Tour The Vatican With Your Guide
With skip-the-line access and your own private Vatican tour guide to reveal the fascinating historical, religious, and artistic significance of the many wonders on display, this is the ultimate Vatican tour guide experience.
Walk through the Renaissance treasures of the Vatican Museums and stare out across the beauty of the Eternal City from the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. Explore the Sistine Chapel’s most extraordinary artifacts with your private guide as they reveal the hidden messages in Michelangelo’s breathtaking ceiling frescoes. All in one incredible tour!
What’s Included in Your Tour of The Vatican?
- Early morning pre-general public skip the line entrance to the Vatican
- Direct entrance to St Peter’s *exclusively allowed to us as you will be accompanied by a guide*
- No wait tickets for the Vatican Museums & the Sistine Chapel
- Accredited English-speaking tour guide
What Will We Visit On Our Private Tour of The Vatican?
- Vatican Museums, including:
- Octagonal Courtyard
- Musei Chiaramonti
- Round Room
- Gallery of the Maps
- Gallery of the Candelabra
- Gallery of the Tapestries
- St Peter’s Basilica
- Sistine Chapel
- The Sistine Chapel ceiling featuring ‘the creation of Adam’ by Michelangelo
Private Vatican Tour Description
In the morning, your guide will meet you outside Caffè Vaticano with all of your skip-the-line tickets ready to enter the Vatican City.
Your expert guide will navigate you through the intriguing history of the Vatican Museums as you explore its vast network of corridors and galleries. From ancient sculptural monuments to Renaissance masterpieces, this feast for the eyes will be served by your guide with a healthy dose of context and humor.
You’ll hear the legendary stories of the scandalous popes and petulant artists behind the most famous masterpieces in the Vatican, as well as see our favorite little-known gems that are often overlooked by most visitors.
Moving on, you will enter the world-famous Sistine Chapel for a jaw-dropping look at Michelangelo’s celebrated ceiling frescos.
After marveling at Michelangelo’s masterpiece, you will be escorted through a special entrance to St Peter’s Basilica, where you will learn about the fascinating history and personalities behind the construction of one of the most iconic buildings in the world.
This tour doesn’t run on Sundays, 1st May, 29th June, 14th & 15th August, 1st November, 8th December, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day.
The earliest entry is 8:30 am pre-general public entrance, although if you prefer to go later, it is not a problem.
If you would still like to visit St Peter’s Basilica, please fill in the contact form and we’ll get back to you with options.
Additional Vatican Tour Options:
If you would like a longer, more comprehensive tour of the Vatican Museums, we can extend your tour to include the following:
- The Pinacoteca with works by Raphael, Da Vinci, Caravaggio, and more
- Raphael’s Rooms: including the masterpiece ‘The School of Athens’
- The Egyptian Museum
- Climb St Peter’s Dome for a perfect 365-degree view of Rome. You will also view the inner dome and get up close to the magnificent mosaics as you gaze down on the Pope’s High Altar far below.
