Fast Access Vatican Raphael Rooms Sistine Chapel & St Peter Basilica guided Tour | 3 hours

33 Reviews | Rome
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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Local guide
  • Professional art historian guide
  • Guaranteed to skip the long lines
  • Local taxes
  • Gratuities

Overview

Join this visit to see the highlights of the Vatican: Raphael’s Rooms;  the Gallery of Maps; the Gallery of Tapestries; collections of Ancient Roman and Greek statues and of course the famous Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo frescos. This is a wonderful, comprehensive half-day tour with a top-rated and very knowledgeable guide.

Meeting points

At the stairs outside the Vatican museums (street address is viale Vaticano ), under the big white monumental door topped with statues. Your guide will have a sign with your name.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Stanze di Raffaello

    Your tour starts at the entrance to the Vatican Museums where you meet your guide and with skip-the-line entry bypass the waiting crowds, leave your belongings in the Vatican cloakrooms, make use of the free and very clean toilet facilities and follow your guide on a journey of discovery! The first ports of call on the tour are the rooms where you can see Ancient Greek and Roman art. When the Popes ruled Central Italy these artworks were collected from various excavation sites in the city of Rome and brought to the Vatican. Your guide will point out the most notable of these masterpieces including the Belvedere Apollo, the Torso, busts of Claudius and Hadrian and the sarcophagi of Helen and Constance, the mother and daughter of the Emperor Constantine. The tour continues with visits to the Room of Animals and the Gallery of Candelabra.A short walk takes you to the Gallery of Tapestries, the Sobieski Rooms and the Rooms of Raphael.

    1 hour

  • Sistine Chapel

    We then reach the famous Sistine Chapel, the most visited site in the whole of Italy and known throughout the world as the place where new Popes are elected. Talking is prohibited in the Chapel so your guide will explain about the wonders you will see once inside and also tell you some interesting facts and anecdotes about this magical place. See Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling depicting the Last Judgment, the Creation of Adam and the Genesis and the Stories of Moses and Jesus painted on the Chapel walls by Botticelli, Perugino and other famous Renaissance artists.

    1 hour

  • Porta Santa

    is traditionally an entrance portal located within the Papal major basilicas in Rome. The doors are normally sealed by mortar and cement from the inside so that they cannot be opened. They are ceremoniously opened during Jubilee years designated by the Pope, for pilgrims who enter through those doors may piously gain the plenary indulgences attached with the Jubilee year celebrations.

    30 minutes

  • St. Peter's Square

    You will also learn something of the architecture of this magnificent edifice and the symbols and rituals that make this church so special. Your guide will bid you a farewell in Saint Peter’s Square but not before telling you some of the secrets and curious facts about Bernini’s famous square. You will also see the balcony where the crowds await the white smoke signifying the election of a new Pope. What a marvelous end to this wonderful Vatican tour!

    30 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements

Non Refundable

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Reviews

4.8

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Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 31 reviews with 5 stars

Exceptional tour of the Vatican and St Peter’s Basilica

Published on Sep, 2024

This is the second time I have scheduled a tour with this company and was impressed yet again! Tomasso, our tour guide was knowledgeable, friendly and so accommodating. Thank you for such a wonderful experience!

This Was a Trip Highlight

Published on Oct, 2023

This was a trip highlight. Our tour guide, Thomas, was exceptional. There were hoards of people outside the Vatican, but Thomas held up a sign with our name on it and we found him easily. This was a private tour with the 3 of us. Thomas was able to weave us in and out of the crowds and give us an enormous amount of information. His English was excellent. One of our companions wears hearing aids. She had no trouble hearing Thomas throughout the tour. Thomas showed us a book with pictures from the Sistine so when we got inside we'd know what to look for. After visiting the Sistine, we walked through the long porticos where Thomas explained the popes collected many Roman statues. We also saw the rooms of animals, muses and maps. There was so very much to see, but Thomas took us through it in an unhurried way. Later, we saw two of the Raphael Rooms. And the Borge Room below. Then, we went inside St. Peter's where Thomas helped us see the amazing Bernini alters and Michelangelo's Pieta. We cannot recommend this tour high enough. I chose it because of the raving reviews on Trip Advisor and I am glad I did.

Highly recommended! Great tour!

Published on Sep, 2023

This is another tour worth paying to do in a private group. Our guide was prepared, knowledgeable, and had an obvious enthusiasm for presenting the various exhibits. You could spend weeks just studying single rooms here. We had a great time!

Enjoyable private tour

Published on Jul, 2023

Best Guide ever ! She is knowledgeable and cheerful. She knows history and Art. Enjoyable experience .

Thank you Francesco for an amazing tour

Published on Sep, 2022

Francesco is the best guide we've ever had! My kids loved the tour and would do it again! Thank you very much!

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