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Exclusive Private Tour: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica

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Private entry at the Vatican is always a special experience. Even our seasoned guides who have seen it countless times appreciate the opportunity to admire art in this setting. You may be surprised to learn that the Vatican oversees over 6 million visitors each year, so entering alone can soon prove to be an overwhelming and painful ordeal. - We recommend reserving this private tour with us to customize your experience for you and you family. We promise that this family/child-friendly setting will satisfy ever member of your group (our guides are known to keep the little ones intrigued!) Should we also mention Michelangelo’s frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel?? This beautiful masterpiece needs no introduction. No line = no stress! (not to mention that you get to steer clear of the sun and unbearable heat during the summer months!) - We offer two time slots for this private tour experience (morning or afternoon). Have your pick!
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  • Admission to the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica
  • A tour guide highly reviewed on Trip Advisor, JUST FOR YOU!
  • Guaranteed SKIP-THE-LINE access to the Vatican Museum & St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Private transportation
  • Gratuities
Departure Point

Via Plauto, 17, 00193 Roma RM, Italy The meeting point is located in Borgo Pio, very close to St. Peter's square. The exact address is Via Plauto 17/A. Please check your booking and confirm your chosen time. Be sure to arrive at the office earlier than the start time (9 AM)

  • Borgo, Rome, Italy
    You will meet your tour guide at our office, which is located in the oldest neighbourhoods of the Vatican, Borgo Pio. It is an area filled with charming local shops and vendors.
    25 minutes
  • Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy
    After meeting your guide, you will head directly to the Vatican Museum through a special group entrance route and bypassing the enormous lines that are guaranteed to be present all year round. This is a 2.5 to 3 hour journey through one of the most amazing museums of the world. Learn about Greek and Roman sculptures, tapestries, and interesting anecdotes about the artists and their times.
    45 minutes
  • Stanze di Raffaello, Vatican City, Italy
    This part of the museum, containing four stanze (Italian for rooms) features frescos by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. The famous “School of Athens” is displayed here. Portraits of history’s greatest thinkers, such as Aristotle, Plato, and Raphael himself, can also be gleamed.
    15 minutes
  • Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Italy
    Enter in the beautiful Sistine Chapel, where you will witness the work of the the celebrated artist, Michaelangelo. Prepared to be dazzled as you look up to admire the frescoed ceilings that have stood the test of time, like the Last Judgement.
    35 minutes
  • St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy
    Upon completion of the museum areas, you will discover how the smallest state in the world functions in its own right. Finally, a special door connecting the museums to the Basilica will bring you inside the church of S.Peters! Unlike other tourists who line up for normal entrance, you will be able to get access without the fuss of passing through security once again.
    30 minutes
  • St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Italy
    Goodbye! Got any questions about Rome or the Vatican? Raise your questions here. Your guide provide tips of your stay in the eternal city as the tour concludes.
    15 minutes
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
andonias2020
24 Jun 2025
We had a guide by the name of Shak, the experience was not as expected since we paid for a 3 hour tour paying 200 euros for two people but she finished the tour in 1 hour and a half. Everything very fast and bad, we did not have time to see or take pictures or anything. It was all pure business.
Bing676
09 Jun 2025
My uncle & I did the Exclusive After Hours Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel GuidedTour with the Tour Guy and Marzia was our guide. We were a group of 20 guests and 1 guide, plus a museum security guard who accompanied us throughout the tour. A day before that, we had done a daytime guided tour of St.Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel with another company and the Vatican Museums, ESPECIALLY THE SISTINE CHAPEL, were SERIOUSLY OVERCROWDED!!!! We had experienced the Vatican Museums during their normal operating hours and I can honestly recommend you to take the after hours tour! Unless you enjoy jostling with tens of thousands of people in all the corridors, hallways, passageways and staircases in the entire place! Marzia was a FANTASTIC guide!!! The tour started at 6.30pm, Marzia lead us through the Vatican Museums which were TOTALLY EMPTY of people other than ourselves! We could walk through the passageways with ease without having to push through the hordes of people and spend time to look at the frescoes and paintings without getting shoved aside by rude and inconsiderate people who just wanted to take great photos for their Instagram accounts without knowing the story or history behind the paintings that they are seeing! Marzia explained the significance of the important paintings and sculptures in the Raphael Rooms, the Gallery of Maps, the Gallery of Tapestries, the Octagonal Courtyard, the Octagonal Chamber of Legends & Heroes, the Egyptian Museum and lastly, the Sistine Chapel. We spent around 40 minutes INSIDE THE SISTINE CHAPEL AND HAD IT TO OURSELVES!!!! A day earlier, when we entered the Sistine Chapel during the daytime tour, there were around 10,000 people in there and we were squashed like sardines in a can, even worse than that! We had to struggle and physically push our way through the crowd of people who refused to budge, just to get to the exit on the other side of the hall! If you are planning to visit the Sistine Chapel for the first time, please do yourself a favor and book the Exclusive After Hours Tour for yourself and your loved ones! This tour is quite pricey but TOTALLY WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!!Highly Recommended!!!!
ChristopherV1356
21 May 2025
The Vatican Museums and St Peter’s do not require any of my superlatives to do them justice- they are truly amazing and saturated with beauty, history and culture A special word of praise to our tour guide, Giovanni who, besides handling a quite large (20 odd) group very expertly and with great good humour through the crowds was an absolute mine of relevant information with the depth and breadth of knowledge worthy of a Professor of History or Art His genuine interest and love for the buildings and contents and their history shone through and helped towards a truly memorable experience - Grazie Giovanni per Una mattinata davvero straordinaria ed interessantissima.
This tour in is organized by Made in Rome Tours

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