means, even if you don’t speak spanish, which I did not, i fully enjoyed the tour, her energy is contagious. Thank you for the amazing experience. 12/10!!!
Francesca did an amazing job during our private tour offering good insight and answering and even encouraging questions from the group.
Amazing so sweet explained everything very well
What a wonderful tour, our tour guide Noelle was amazing!! We learnt so much, and she made the experience very special for us. Noelle spoke to us through a microphone and headphones, so we could hear and understand her clearly with the noise around us. Brilliant idea!! Thank you again Noelle.
Very knowledgeable tour guide. Easy to find the location. Definitely recommend a guided tour to skip the long lines. Convenient times
Antonio was a great guide through the tour!
Helietta and Erika were very helpful! Highly recommend!
Antonio did an amazing job! He provided a great mix of humor and information.
Antonio was super knowledgeable, and interesting.
My experience was great with marzia. She showed my family and I every thing and taught us a lot. Thank you to her! I was her 20th person!
Had a wonderful tour with a great tour guide (Antonio!). He was very informative and kind.
Laura was an incredible guide. She improved the experience greatly. Her info was very interesting and added a touch of humor.
Our guide, Marzy, was very well versed in the history and information about the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel. She made the experience very enjoyable with light hearted jokes and her cheerful demeanour.
Amazing place with such rich and interesting history. Our guide, Filo, was extremely knowledgeable, friendly and ready to answer any question.
The experience was brilliant. Antonio added so much with great stories and personal insights. 10/10.
Antonio was the best guide ever. He completely got me to emerse myself in the history, art and beauty of everything. Definitely a once in a lifete experience!
Great Experience we learned a ton
Fantastic visit with Francesca, amazing guide, we love our visit/tour to Vatican Museum + Sistine Chapel!
Francesca was the best guide! She was very knowledgeable and made sure she explained everything thoroughly. She made sure we were together the whole time
Very interesting and nice ! Patient and passionate about the history
Ms.Frenchesca Maria was really helpful and was explaning with great interest and presicion Really enjoyed it and got great knowledge
Excellent explain and very deeply ms.Franchesca maria
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