Vatican City Private Tour with Hotel Pick up
Description
Enjoy a 3-hour in-depth tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's Basilica. This Private Tour will allow you not only to receive the best information and maximum attention during your visit but also to ensure that you arrive on time and meet your Private Tour Guide completely stress-free! In a big city like Rome, it's easy to get lost and arrive late at starting locations, but don't worry, with your own private driver this will definitely not happen. -Please note that St. Peter's Basilica is an active parish and is therefore subject to unforeseen closures for spiritual celebrations. In such cases we will, if possible, contact you in advance with an alternative tour time or itinerary. If this is not possible you will receive an extended tour inside the Museums.
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Itinerary
After a stress-free hotel pick up, you will meet your private tour guide and begin your journey through the amazing art pieces of the Vatican museums
Your expert tour guide will illustrate the breathtaking frescos painted by Michelangelo
After visiting the Sistine Chapel you will enjoy a stress-free & no wait entrance to visit the biggest basilica in the world.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Your Private driver will be waiting for you at your hotel lobby holding a sign with your name
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please Note: We are not responsible for partial closures within the Vatican Museums or the Sistine Chapel. No refunds will be provided if specific areas are closed due to special events. Refunds will only be issued if the entire site is closed and the visit cannot take place.
- Visitors with a disability certificate of 67% or more enter the Vatican Museums for free. If the visitor is not self-sufficient, one companion also enters for free. These free tickets cannot be booked online and do not require a reservation. Simply go directly to the Vatican Museums entrance
Reviews(18)
Stephanie was an amazing tour guide! She went above and beyond to make sure my son saw all the art he wanted too. Highly recommend!!!!
Tour guide was excellent and well informed. Very knowledgeable on the history and art. Enjoyed everything about this tour. Did not have to wait in line. Showed us everything we wanted to see. Great Tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Don’t waste your time with this company. They waited until an hour to contact us, they didn’t send a car and they told us our private tour person left. They gave us a “refund” but what other people paid, we were vastly over charged.
The whole tour was beautiful There was so much to see we didn’t have time to climb the Duomo because of conflicting tours on our part so leave enough time for that if you’re interested in climbing it
Clearly this tour guide made other plans and had to leave before the end of our scheduled tour. First, we were asked that morning to arrive early for a 2:30 pm tour, which we did. Then the guide rushed us thru the first two parts of the three part tour, taking WAY less than the allotted time, even though we were actively asking questions, and kept trying to stop to see things. Then for the final part of the tour she shows us some photos of the inside of St Peter’s Basilica while standing outside the church and left with over an hour of time remaining. We assumed she left because maybe tour guides were not allowed inside, but when we got inside the church it was filled with tour guides actively giving tours. The published tour schedule for this tour listed St Peter’s as part of the tour. We got none of St Peter’s and a rushed tour thru the other two sites. We immediately requested a refund and we’re told: “We regret to hear about the circumstances surrounding your refund request. Viator strives to make every attempt to address our customers' concerns. Unfortunately, at this time we are unable to offer a refund. As per the local tour operator, they are able to provide the services. We apologize that you were not able to fulfill your travel plans, and hope that we may be of service to you in your future travels.” What does this even mean? “They are able to provide services?” Are they denying she left early? Just horrible!!! We specifically paid a lot of $ for a private tour and we’re treated terribly. This was not our first Viator tour, but it will be our last.
Hotel on pick up on time, waited at the office for a few mins for the guide, still had to wait in line for security and also while they printed tix inside. Good and knowledgeable guide. They don't drop you back to the hotel. Didn't really have a luxury feel to the tour as we have had with other private ones.
Vatican private tour was great, tour guide was very attentive to our needs and catered the tour to our speed. Pickup from the hotel was the only reason I would give this tour a 4 out of 5 stars. Driver picked us up, did not speak any english, dropped us off in the middle of a street and left.
Nobody gave us a message that the pick up from the hotel is at 8.30, while the trip "Vatican" was supposed to start at 9.15. A day earlier (22 May) we had a "Colloseum" trip start 12pm and pick up was 12pm from the hotel !!!! We had no way of knowing that the car would arrive 3/4 hours earlier on the 23rd of May. We couldn't board because we were at breakfast and still had to do check out from the hotel. We lost a $600 trip !!
We had a fantastic experience on this tour. Gabriel was one of the best guides and his knowledge on the Vatican was extraordinary. The pickup was punctual and Gabriel adjusted the tour to suite our timeline and interests. Highly recommended and an AAAA++++++++ day. You won’t be disappointed.
I left a more detailed review with photos on TripAdvisor but I am just popping in to confirm that you should book this! Rebecca was really great about keeping in touch with me and answering my questions over the Viator app chat. She even called up to my hotel room and gave me updates about my ride to the Vatican day of, a really nice touch. Fred was my tour guide and it was really fun — comprehensive and interesting, he really knows his stuff. He was extremely patient in answering my questions and showing me around and did a great job catering the tour to what I was most interested in so nothing felt like a waste of time and we were very efficient with the few hours we had together. All around this was a great tour and I would not have done it any other way! I really recommend this! Thanks for a wonderful tour of the Vatican, Basilica, and the Sistine Chapel, Fred!! I learned a lot and got some beautiful photos!
