Rome: Early Morning Small-Group Vatican Tour with Pickup

Rome: Early Morning Small-Group Vatican Tour with Pickup

To escape the crowds, you should visit the Vatican at some uncivilized hour in the morning. VIP tickets enable you to jump over the line on a guided tour, allowing you to explore the mind-blowing art with a maximum of 10 people.

About this activity

  • duration-alt_14246718 Duration

    3 hours

  • money-transfer-coin-arrow_15355109 Free cancellation

    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund

  • guide_13794414 Live tour guide

    English

  • person-dolly_10786488 Pickup included

    Please be ready for pickup at your accommodation 15 minutes before your pickup time. Remember include in your reservation the accommodation name and its address. Pickup time will be approximately 07.30 AM, although due to the traffic conditions, you may have to wait 5–10 minutes more

  • calendar-salary_14227546 Reserve now & pay later

    Keep your travel plans flexible — book your spot and pay nothing today.

  • queue-alt_15044408 Skip the ticket line

    Yes

Highlights

  • Visit the Vatican early in the morning, before the crowds
  • Relax with free pick-up in luxury transportation from your Rome hotel
  • Skip the lines with special early-morning tickets
  • Listen to a semi-private tour guide, who will show you the best of the Vatican

Your experience

This tour will take you to an appreciation of endless works of art, including Michelangelo's 'Pietà,' and Raphael's 'School of Athens.' All this can be enjoyed in a very quiet and peaceful environment with no hustle brought about by large crowds during normal visiting hours.

Imagine walking through these beautiful halls without the noise normally created by hundreds of tourists, with just 10 percent of the usual number present; it feels like having the place all to yourself.

Only a few tour operators offer this exclusive service, so don't think twice when presented with the opportunity to wander through the Vatican Museums in their entire splendor.

After complimentary pick-up from accommodation, skip the usual long lines with an early morning entrance ticket going straight to metal detector control.

Begin the tour on a lovely panoramic terrace that offers a wonderful view of the dome of St.

Peter's framed by the Vatican gardens—an ideal spot for a family photo.

Then go with your guide through highlights of the museums where masterpieces and artifacts from different cultures and civilizations will be seen.

You will see the Pio Clementine Museum.

You will pass through the Tapestry Hall, big and vast.

Then go by the Hall of the Painted Maps to reach the Sistine Chapel, never matched in history, religion, or art.

Just a note: during the Jubilee Year, from the Sistine Chapel, you can't go into St.

Peter's Basilica directly; to get in, go back to where you started and take the Vatican Walls on Viale Vaticano, Via Leone IV, Piazza Risorgimento, Via di Porta Angelica and Piazza San Pietro.

Plan for about 10 minutes' wait with your ID ready; after that, you will be allowed to enter and visit the Basilica alone.

It's nearly 1 kilometer away from it and takes about 20 minutes of walking.

It ends at St.

Peter’s Square, a viewing of the grand façade of the basilica and Bernini’s colonnade.

Lastly, a chance to get to either the nearest taxi station or subway for a ride back to the hotel.

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup with luxury transportation and English-speaking driver
  • Licensed tour guide
  • Special early-morning admission tickets
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly if necessary
What's Excluded
  • This tour doesn't include an inside visit of St. Peter's Basilica
  • Optional gratuities
  • Hotel drop-off

Itinerary

Pickup location:

Rome

2
Car

(10 minutes)

3
Vatican Museums

Guided tour (2.5 hours)

Sistine Chapel

Guided tour (30 minutes)

Meeting Point

To Remember

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card
  • Comfortable shoes

Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Short skirts
  • Mobility scooters
  • Sleeveless shirts
  • Non-folding wheelchairs
  • Food
  • Electric wheelchairs
  • Scooter
  • Umbrellas

Know before you go

  • Wheelchair-friendly tours are available on request only in private option because their need to go in a specific itnerary different from the main one with lots of steps. Please inform the activity provider of any mobility requirements when booking
  • Remember that on Wednesday is not possible to enter the Basilica from Sistine Chapel due to the Papal audience. You will see the Basilica from outside
  • Last minute bookings made within 24 hours before the tour starts: Please contact the emergency number to be sure about the tour confirmation
  • This is a semi-private tour, meaning only an intimate group will participate;
  • This tour has max 10 participants;
  • - This tour doesn't include an inside visit of St. Peter's Basilica
Not Suitable for
  • People with mobility impairments
  • Wheelchair users
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