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Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica Small Group Guided Tour

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Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel in Small Group
  • 3 hours
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

Visiting the enormous Vatican complex on your own is daunting, but a private tour can bust your travel budget. With this small-group tour, cover the highlights of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica in just a few hours without breaking the bank. Learn about the lives and works of history’s greatest artists and architects from your guide as you stroll through the galleries and church.
  • Save time with skip-the-line Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel tickets
  • Explore with a guide to focus on the most important works of art
  • A small-group tour for a more affordable price and relaxed pace
  • Visit the galleries, chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica in a single tour

What's Included

  • Skip the line ticket with priority entry
  • Headsets included for your comfort
  • Small group up to 13 guests max
  • Most group itinerary is set by the Vatican. We don't visit Raffael's Rooms in groups.
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Viale Vaticano, 100, 00192 Roma RM, Italy

    Your guide will wait for you with the sign Emotion.club at the corner of Caffe Vaticano at Viale Vaticano 100 (or Via Tunisi 2 which is the same building) at the top of the steps. Across the street you will see the entrance of the Vatican Museums. The closest Metro stop is Ottaviano, Line A.

End point

  • Saint Peter's Square
    Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City

What To Expect

Vatican Museums

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Sistine Chapel

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

St. Peter's Basilica

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • To visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, also St. Peter’s Basilica, your clothing must cover your shoulders, knees and neckline.
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 13 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Awesome tour
Michelle_B, Apr 2024
This tour was really incredible. To see The Vatican, The Sistine Chapel, and the Basilica in person was amazing. Our tour guide, Maria, was very knowledgeable and clearly loved talking about these amazing places.
Amazing Experience
Olivia_R, Apr 2024
Excellent Tour Guide. Amazingly beautiful place. This is not one to miss! Would highly recommend this tour. Thank you!
Worthwhile tour
Nicola_H, Apr 2024
Guido was a really knowledgeable, passionate and enthusiastic guide who had lots of interesting facts as we passed through the sites. Certainly worth skipping the line and we got to see everything and while we did not dawdle, the trip was not rushed. 3 hours was perfect for us to gain a basic appreciation!
Go with a tour guide! So much to see.
Liani_M, Mar 2024
Our tour guide was great and personable. Meeting spot was easy. The whole tour was amazing and I am so thankful I booked one. There is so much to take in having a guide made it much more enjoyable. This was the most beautiful and memorable experience I’ve had and the highlight of Rome!
Good Tour to Take
Richard_S, Mar 2024
Tour guide, Anna, was great and well versed on the museum and did a good job of trying to maneuver our group of about 14 through the crowd. Unbelievably crowded and this was only mid March. She provided good insights on art history. The meeting point was easy to find. Uber dropped us right at it.
Best tour for solo traveler
jkraynick, Mar 2024
Our guide Patricia was amazing! So knowledgeable and entertaining! Best tour I could have picked. Gave plenty of time for pictures. Also, great for the solo traveler.
I recommend this tour.
Nata_P, Feb 2024
The tour was informative and interesting. I'm sure I would have missed a lot of interesting things if I went on my own. Simon was knowledgeable and friendly and answered all the questions.
Great experience
Barbara_M, Oct 2023
Enjoyed this tour very much.Our guide Guido was very informative and easy to understand. He is very knowledgeable about everything on the tour and gave us plenty of time in each place.
My favourite tour
Lisa_B, Aug 2023
This was my favourite tour during our time in Rome. Anna was a terrific guide. Knowledgeable and passionate about the subject matter. I learned a lot. Visiting the Vatican was very hectic but Anna made it as smooth as possible and going early helped. The tour company was very good about communicating ahead of time. Teens really liked it.
Disappointed
Vino_G, Jul 2023
We had a lot of technical problems with the ear piece. Could not hear the guide. Having to change our audio ear piece couple of times. Made this tour uninterested especially for children.
Amazing museums but amazingly overcrowded
Brian_W, May 2023
We went on a small group tour with emotion.com. The tour company and our guide Olga were 5 stars. Our overall rating is down graded due to the overcrowded conditions. The down grade is for things under the Vatican's control. You are packed in and herded through like sheep. There was not time to fully see and truly appreciate the art and history. This is the kind of thing where you are glad you went but would not suffer through the hectic crowded conditions to do it again. Heaven help you if you attempt this by you self or with a tour group of more than 12.
Once in a life time -Vatican Experience
Michelle_C, Dec 2022
We had a wonderful time with Anna as our tour guide taking us through the Vatican museum’s, the Cistern Chapel and via the secret pathway to Saint Peter’s Basilica. I learnt so much, she picked the best and most historical pieces to explore, it was at a great pace, we could hear everything through the headsets and her love and passion for History was extraordinary. Definitely worth every dollar to get such an experience. Thank you Anna, my daughters and I are very appreciative. 💖
Jad: Awesome Tour Guide
Angela_F, Sep 2022
Had, our tour guide from Emotion club was a thorough and insightful guide. The preparation he provided us before seeing the Sistine chapel helped us enjoy the experience like never before. Thank you Jad. The Fords
Such a wonderful tour guide (Sara)
Joleen_M, Jun 2022
Loved our tour!! Sara Napolitani is so knowledgeable and the nicest person! I got her name and email so if/when my husband comes with me next time we can have her as our guide. It is so much better to have a tour guide for this tour than just walking through by yourself. Emotion company was very responsive, super at communicating where to meet and the 3 tour guides I met were all so friendly. I don't have any complaints!
Thanks for the amazing tour! The time flew by unnoticed and extremely interesting!
Olga_S, Apr 2022
This is my 4th time in the Vatican Museums and I can say that today's tour was really informative and no wait in line to get inside. The group was 6 people only and we got a real personalized treatment. Our guide Sarah is a stellar storyteller and connoisseur of history, open to questions with detailed answers! Thank you for everything!
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