Welcome to one of the most impressive art collections in the world! This private tour brings you through hallways once only accessible by the Pope & his close clergy. With miles of rooms full of art, your private tour guide has selected la crème de la crème to make this tour a memory of a lifetime! The Sistine Chapel is the highlight of this tour with frescoes from Michelangelo, Botticelli & many more Renaissance artists .
You’ll enjoy the “short cut” exit from the Sistine Chapel, through a special door designated only for tour guides.
The tour will end in front of Saint Peter’s Basilica, with an explanation of what you’ll be seeing on your own, inside the largest church in the world.
Due to the millions of pilgrims (not tourists) that will be coming from every corner of the world to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee, waiting times to get inside the Basilica is anyone’s guess. The Vatican will be giving priority entrance to the Basilica to all pilgrims.
Due to this special event, Tuscan Tour Guide has decided not cover the inside of the Basilica during this tour.
NB – This tour is NOT offered on Sundays being the Vatican Museums are closed.
- Tour length: 3 hours
- Meeting point: at Caffè Vaticano, the only caffè directly across the street from the Vatican Museum’s entrance
- Meeting time: 9:00am or 2:00pm
- Max group size: this tour is private only to your party
- Tickets: All necessary tickets are included in the cost of the tour
- Dress code: shoulders and knees MUST NOT show because you’ll be visiting a religious site. Tuscan Tour Guide will not refund any amount if your entrance is denied due to inappropriate dress code
COSTS
- This tour is only offered 100% private
- The tour costs includes skip the line tickets to the Vatican Museums and includes the Sistine Chapel
- Cost for 2 people is Euro 600
- Add an additional Euro 200 for each additional person in your party
Important details
- Tour runs rain or shine
- This tour does NOT run on Sundays
- Although we make all necessary reservations to skip the line for all museums & archeological sites, Tuscan Tour Guide will not accept any responsibility or issue any reimbursement for extensive waiting times that are completely out of our control, such as Jubilee 2025, during “high season”, strikes, change of opening hours, special celebrations or festivities, political or religious figure appearance, Easter week closings and/or but not limited to extreme weather conditions
- No reimbursement will be made in case of closures due to restoration, maintenance and/or upkeep