Vatican & Sistine Chapel: Exclusive 3-Hr Guided Art Journey

It was a good tour of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica. Our tour guide also demonstrated where to go to go through the holy door (normally not open) and see the Pieta during this Jubilee year. Our time was changed 1 day before the tour (from 11:00 to 12:30). If you are flexible this is ok, but if you are tightly scheduled this could be a problem.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Breathtaking and Inspiring Experience! This tour was nothing short of amazing! Walking through the Vatican Museums with an expert guide made all the difference — instead of feeling overwhelmed by the sheer size and number of masterpieces, we were led through the highlights with fascinating stories and insights. Every room felt like stepping into another world of history, art, and faith. The Sistine Chapel was simply breathtaking. Being able to fully appreciate Michelangelo’s masterpiece after learning the background and symbolism beforehand made the experience even more powerful. The tour ended at St. Peter’s Basilica, which was absolutely awe-inspiring. Standing inside and taking in the grandeur of the architecture, the sculptures, and the atmosphere is something I’ll never forget. I highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Rome — it’s well organized, educational, and truly unforgettable. A must-do!

The tourguide’s accent was so thick and she talked so fast. I could barely understand anything she would say. Also, the booking clearly says “Entry into St. Peter’s with guided tour”, she dropped us off at the gift shop and left. We had to leave Vat City, re-enter and get in line to enter St Peter’s Cathedral with everybody else. I have taken this type of tour in the past, and in the past our tour guide, let us into Saint Peter’s. In the end, it’s not worth the over $300 that this cost.

Our Vatican tour was a wonderful and exciting experience. Our guide was Stephanie. She was incredibly knowledgeable of the Vatican. She shared her many insights regarding the nuances and meanings of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel especially that of the Last Supper. Her descriptions of how Michelangelo painted the ceiling made your back and arms hurt just thinking about it. She brought your imagination directly back to 1508. Her descriptions of the 1500BC Etruscan treasures were spot on. Her questions were intriguing and truly brought the Vatican to life. THANK YOU Stephanie. We would highly recommend this tour and hope you are lucky enough to have Stephanie as your guide.

We arrived late for our tour and they were very accommodating! They helped us find a tour to our liking and were very prompt!

We arrived here at Via Tunisi to follow up on a booking we had made. There had been some confusion with our booking and we turned up to clarify what was going on. We’d originally booked on the 4pm tour but we’d received a message to say we’d been moved to the 2:30pm time which would have been difficult to make as we landed late in the morning. We’d later confirmed online a later booking of 5:30pm but had not receive an official confirmation. We turned up and we had been confirmed on the 2:30pm tour which we had obviously missed. The team were amazing in helping us and sorted us out on the 5:30pm tour after a lot of confusion. Very helpful, polite staff and nothing seemed too much trouble for them. They made something that started off being quite stressful very simple in the end and we had an amazing tour. I would highly recommend.

There is a lot to see so I definitely encourage you to get a guided tour if you want to skip the lines and see the most important sites in the time that you have.

I would not recommend this tour; we had originally booked a tour at 2:30 weeks in advance. I received a call from this agency only DAYS before our tour that there was an “administrative error” and that “the Vatican” had overbooked tours for 2:30. They offered us a tour at 8:30 am which was quite different from our original tour time, and after discussion finally offered us a tour at 5:30. I received an email from the agency stating that I needed to be at their office at 4:15 outside the Vatican to pick up our tickets and meet the tour guide inside the Vatican walls. When I got there the lady at the counter told me that I actually didn’t need to be there until 5 and that they would take us inside ourselves. The communication is so disorganized, I would not recommend. Especially when the tour itself is so pricey, please take your business elsewhere where they will uphold their commitments.

We had a wonderful tour of all things Vatican on 9/20/24. Stephanie was our tour guide and she couldn’t have been any better. Very knowledgeable about all aspects and eager to answer any questions. She kept us going to cover it all in 3 covers but we never felt rushed. Would highly recommend this tour.

Honestly this was not the best tour. I signed up for the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's Basilica Guided Tour. The tour guide was hard to follow both literally and figuratively, and everything felt very rushed. The communication devices were spotty if the guide got too far ahead of us, which happened frequently as we were rushing to catch up. Despite the tour description saying that it was a 3 hour tour, our guide only was with us a little over 2 hours and left after the Sistine Chapel instead of giving any tour of the Basilica. I was expecting a bit more.