Discover the Vatican's masterpieces with our specialized guides

Duration

6 hours

Description

• Private guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. The tour is led by a private guide, and guests are provided with skip-the-line tickets. This tour includes transfers by private car from your place of stay to the Vatican Museums, from the Vatican Museums to St. Peter’s and then back to your place of stay.

Meet your specialized private guide who will lead you through the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica providing extensive commentary.

• Enter the Vatican Museums with your private guide.

Make sure it complies with the latest regulations by checking the Ministry of Health website. You and your belongings will also have to go through metal detectors. Your specialized private guide will have your skip-the-line voucher and take care of the entry formalities.

• Follow your guide through the Galleries and finally arrive at the Sistine Chapel.

It's a long walk and you see a lot of art on display. Paintings, tapestries, frescoes, and statues dating back to different eras and made by different artists. The subjects of these works of art are not always related to the Catholic Church, in fact you will also see ancient Roman statues, Egyptian, Etruscan, and Greek artifacts, your guide will tell you about them and will always be ready to answer your questions. It's a walk you’ll enjoy!

• Visit the Sistine Chapel and walk through more galleries to finally reach the exit.

You will finally arrive at the Sistine Chapel. No one can speak in the Sistine Chapel, so your guide will use images to tell you all about the frescoes in there before you enter the room. You will be provided with images with captions that will remind you what the guide explained once you are alone contemplating the chapel. You are not allowed to take pictures or speak in the Sistine Chapel, if you do you will be kicked out and your guide will be held responsible.

• Meet your driver and transfer to St. Peter’s Basilica.

After spending time in the Sistine Chapel, you’ll walk towards the exit. You’ll be in the same buildings you walked through on your way to the Chapel, but on a lower level and you’ll be seeing more art. Before leaving the Vatican Museums, your guide will contact the driver to make sure he’ll be ready outside to transfer you to St. Peter’s Basilica. This would be a long walk, but it’s a short drive for you. Once at the entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica, you’ll have to go through covid and security checks again, and this will take a while. Please be prepared.

• Visit St. Peter’s Basilica with your guide.

Your driver will take you very close to the entrance to St. Peter’s, so you won't have to walk far to reach it. We remind you that you’ll have to stand in line for covid and security checks and there’s no way to skip this line. We can promise you’ll be stunned, without mentioning the works of art housed in it, made by Michelangelo and Bernini, the magnificence and the size of this building are unique and overwhelming. Once you’ll see it, you’ll understand why we insist that it should not be missed. It's worth standing in line for.

• Meet your driver again and transfer to your hotel.

Your driver will wait while you tour St. Peter’s Basilica and its square with your guide and finally drive you to your hotel.

Note: If you are coming on a cruise for the day, do not book this tour. Please find the tours that are right for you here: https://mybesttour.com/tour/cruisers/