Semi Private Afternoon Tour: Explore Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

Embark on an exclusive semi-private afternoon tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. With a small group of no more than 12 people, our guide will customize the experience to your interests. Explore stunning galleries, admire famous artworks, and marvel at Michelangelo’s iconic frescos.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vatican Museums - Skip the lines at the entrance of the Vatican museums and visit with your expert guide the famous Vatican Museums. See the beautiful Pine Courtyard and Pio Clementine Museum, enter to the Gallery of the Maps, the Gallery of the Tapestries and the Gallery of the Candelabra. Admire the stunning Raphael’s Rooms.
What's Included
  • Skip-the-line access to attractions
  • Expert guidance from a professional guide
  • Instant booking confirmation
  • Group sizes limited to 12 people for personalized experience
  • Entry tickets included
  • Headsets provided when necessary
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • St. Peter’s Basilica is not included
Additional Information

Be a part of our exclusive, Semi Private conducted tour of the Vatican in the afternoon. Our guide, accommodating no more than 12 individuals in a group, will customize the tour to suit your personal fascination.
Roam through the enormous galleries, paying a visit to the Gallery of Maps, Gallery of Tapestries, and Gallery of Candelabra. Appreciate the…

Location
Viale Giulio Cesare, 243
Viale Giulio Cesare
The meeting point is on the corner of Viale Giulio Cesare and Via Leone IV next to the flower stand (viale Giulio Cesare 243). Please come to the meeting point 15 minutes before the tour starts. At the meeting point please look for a tour guide with "Rome Your Way" sign.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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M6576ptdaveb
Dec 6, 2024
Skip the Lines at the Vatican - The private arrangements is the way to go. Our guide was SUPERB in every sense of the word. She knew her history and gave our group (6 of us) a world of insight into everything. This is the only way to go!
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Benedictew2019
Apr 28, 2024
To do with skip the line St Peter's Basilica - The visit also included a. Skip the line for St Peter's Basilica. Our guide was very interesting, we were able to enjoy the main rooms with the Raphaels, the Sistine Chapel and especially access without queuing to the basilica. It's incredible because no photo captures the immensity of the places and the richness of the collections.
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Mariabc8340qg
May 20, 2022
Wonderful Vatican Museums Tour - Wonderful Vatican Museums Tour Our Guide Eugene was very knowledgeable, through the works of the Vatican museums, he made us feel the essence of renaissance, Michelangelo, Raphaello, but also the classic sculptures of ancient Rome. He told us things that made us really enjoy the tour and the marvelous Sistine Shapel. Highly recommended tour. Great
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Eva_c
Jun 2, 2022
Good tour, but hard to understand guide. - Good tour, very thorough. Took the tour with an English speaking tour guide and you could tell that he was extremely knowledgeable, however his Italian accent was super thick so unfortunately it was difficult to understand a lot of what he was saying.
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Craigmu5242lm
Jul 27, 2025
Read before booking with them! - Not the most professional tour. We were told IN WRITING that this was to be no more than 12 people and to be 15 minutes early for check in. We arrive at the check-in spot 20 minutes early and no one from the company arrived until 5 minutes before we were to leave. Only 6 (3 in my group and 3 from anther) u”had signed up for the 8:30am tour. When the tour company finally showed they asked our names and then proceeded to ignore us and stand for 15 more minutes while they tried making phone calls. After much proding, Lydia finally decided to take us to our tour guide at the museum and rudely told us to just go ahead and write what we want to in our review online. Evidently they did not want to tour with a small group and convinced us with the 9am group and made our group 18 people large. We know this is true because we compared our booking info from our phones .That makes a HUGE difference when trying to navigate, not get lost, and communicate with your tour guide. Our tour guide was pleasant enough, but tried diverting us through the museum to see plates and flatware to avoid the crowds rather than stick to the main concourse. Very disappointing. Doing my own research before hand, there were so many interesting stories and facts just never talked about on this tour. If I could do it over, I’d buy the tickets myself and tour on my own. Stay away from this tour company. Late, rude, and only care about getting your money.
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Bertme7585og
Aug 24, 2025
Viator is a joke - Cancelled in an email night before. Us and other couples showed up to their no show. So they squeezed us in to another tour at 3:45. Our $400 plus semiprivate skip the line tour for no more than eight people was 15 people who stood in line for an hour waiting to get in. Our British tour guide with a fake Italian accent then spent twenty minutes detailing the replica of Peter’s boat. Then we stood outside in the sun for another half hour while she explained the painting we would see inside of the museum using her umbrella as a pointer on posters outside the entrance. Finally we were inside, but we had wasted so much time getting there they closed the chapel so that never happened. It couldn’t have been any worse. That included us hanging out near the Vatican for six hours waiting for the 3:45 group. Try to talk to them; forget it. They’re sorry. We had previously toured with our kids in private that included underground the Vatican and wanted to repeat what we had seen. No such luck. LOOK ELSEWHERE
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From $112
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).