Privileged Entrance Vatican Tour with Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's Basilica
Skip the line and gain direct access to the Raphael Rooms, Creation of Man & Scala Regia passageway
4.93
(2218)
3 h
Max 20 Guests
Most visitors miss the Vatican’s best shortcut. With our expert guide, you’ll explore the Vatican Museums, including the Raphael Rooms and Sistine Chapel, then descend the Scala Regia (Bernini’s regal staircase) into St. Peter’s Basilica through an entrance reserved only for guided groups. This is the Vatican experience you didn’t know you needed.
Meet your local guide just outside
Select participants and date
Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance!
Skip-the-line
Pio-Clementino
Raphael Rooms
Tapestries, maps & more
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter's Basilica
Scala Regia passageway
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.
4.93
2218 Ratings
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Vatican tour
Jerry Berrol
June 06, 2025
Our guide was beyond fantastic. Her knowledge made the tour as impressive as the Vatican itself.
Nice tour but/and….
Susie Warner
June 06, 2025
This is my second Vatican tour. First one was 15 years ago and was done by an audio tour. If I had to do it again would do the audio tour where i can pace myself and stay in rooms longer if i wanted to or breeze by other rooms. Our guide was knowledgeable but sometimes hard to understand as the ear pieces were finicky. I would skip the privileged entrance part - this got you nothing and wasted the first hour of the tour trying to gain entrance - waiting in longer lines, and was a bit unorganized. Though not the fault of the tour guide just the way it’s set up. Definitely do the regular Vatican and Sistine chapel tour. Many people in our group did not know this didn’t get you entrance to St Peter’s and so that should be made more clear. I only knew because i contacted them to ask. We had to buy a separate ticket for the Basilica and Dome.
Vatican tour with Alba
Marie Kiser
June 06, 2025
Alba, our tour guide, was wonderful. She was She was knowledgeable. No one had questions because she covered so much in her description. She as thoughtful to be sure everyone got to see the works she was pointing out! Thanks, Alba!
Marie Kiser
June 06, 2025
Michelle Coughran
June 05, 2025
Great customer communications and service!
Cheryl Twomey
June 05, 2025
Our small group was late getting to the meeting spot due to traffic through Rome. On the way there I called the "day of your tour" phone number and the person who answered contacted the onsite tour coordinator to let them know. They also explained the group could wait about 5 minutes, but would have to start if we weren't there, which was completely understandable (they said we could still enter on our own without waiting in the outrageously long line), which was completely understandable). Our driver dropped us off right at the meeting spot, we jumped out of the car, and immediately saw the Red TourGuy flag held up by the tour coordinator person. She quickly handed us our tickets then ran us over to another area where our tour guide was starting to lead the tour group in. We made it and enjoyed the tour! From the purchase of the tickets to the tour itself, the TourGuy was outstanding with communications, information, and overall accessibility. You could tell our guide loved what he spoke to us about and did a wonderful job keeping the group informed and together. Our overall experience with the TourGuy/RomanGuy was outstanding and felt personal even though we were one of many customers they serve; would definitely book through them again!
Maria Milano
June 05, 2025
Emily Ebright
June 05, 2025
Amazing!
Jennifer Del Degan
June 05, 2025
Marzia is amazing! Very knowledgeable, engaging with our group and giving us the fun facts that we will remember from the tour! I would totally recommend her and The Roman Guy tours!
Very Good. But not Excellent
Dennis Thomsen
June 05, 2025
The only reason this is not a 5 Star review is that it is just too hurried. I understand that they need to move large numbers of people through. And to have a knowledgeable guide was great. (When you could keep up to them to know exactly what piece they were talking about). But it is virtually impossible to really look at some things that catch your eye, on the guided tour, and still keep up with your group.
Carlie Christensen
June 05, 2025
We loved our tour guide. She was very knowledgable and fun. We loved this tour!
Wonderful tour!
Emily Aronson
June 05, 2025
What a great way to see the highlights of the Vatican and navigate the crowds. Our guide Carolina was an expert in art history and we could ask her anything. She also solved problems like when my son lost his ticket. We got to go through a corridor only available to guided towers which was very cool. And we got to see St. Peter’s basilica without having to wait in another line.
Karl Rausenberger
June 05, 2025
Janice Maiorca
June 04, 2025
Duncan Davies
June 04, 2025
James Lazor III
June 04, 2025
John Fawcett
June 04, 2025
michael gish
June 04, 2025
Sold us something you knew you wouldn't provide and we will be reviewing you on every platform we can find.
Opiyo Oloya
June 04, 2025
Great tour
Dan Maloney
June 04, 2025
Great tour. The Tour Guy / The Roman Guy group really goes above and beyond. I highly recommend booking with them. Good communications and very helpful staff. My family really enjoyed our Vatican tour.
John Karunananthan
June 03, 2025
FABULOUS TOUR
Emily Trevino
June 03, 2025
We had a great experience with our tour guide. The tour was easy to book, easy to find our tour guide, and we didn't have to worry about anything. Our tour guide was very knowledgable, so much I have a new interest to learn more about certain parts of the tour. Vatican is HUGE so its a nice overview but he did say if you want to get into the details, you need several days to tour the Vatican. Def wear comfortable shoes, PAY for the Dome (which is beyond the tour), use the restrooms when the guide tells you, and bring a water bottle. ENJOY!!!!
Erika Simmonds
June 03, 2025
Gabrielle Rabaya
June 03, 2025
Barbara Nudd
June 03, 2025