Private Vatican VIP After-Hours: Exclusive Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel

Rosalba and a driver picked us up at our hotel. We arrived at the entrance to the Vatican Museums shortly before 5 PM (the museums close at 4 pm). After passing a quick security check Rosalba showed us the mostly empty rooms of the Museums (save for some guards and occasional maintenance workers) with its endless collections of statues, frescos, paintings and tapestries. Rosalba had a lot of interesting information to share, pointed out hidden details and even kept our youngest one interested and entertained. Among others we saw the Gallery of Candelabrae and the Gallery of Tapestries. Strolling alone through the long Gallery of Maps with its ceiling glittering in gold and medieval maps of Italy hanging from the walls was an otherworldly experience, but just a sign of things to come. The Raphael Rooms with their frescos were another highlight. The crowning part was the Sistine Chapel, however, which we had all to ourselves for about 20 minutes. Due to sheer luck we were there during the single week when all of ten Raphael's tapestries were hung in the Sistine Chapel in celebration of 500 years of his death. So we not only got to seem them all at once, but also in the location they were originally intended for - and not at the Vatican Pinacoteca. After leaving the chapel we passed through long corridors full of Roman artifacts and left the museums through the Spiral Staircase. We'd like to thank Rosalba and her team from Eyes of Rome for the experience of a lifetime!

Our private tour guide Barbara met with us at our hotel lobby around 14:00 saturday in the afternoon. We asked her if she is able to arrange a 3 hours private tour to Vatikan. We were late but she did her best to arrange tickets and everything. She was great! I will tell all my friends around me who needs a tour guide in Rome! If I go back there again for sure I will hire Barbara again. Thank You Barbara De Rosa. All the best...

Zusammen mit meinem Sohn hatte ich das Glück mit Signora Valeria Canfarini eine herausragende, kompetente Führerin bei unserem Besuch der vatikanischen Museen und der Sixtinischen Kapelle zu haben. Sehr detailreiche Erklärungen und der charmante Vortrag in hervorragendem Deutsch waren nie langweilig und haben die Führung zu einem Erlebnis der Extraklasse gemacht. Die nächste Führung im Januar mit Valeria Canfarini zu anderen Sehenswürdigkeiten stehen fest im Terminplan! Absolut zu empfehlen!