Viator

Vatican VIP Experience

3.5(38)Vatican City1 hour
VIATOR1.4(14)TRIPADVISOR4.8(24)

Description

With the reservation you will have priority entry to the museums without wasting time, which will generate less stress and more time available for other activities. The ticket is collected directly at the meeting point.

Tour Options

Vatican VIP Guarantee
  • Vatican Museums Sixti Chapel: Book your VIP Tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel now. Priority entrance, without stress or queues. Duration: 2 hours 10% discount Additional Information: The payment made is by way of reservation, arriving at your meeting point will pay the difference.

Itinerary

120 min

The Vatican Museums are the galleries and group of rooms of artistic value owned by the Church and accessible to the public in the Vatican City. They display works from an extensive collection of the Catholic Church.

30 min

The Sistine Chapel is a chapel of the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. It is the most famous room of the palace complex. You will enjoy the most important works of Miguel Angel Buonaroti: Raphael, the final judgment, the passages of the bible counted with frescoes.

Highlights

vatican guide
Tickets
headphones

What's included

Included
vatican guide
Tickets
headphones

Traveller Ratings

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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

Reviews(38)

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Constandinos_Z
August 18, 2025
Poor Tour guide and VIP experience

Felt as if we were conned on this. We first booked the tour for Friday 15th at 5.30pm only to be told that we couldn't go as the museum was closed, why let us book? Then the tour guide said, get a refund or rebook at a cost of additional 35 euros per person!! We didn't have much choice as we were due to leave Monday 18th which was the only time we could get, however the whole tour was pointless, it was extremely crammed, considering this should have been VIP, felt more like a cattle market, the tour guide had broken English and spoke far too quickly and almost ran through the entire tour, which by the way is absolutely not cold friendly at all if you have a pram, be prepared to carry up an abundance amount of stairs. The only perk.....briefly seeing the sistine chapel. Stay away from tours like this and do your research before being ripped off.

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Michael_P
January 3, 2025
Extremely Poor - don’t book it!

The guide was very knowledgeable. However, the tour lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. St Peter’s square and St Peter’s Bassillica were closed - extremely expensive not worth 10% of what I paid, complete rip off.

Operator response

Gracias por su comentario , aunque en algunos puntos esta confundido, el tour termina en Capillare Sixtina, la Basilica no esta incluida. Usted pidio cambio de horario y se le respeto aun siendo imposible en dias festivos encontrar disponibilidad, El Guia estuvo con el grupo 2 hs, talvez su reloj no funciono bien.. ya que de 20 personas, solo a usted le resulta menos tiempo, o quizas, cuando un guia es bueno el tour parece corto. Atentamente Staff Vaticantourist

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F8975VVbrandonw
July 27, 2024
Rude and disorganized

I booked this as a gift for my grandmother on her 80th birthday trip. When we arrived at the location specified I asked someone out front if this was correct and showed them the confirmation and address below. They pointed me around the corner to another destination and so I led her that direction. We ended up walking for blocks near the Vatican entrance and asking multiple people about this as well as calling the number provided. The number did not answer and eventually I ended back at the original address where one of the guides was and let me know it was too late for me to join the group. She was also very rude to my grandmother (who again is 80 years old) and I when I explained what happened, I was extremely disappointed. There are plenty of booking options available, choose any other company but this one.

Operator response

I don't understand what your intention is to make such an unpleasant comment, the people who book with us arrive directly at the meeting point without problems, and it is also right next to the entrance to the museums. We do not know of a delay, not even a cancellation, our staff is made up of friendly and professional people, you have surely confused the company.

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Hermina_P
February 5, 2023
Bad experience, a lot of money

On the website it was not clear that 17 euros is only a part of the price. After we paid, we received a ticked and on it it was written that we need to pay 27 more euros per adult and 18 euros per child. The guide told us that it's more convenient to go and buy tickets from the Vatican museum directly, 8 euros per child and 17 euros per adult. So we lost all the money that we initially paid, because viator didn't want to refund us.

Operator response

Señora es injusta su recension ya que usted renunció a entrar , aún sabiendo que sus entradas estaban ya pagadas, nadie obliga a tomar nuestros servicios, usted reservo con antelación y confirmo el día anterior y la misma mañana . El staff los espero y es mas llegaron antes a pedido suyo y usted simplemente decidió entrar por su cuenta . Gracias Maria Vaticantourist

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David_M
January 20, 2023
Absolute Joke *Avoid*

AVOID THE SCAM. I knew the tickets were around €17 euro. Saw the Viator ad, checked availability, booked, got the email with the Pdf download saying it wasn't the ticket and wasn't refundable. You still had to pay for the ticket to get in. Cut my losses and found the official page for the Vatican museum and spent €22 each with no ques, straight in. WILL TAKE THIS UP WITH TRADING STANDARDS WITH THEIR UK OFFICE FOR MISSELLING.

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Jessica_K
December 2, 2022
Waste of money and a scam

Absolutely shocking, don’t waste your money people. The guide didn’t show up, was walking round for an hour ringing them constantly to find them but they weren’t there. The advertisement itself is misleading. I thought these were the tickets but they aren’t.

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Nikolaos_Z
November 30, 2022
The most terrible guides ever!

We didn't get in the Vatican because we couldn't find the guide at 10:30 that we were at the meeting point. Then we left to park our car and we came back at 11:00. Then the guide told us that we had lost our tickets. What tickets? You didn't buy our tickets. We complained about, without any result. So we left extremely dissatisfied from your services. You are terrible!

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PierreF1760
October 26, 2022
Read the full text of your purchase.

Given the staggering number of people visiting the site it is very useful to take the tour with the guide to skip the lines. The guide we had was excellent with crisp details while having a very good sense of humor. As for the organization I remain perplexed because it was necessary to take the higher package because at the meeting time there is an ambiguity in the meeting time as to force us to take the higher package unwittingly. I advise you to read the entire text carefully before going there.

Operator response

Merci de partager votre opinion. Nous sommes très fiers du service, surtout quand le touriste arrive en retard, on ne le quitte pas sans entrer. Nous sommes très reconnaissants de votre visite. Marie

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byronb659
September 27, 2022
A masterpiece

Super interesting, educational, a place you should know, a work of art! I would return without hesitation to my family and friends.

Operator response

Gracias por su opinión, lo esperamos!!

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Carolinaestefaniazs1
September 27, 2022
I really enjoyed meeting,exploring

I really like the guide, it was super chevere the place, I highly recommend it !!!🥺❤️ You should visit and enjoy this wonderful experience

Operator response

Gracias por su opinión estamos muy contentos por su visita!!