Don’t be put off by the vast size and long lines at the Vatican Museums. With this tour, you’ll zip past the crowds at the entrance and take in the most important works in the magnificent collection with a guide in just hours. Enjoy hotel pickup and an assistant to help you head straight inside to take in masterpieces and stand in awe beneath the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Hassle-free round-trip transportation from your hotel to the Vatican Museums
An assistant to navigate the crowded entrance and a guide in the galleries
Skip-the-line ticket for more time in the collection and Sistine Chapel
A private experience customized to your pace and interests

What's Included

Pick-up and drop off with luxury transportation and private chauffeur
Private English-speaking tour escort at your disposal
Private professional guide
Vatican Museums' skip the line entrance tickets
Entrance in the Sistine Chapel

Food and beverages
Gratuities (optional)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

Pick up at your hotel, apartment or B&B. Please advice of Hotel name and address. We usually suggest to book early morning visit because of less amount of people inside the Museums. N.B.: If your accomodation is not in the area indicated on the above map, send us a message to arrange your pick up.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
Transportation is wheelchair accessible

Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
Dress code requie for the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter Basilica: knees and shoulders must be covered
Security checks is obligatory for everyone entering Vatican City
Child rate applies only when shared with 2 paying adults
Wheelchair available on request. Please advise at time of booking if wheelchair assistance is required
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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Our tour guide, Josepi...

Rita_F, May 2023

Our tour guide, Josepi wow just so knowledgeable, professional abc we truly enjoyed our time with him!

Response from Host, May 2023

Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. We hope to see you again soon.

A Divine Experience!

Theresa_S, Sep 2022

What a delight our tour was! We thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Rosanna and her team were prompt in pricking us up at our hotel lobby, she and her team were super attentive to us and incredibly knowledgeable not only about the Vatican, but the city of Rome. I’m so happy to have made this connection and I hope to plan more tours in the future. Would highly recommend!!

Response from Host, Sep 2022

Thank you for taking the time to share this positive rating! We will make sure to share this with the store team to let them know to keep up the amazing work!

Monika was great. She was...

Emily_M, Jun 2022

Monika was great. She was very knowledgeable. We ended staying a bit too long at the basilica, and she and our driver were accommodating.

Response from Host, Jun 2022

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us! We are thrilled that you enjoyed your tour!

Challenging Tour

Steven_Y, Aug 2019

This was quite a challenging day. No fault of Viator, but the day was beastly hot and the museums are not air conditioned. The throng of people can be, at times, very oppressive. We were picked up timely by the tour coordinator and deposited at the entrance to the museums. Our tour tickets said we were to get a tour starting at 8:00 and that we could “skip the line”. We got neither. The security wouldn’t let us through until 8:30 and we were cast among THOUSANDS of other people who were there for the museums opening time. We were not let in until thousands of other people were, so we were forced to stand in the heat and look at pictures from the book our guide brought along. That’s a lot of nonsense when you are paying $250 to get in early and “skip the line”. After we were let in, we had to wait another 20 minutes while our guide exchanged his voucher for admission tickets. We now lost an hour of what was supposed to be a four hour private tour. I feel gipped. Our guide was very nice and reasonably well informed. His English was spotty, at best, and often didn’t understand our questions, and admitted that he normally works the Coliseum tour. Given the English challenges, the lack of explanation around why we were not able to skip the line and our guide’s lack of comprehension, we were kind of disappointed.

Response from Host, Aug 2019

Dear Steven, first of all I apologize for the problem occurred during your tour at the Vatican. 1. During the last days was very hot in Rome and I am sure you can give us the fault. The Vatican Museums hosts an average amount of people of 25.000 at the same time, and if the Vatican museums have not air conditioning maybe you should complain to the City State of Vatican. 2. As you noticed your ticket (that I showed you) said entrance at 8:00 and that means entrance at 8:00 skip the line (tickets were bought following the normal Vatican official office). That day for security reasons (large amount of people) they didn’t let people go inside at 8:00 but at 8:30. You had to wait outside because of security reason and this is why your professional tour guide (with official license issued by the Vatican after regular exams) started to give you explanations outside while you were waiting to go inside, so you didn’t waste your time waiting.The book is used to explain the Sistine Chapel because inside nobody can speak being a holy place, so all the explanations are made outside with the help of a book to show you the pictures of the paintings. 3. The price you paid includes pick up and drop off from/to your hotel, private guide (2 hours), and skip the line tickets. Because you waited 30 minutes (not for our fault) you stayed more time inside and had the possibility to visit Raphael’s rooms which usually are not included: you had more then 3 hours inside with the guide instead of 2. The four hours of the tour are from the pick up to the drop off. You were picked up at 7:30 and dropped off after noon (over 4 hours); 4. The procedure for the ship the line tickets is to buy them in advance through the official site and then go inside at the time shown and change the voucher into the small tickets. This is a normal procedure and this is what we did with you. August is a high season and maybe the Vatican should organize better to avoid lines in doing this procedure, in any case 20 minutes looks too much for us; 5. All our guides are licensed guides and must pass an exam in Italian and in English to get the license one for Italy and one for the Vatican (two different states). You said he wasn’t good why did you tip him? And also why you didn’t tell me these problems when we met? That would be much better to explain it in person. Again we can only apologize but I am sure you will understand that we can’t go over the Vatican procedures and rules and we can predict the amount of people present that day at that time. Best regards, Rossana

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