Privileged Entrance Vatican Tour with Sistine Chapel
Skip the line and gain direct access to the Raphael Rooms and Creation of Man
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3 h
Max 20 Guests
Without the right access, visiting the Vatican means fighting crowds, long waits, and missing the most significant rooms and works of art. Our privileged entrance tour offers more than just entry—it’s an immersive experience led by a storytelling guide who brings the Vatican to life. Skip the line and explore the Vatican Museums, including the Raphael Rooms, the Sistine Chapel, and the best of the Vatican's galleries with engaging insights that make each moment memorable and meaningful.
You'll begin your tour by meeting your local guide at the top of the stairs outside of Caffé Vaticano, which is across from the Vatican Museums. With your skip-the-line access, you'll walk past the long line of tourists and enjoy faster entry through security, even if you've booked an afternoon tour. With a small group and an expert local guide to keep you informed and entertained, you'll see all the top highlights of the Vatican from the Gallery of Maps to Nero's Bath and the glorious Sistin...
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Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance!
Skip the line tickets
Passionate, English-speaking guide
Sistine Chapel
Raphael Rooms
Pio-Clementino
Tapestries, maps and more
Wheelchair accessible
Meals
Guide gratuity
Hotel pickup
Meet your guide outside Caffé Vaticano
Begin your privileged entrance tour outside the historic Caffé Vaticano, where your guide awaits ready to unveil the Vatican's wonders.
Vatican Museums
With skip-the-line tickets in hand, bypass the queue and head straight inside the Vatican Museums to uncover its magnificent art collection.
Pinecone Courtyard
Pause in the serene Pinecone Courtyard, a beloved open-air space where art and nature blend seamlessly amidst the bustle of the Vatican.
Pio-Clementino Museum
Explore halls filled with some of the world’s most important classical sculptures, including Laocoön and His Sons and Apollo Belvedere.
Laocoön and His Sons
This ancient work, sculpted by Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydorus, depicts Laocoön and his sons entwined by sea serpents sent by gods.
For Reference Only. Itineraries are subject to change
Meet your guide in front of Caffé Vaticano on Viale Vaticano, 100. This is across the street from the Vatican Museum entrance. Our friendly welcome staff will be there holding The Tour Guy signs.
In addition to wearing or bringing clothing that covers your knees and shoulders, it's recommended to wear comfortable shoes. You're also welcome to bring a water bottle as it can get hot inside the Vatican during the summer months.
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William Kilby
May 16, 2025
Greer Gilchrist
May 16, 2025
Aaron Miller
May 16, 2025
Elizabetta was so knowledgeable and friendly.
Brooke Billingsley
May 15, 2025
Book a tour of the Vatican with Elizabetta and enjoy her rich knowledge and expertise of History! We learned so much while admiring the history and beauty.
Disapointing
GAVIN CRAUFORD TAYLOR
May 15, 2025
An underwhelming tour. We were clear that places like the Sistine chapel were out of bounds because of the conclave that had concluded the evening before our visit. That's fine of course, but in it's place all we had was a trip round the (huge) museum, but at quite a fast pace, so we were led straight past many rooms, areas and exhibits to get a talk at another room before we were rushed of to the next one. These talks were interesting enough, but were we felt quite rushed. Maybe that's because the place is so big. We were keen to hear about the meaning and traditions surrounding the conclave, but there was none of that. We did not see the outside of the Vatican where the new pope was stood in front of the crowds the evening before, it was literally a rushed museum tour. A number of the other guests parted company from the tour as it took place and I saw them still walking round later on, so clearly they felt like I did that we would see and appreciate the place much better at our own pace and reading details around us. We just felt like we were numbers to be rushed round to tick a box of 'tour done' rather than have that special feeling of a personalised guide that we felt we had paid for. In contrast, our tour of the Colosseum, Forum and Palatine Hill the previous day organised by 'The Tour Guy' with the excellent Eddy was first rate and could not be faulted and I have left a 5 star review, so this was a disappointment when compared.
David Gardner
May 15, 2025
Tracy Cannizzaro
May 15, 2025
Vatican Tour with Kate
Robert Tran
May 14, 2025
Our tour guide Kate was such a pleasure. She was very knowledgeable about many of the subjects and was very prepared with her copies of the art pieces she was talking about. She has a great sense of humor and really helped the tour go along. She also had an amazing ability to get into the front of the art piece without us feeling pushy. Overall would take another tour with Kate and the Tour guys
Thomas Poole
May 14, 2025
Great tour!
Great tour!
Nadine Nickull
May 14, 2025
Lorena was an excellent tour guide, very knowledgeable and great communication. She took extra time to check on details to ensure our tour was smooth. Highly recommend this tour. Amazing morning.
Sanna Jarvinen
May 14, 2025
JENNIFER MENGES
May 13, 2025
Gabe Ramirez
May 13, 2025
It was okay. I feel like this tour is more for the art lover. Tour guide explained in detail all of the paintings. Maybe not spend so much time on each individual painting. Move a little faster. Read your audience, several people took off their earpiece and was like “when is this over”. The other thing, the earpieces were difficult to stay on. I saw multiple people having trouble keeping it on and finally giving up by not wearing it.
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Karen Kelly
May 13, 2025
Francesco was good but it was overly crowded, I was poked, bumped, stepped , smacked with backpacks , shockingly , uncomfortably mobbed. My son has claustrophobia and saw the line so could not go in, I would like to request a refund for Chase Pittman. Maybe they could stagger the entrance? It was rough.
Nadine Nickull
May 13, 2025
Sophia Raefsky
May 13, 2025
Frank Alent
May 12, 2025
excellent tour guide
Maira Quillin
May 12, 2025
We really enjoyed Fabiola’s tour, she was very attentive. She is very knowledgeable and very entertaining. The entry was fast, we saw the main highlights and everything went smoothly. Perfect tour for first time visitors. Can’t ask for anything better!
Cathleen Ingersoll
May 12, 2025
Our tour guide was beyond fabulous. She was so knowledgeable about the artwork and history - we learned a lot! Plus, she was so pleasant and threw some humor in.
Really Good Tour and guide
David Musyimi
May 12, 2025
We had a fantastic informed tour with Milicia. She was enthusiastic about the tour information and gave us what I feel was a really well informed view of art in the Vatican that many probably did not get. Great job and thank you!!
Krystal Dabish
May 12, 2025
Bernadette Smith
May 12, 2025
Carol Jammalo
May 11, 2025
Brian Dallas
May 10, 2025
Exhausting
Millie Sweesy-Barger
May 10, 2025
Although our guide shared a few interesting tidbits, we felt we could have done this on our own in less time and seen more. The Sistine chapel was closed, St Peters Basilica was not included, and the amount of museum viewing we did was on the border of ad nauseum. Privileged entrance seemed to be for all the masses of tourists, we stood in very long cues and were cattled in with the others in a 'stop n go' fashion much like rush hour on the highway. I wouldn't recommend any tour here unless it is in Off Season, winter. Our tour was in May, but everyone I asked said it's always this crowded.