Vatican Semi-private: Museums and Sistine Chapel
Description
This experience allows you to enjoy some of the most famous artistic treasures in the world, the highlights of the Vatican Museums and its galleries, including Michelangelo’s frescoed masterpiece of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Also, after this immersive walk, you will be lead to St. Peter’s square to admire St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest Basilica in the world, renowned for the inspiring Bernini interiors design and Michelangelo stunning “ Pietà “. ( from the outside - no internal visit )
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Itinerary
This experience allows you to enjoy some of the most famous artistic treasures in the world, the highlights of the Vatican Museums and its galleries
The magnificent Sistine Chapel made by Michelangelo
You will be lead to St. Peter's Square and the Basilica will be explained from the outside - not internal visit is foreseen. After the tour you can decide to enter on your own to visit it.
Highlights
What's included
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Dress code required to enter the places of worship and selected museums. Shorts or sleeveless tops are not allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. The entrance might not be permitted for the ones who do not respect these rules.
- The tour operator is not responsible for last minute, unpredictable closures, strikes or union meetings of St Peter's Basilica. Nevertheless, the tour operator will be happy to offer customers an extended tour for the remaining time.
- Please be at the meeting point 10 minutes before the tour starting time. The guide will leave from the meeting point 15 minutes after the tour starting time. In case of delay beyond 15 minutes, no refund will be given.
- The Basilica will be explained from the outside - NO INTERNAL VISIT INCLUDED!
Reviews(11)
Amazing tour and guide. Highly recommend. The guide was excellent. The muesuem is very large and can be hot in the summer.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We're thrilled to hear you enjoyed the tour and had a great experience with your guide. The museum can indeed be warm during the summer months, so we appreciate you highlighting that for future visitors. We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you again on another tour soon!
Fabiana was a brilliant guide. She was kind caring and patient. She answered our endless questions so knowledgeably! We had an absolutely fabulous time. Highly highly recommended!
Thank you for your fantastic review! We're delighted to hear that you had such a fabulous time with Fabiana as your guide. It's great to know that her kindness, patience, and extensive knowledge made your experience enjoyable and memorable. We appreciate your high recommendation and hope to have the pleasure of guiding you on another adventure soon! 😊
Awesome tour! So pleased with our guide! She took care of us making sure to get a truly personalized our tour to what our interests were as well as filling in facts!
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're thrilled to hear that you had an awesome time on the Vatican Semi-private tour. It's fantastic to know that your guide provided a personalized experience, tailoring the tour to your interests and sharing insightful facts. We hope to welcome you back on another tour soon! 😊
I hired this tour via my hotel. It was to be uner 10 persons, but there were 11 or 12. The tour guide from the beginning had a poor attitude. She was annoyed as there were so many guests for which English was not their primary language. The paying guests were not complaining! She always walked far ahead in the crowded Vatican and recited her verbiage that we could have purchased from a book. ...but it gets worse. In the Cistene Chapel she just walk ahead not paying attention where were her psying guests. AND she left an 80 year old Asian, limited English speaking women behind. This old lady was lost and panicked and did not know what to do. This guide did not even backtrack to find her..so I spent the next 1.5 hour 'babysitting' an 80 year old to find her family. Her pathetic excuse." There were other paying customers ". Happily I found her family at the Vatican exit. The tour guide had already left the Vatican! I complained to the Tour Company as I wanted my money refunded. However, they just said this tour guide felt bad and was crying, but how about the 80 year old anxious and crying old lady? I would NEVER use or recommend this guide again, or this Tour company. I advised Hotel Baglioni Roma too as to what an uncaring, unprofessional rip-off vendor. There is no possible excuse. JMR
We sincerely apologize for the disappointment and inconvenience you experienced during your recent tour. Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we deeply regret that your expectations were not met. Please allow us to address the concerns you raised in your review. Regarding the behavior and attitude of the tour guide, we are truly sorry for the negative impression this left on you and your fellow travelers. Providing a positive and engaging experience is a priority for us, and we deeply regret that this did not reflect in your encounter with the guide. The incident involving the 80-year-old guest is deeply regrettable. Our guide should have exercised better care and attention to the well-being of all participants, especially those who might need extra assistance. It is inexcusable that the guide did not make an effort to ensure the safety and comfort of all tour members, and we are deeply sorry for the distress this caused you and the elderly guest. We have investigated the matter further, and we understand that the explanation provided by the guide regarding other paying customers does not excuse her actions. Our priority should always be the well-being and satisfaction of every participant on our tours. Your feedback has been taken seriously, and we will be addressing these concerns with our guide to ensure that such incidents do not recur. We understand that your overall experience has led to frustration and disappointment, and we would like to offer our most sincere apologies. Mara Cafaro - chief operating officer -
We did two three hours small group tours Both guides Enna and Fabulla were great, friendly, informative and fun Affordable price with great service Highly recommend
Thanks so much for your precious feedback, we are so happy you were satisfied by your experience and our tour guides! Hope to be of service for any future services!
Going to the Vatican, Sistine chapel, and St. Peter’s is a must do. Our tour guide helped us by pointing out the super important details so we were focused when seeing the big picture. One could spend hours, even days in each of these, but the tour guide really pointed out what things to look for and the important things. We did not feel too rushed even though we did go by a lot of things. There is just so much to see!
Dear Lauren, Thank you so much for the great feedback! The best way to see the huge collection of the Vatican Museums is with a professional guide. Showing you the most important room, avoiding the crowds without rushing! We hope to see you soon in Rome! Grazie
Spontaneously booked this small group tour a day before and were lucky enough to have our guide Emiglia to ourselves (maximum of up to 12 participants would have been possible). We were picked up on time at the hotel and driven to the Vatican Museums where Emiglia was expecting us. The tour was very exciting but the time was only enough to look at the highlights but what we were told in advance and was perfect for us. In the Sistine Chapel we had about 15 minutes to admire them. Afterwards we went on to St. Peter's Basilica, as direct access from it to St. Peter's Basilica is currently blocked due to COVID, we decided to take the taxi to St. Peter's Basilica to save a little bit of time and feet. Afterwards we were told again the history of St. Peter's Basilica and its highlights, after which Emiglia said goodbye and we were able to linger there a little bit more independently. We really enjoyed the tour although it is relatively stressful to watch everything during 3h. But for us it was perfect to be able to do this in a short time.
Wir freuen uns sehr über dieses Feedback! Wir sind stets bestrebt, unseren Kunden das beste Erlebnis aller Zeiten zu bieten. Ich hoffe, Ihnen bei Ihrer nächsten Reise in Italien in Zukunft behilflich sein zu können!
Sonia guided us for three hours on a private tour of the Vatican Museum. His explanations were fascinating and really helped us understand the long history of the Vatican and its promotion of art through the centuries.
Merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire! Nous espérons vous avoir à nouveau bientôt parmi nos précieux clients. À la prochaine!
Fapiana is the best guide we have ever been with amazing personality, she loved her work and we didnt feel the time at all Much recommended
It's always our pleasure to provide entertaining experiences, we are glad you enjoyed your time with Fabiana and thank you so much for your kind review! Hope to welcome you again in Italy soon!
Very good experience on this visit with Valentina. She is a pleasant person that displays lots of information with ease. We learnt a lot.
It's always our pleasure to provide amusing experiences, we are glad you enjoyed your time with Valentina and thank you so much for choosing our services! Hope next time to welcome you in Italy and to receive a full stars review!
