• Vatican Museums - Begin your exploration at the illustrious Vatican Museums. Besides being the Pope’s residence, Vatican City also hosts the Vatican Museums, boasting the world’s largest art collection, with 9 miles of artwork that could encircle the Vatican walls 4 ½ times! It features 54 museums, 1400 rooms, chapels, and galleries. In addition to the famous Sistine Chapel, the museums showcase the only Leonardo Da Vinci piece in Rome, St. Jerome, the Raphael Rooms, and the Pinoteca, which houses the Popes’ collections, all dating back to the Middle Ages and arranged in chronological order.
• Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel is arguably the most renowned masterpiece today, attracting over 5 million visitors annually. Although Michelangelo reluctantly accepted the project, as his passion was sculpture, he often lamented the physical strain it imposed on him. It is believed that the chapel’s design by Pope Sixtus IV is inspired by Solomon’s temple from the Old Testament, measuring slightly larger than a professional basketball court! Numerous other frescoes by artists such as Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pietro Perugino, Cosimo Roselli, and Sandro Botticelli can also be admired here.
• St. Peter’s Basilica - The tour concludes with a secret entry into St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest basilica globally, with markers inside to ensure every other basilica could fit within. Visitors are greeted by Michelangelo’s Pieta at the front, 150 mosaics, and Bernini’s baldacchino, which stands 96 feet tall and weighs 100,000 pounds of bronze! Interestingly, there is only one actual painting in the basilica, located above the Pieta. Many popes are interred or displayed in the church, but most are buried beneath the basilica, including St. Peter, the first pope.

• Complimentary earphones for groups of 6+

• Private transportation
• Bottled water

This tour will be conducted in English unless a Spanish or Portuguese-speaking guide is requested at the time of booking.

Escape the crowds, enjoy more time in the Sistine Chapel, and experience an exceptional Vatican tour! With our private guide, you will enter the Vatican Museums before the general public, allowing you to explore masterpieces such as Raphael’s Transfiguration, the Belgian Tapestries, and Da Vinci’s St. Jerome. Marvel at the Papal Carriages and be amazed by the Sistine Chapel before gaining access to St. Peter’s Basilica through a special passage used by only a few tours. You will descend the Scala Regia, pass by the Pope’s office, and see the Swiss Guards — a path rarely offered, making this tour truly one-of-a-kind!

• The tour itinerary is 2.3 km long on hard marble. Hence wear comfortable sneakers or shoes with orthopedic inner soles.
• The tour ends in front of the Basilica. You can spend more time inside the Basilica but you cannot go back to the Sistine Chapel nor the Museum.
• Photography is permitted in most rooms but without flash. Photography inside the Sistine Chapel is prohibited.
• There is a dress code for entry into the Sistine Chapel and the Basilica. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You will be refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements.
• If it is raining carry umbrellas that are compact and can be folded and not ones that have sharp pokey end. The long one give by your hotels will have to be checked into the cloakroom of the museum and involves a 1 km walk to get it back again.
• Not recommended for clients who cannot climb and decend stairs

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.