Rome: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's VIP Tour

Highlights

• Explore the majestic St. Peter's Basilica; Avoid waiting in the notoriously long ticket lines and gain fast-track entry
• Uncover the riches of the Vatican Museums with an expert guide
• Behold the masterpiece that is the Sistine Chapel.

Full description

Embark on a journey through the wonders of the Vatican Museums not like any other, on an individualized small-group tour just for you. Don't waste a minute in the queues with priority access tickets — spend 180 minutes with an expert guide who will make sure the tour matches your interests perfectly. Get ready to be amazed by the extraordinary collection of statues as you make your way through Chiaramonti Museum and Pio-Clementino Museum. Discover peculiar stone creations at the “Hall of Animals” which is also home to the famous moving statue called Laocoön— along with seeing one of the largest assembly of Roman portrait busts. Enter the Borgia Apartment, four suites covered with frescoes that were painted by none other than Italy’s finest artist. Learn about stories behind works from Da Vinci, Caravaggio or Giotto in Pinacoteca Gallery described based upon what piques your curiosity most from this personalized introduction provided by our expert guides! Discover pieces of art by Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh in the Collection of Modern Religious Art. End your visit by entering the incomparable Sistine Chapel where you can contemplate Michelangelo's masterful frescoes — then St. Peter's Basilica, where your guide will captivate you with the history of this beautiful church that is believed to be St. Peter the Apostle's burial site according to Catholic tradition.The tour will take 3 hours during which you can choose between English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian as your language option.

Includes

• VIP access to the Vatican Museums
• Entrance cost
• Guide
• Headsets

Not includes

• Food & Drinks
• Transportation

What to bring

• Passport or ID card?

Not allowed

• Pets
• Shorts
• The lengths of the skirts are short
• And sleeves are absent.

Know before you go

• The tour will take place during the aforementioned hours of St. Peter's Basilica and it will be closed in case the visit takes place on a Wednesday from 8:00 to 12:00 or December 24 and December 31, or without prior notice on rare occasions. If such a situation occurs, the tour will offer a three-hour visit to other sections of the Vatican Museums.
• A dress code requiring shoulders and knees to be covered is strictly enforced by the Vatican. You could be denied admission for not complying.