Rome: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, Private Tour

See the best art ever in a private tour of Vatican City.

You will see works by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Pinturicchio, Perugino, and Michelangelo.

A guide will help you skip the long lines at the Vatican Museums so that you can spend more time enjoying the art and less time waiting.

This lavish labyrinth of 2,000 rooms sprawls over 9 miles was originally designed for papal pleasure alone! It would take about 12 years to see all of its holdings if a minute were spent on each item.

Key highlights include Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel (including famous “Creation of Adam”) and Raphael's Rooms—accessible only to us walking through the former papal apartments.

After this, you will see one more of Michelangelo's great works inside the Basilica of St.

Peter’s—his “La Pieta” along with many other priceless treasures.

Finish your tour in St.

Peter's Square, where your guide will show you how Bernini used optical illusions to make visitors feel they are embraced by the “maternal arms of Mother Church.”