Vatican Tour: Skip the Line with Local Guide

Experience the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel in a small group tour with skip-the-line access. Learn the history, secrets, and legends from an expert local guide.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Vatican Museums - The Vatican Museums, situated within Vatican City, comprise a series of art and historical museums that display a vast collection of artwork and artifacts accumulated by the Catholic Church over the centuries. Established by Pope Julius II in the 16th century, the museums feature over 50 galleries and halls, covering approximately…

What's Included
  • Skip the Line tickets to the Vatican Museums & St. Peter Basilica
  • Vatican Museums, Raphael Rooms, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter Basilica
  • Licensed Local Tour Guide
  • Group of max 20 people
  • Headset Cost (if needed)
Additional Information

Enjoy a Skip the Line tour with a local guide dedicated to answering questions and enlightening everyone on the spectacular history behind this heritage site. This immensely catholic journey will be explained by our expert local guide where you’ll learn the history behind many places and things such as the beloved Sistine Chapel, the iconic Belvedere…

Location
Caffè Vaticano
Viale Vaticano
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Karinlb9186gd
Aug 19, 2024
The Vatican with Airbnb tour was amazing! - Our tour guide Francesca made going to the Vatican a fun learning experience. Although it was close to 40C she kept us going and made sure we had breaks to get water and be in the shade. She was very knowledgeable and got to know everyone in the group. She was very interesting and had lots of stories and facts that you would not read anywhere. She walked us through with the hordes of people that were there and managed to keep us together and engaged in what she had to tell us. I would definitely book with her again. Great tour!”
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Twodois
Aug 5, 2024
Culturally Enriched! - This was a great tour! The tour guide did a phenomenal job educating me in depth on the many aspects of the Vatican and its associated history. She was extremely personal and engaging with all of us in attendance. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone.
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V1231uwlees
Jul 20, 2024
Sistine chapel and Vatican museums - “An excellent tour, Sylvia’s knowledge about the museums is inexhaustible and she has a clear and pleasant way of sharing the information that is exciting and engaging.”
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M1177jeerikw
Jul 5, 2024
Good, funny, well paced tour. - We aren't much for tours, but I can't imagine doing the Vatican without a tour guide. Informative, funny, and great tour by Marcella. Many tours proceed too slowly for my family. This one was good at at a good but not hurried pace. Best tour we had in Italy by far in one place that you really need a guide.
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C5514gakelseyb
Jun 21, 2024
Thorough and Fun Tour of Vatican Museum + Sistine Chapel! - This was an incredible experience! Francesco, our guide, was so knowledgeable and patient. We got inside quickly and were able to navigate the crowds with ease. We walked away with a deeper appreciation for everything we saw thanks to Franscesco's thorough explanations. There is so much to learn and I would love to do this experience again!
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Hannahgy3974ji
Jun 13, 2024
Highly Recommend - Highly recommend this tour! We went straight inside and did not have to wait at all! We learned a lot and really enjoyed the experience with our guide Lucia!
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Sonjasz7533od
Jun 11, 2024
Amazing knowledge of history and art - Fede was great – very knowledgable and passionate about everything he explained. It's hard to herd cats through a place as busy as the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel, but he kept us all together and made the tour very enjoyable.
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Serita_b
Jul 10, 2024
Overall Good - We were given the incorrect tickets three times before Vatican guards allowed us to enter. Therefore, we lost about 45 mins of time and the tour felt rushed in some places. Despite the ticket fiasco, our guide was very nice and knowledgeable, and we were able to enjoy the museum, Sistine chapel, and the basilica.
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Rebecca_p
Jun 10, 2024
Good tour of Vatican - Alessandra was knowledgeable and engaging. We learned a lot. And she did a great job keeping the group together despite the crowds.
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Nancy_b
Jul 7, 2024
I got your $ so forget you! - This was so disappointing that I want a partial refund. Marguerite was a scatter brain. She showed up at 1:58 when we were messaged to be there 20 minutes beforehand to check in. Otherwise you could forfeit the tour and no refund as they will not wait for you. We were asking other guides for help. Then she forgot a group of 6 people with last name “Gordon”. She never even asked for them at the beginning. She only roll called for 3 names and not them. We cross the street, get in line and get through passports. Then she’s asking where they are! I told her she never asked for them from the beginning. We had 9 people from the get go and not 15. She was repetitive and seemed unorganized. She argued with the girl handing out the headphones. She asked if we even wanted them?! Of course we wanted them. We had no guide to figure out where to go through the museums. There were guides explaining different things in all the rooms and we had no one!!!! We expect some refund on our credit card. No guide so services were not provided that we pre-paid for. They changed from the original guide that we had. I had questions about that and they promptly responded before the tour. Of course, they are not responding now as they got my $$$$.
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