Vatican Private Tours

Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica private Tour with guide.
We organize “skip the line” tickets to enter the Museum. The complete tour takes 3 hours (but it can be shortened if you wish), and leaves from our offices near the Museum entrance, we advise a 1.30 – 2.00pm start.
Your authorized English speaking Vatican tour guide (also other languages available) will explain everything as you pass through the following itinerary: Pigna Courtyard, Lapidaria Gallery, Belvedere Courtyard, Octagonal Courtyard, Pius-Clementine Museum, Candelabra Gallery, Gallery of Tapestries, Gallery of Maps, Raphael’s Rooms and finally to the Sistine Chapel. To get from the entrance of the Museum to the Sistine Chapel it will take between 45 minutes to 1.5 hours, depending on your interest and how the crowds will be moving inside the Museums the day of your visit. From the Sistine Chapel our guide will take you directly into St. Peter’s Basilica (avoiding a long walk and queues into St. Peters). The tour of St. Peter’s Basilica, still depending on your interest, will require between 30 minutes and one hour. In St. Peter’s you’ll see the famous Pietà by Michelangelo, the funeral monuments of the Popes who are buried in the Basilica, made by the most famous artists, the mosaics, the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Bernini’s Canopy, St. Peter’s Statue, Peter’s Throne and many other fantastic works of art. Should you wish a transfer (to or from the place of your choice) it is available at an additional cost.

Golf Cart & Vatican Combined

You can combine your golf cart tour of Rome with a walking tour of the Vatican and St Peter’s Basilica -totaling 7hrs- on the same day.

 9.30am pick-up from your hotel, (if located in the city within the golf carts’ range). The golf cart tour covers the center of Rome, all the main highlights, the Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountains, the Pantheon (you can personalize).

• 1.30/2.00pm you will be brought to our offices, very near the entrance to the Museum, to meet your specialized guide for the Vatican Museum and St Peter’s Basilica and we arrange “skip the line tickets”

It’s possibile to get something to eat during the golf cart tour or near our offices. To get from the entrance of the Museum to the Sistine Chapel it will take between 45 minutes to 1.5 hours, depending on how the crowds will be moving inside the Museums the day of your visit. From the Sistine Chapel the guide will take you directly into St. Peter’s Basilica. With this Private Tour you can dedicate time to things that interest you the most and skip other parts. At the end of the Vatican Tour you’ll be on your own, should you wish a one way private transfer (return to hotel or place of your choice) this is available at an additional cost. 

Please Note: 
► Earbuds: If you are a group of 8 people or more, you will be travelling on more than one golf cart, earbuds are therefore necessary so that the driver guide can speak to everyone on both carts. The minimum cost is 40 euro total for 8 passengers, each additional earbud costs 5 Euro.

► The golf cart tours are conducted in the following languages: English, Spanish or Italian, for other languages there is a supplement of 25 Euros per hour (minimum 3) on the daytime tours and 50 Euros per hour on the nighttime tours. No language supplement on walking tours (Vatican, Colosseum, etc..).
►If you want to view the map of our golf cart pick up range please click here

Vatican Shared Tour

A group tour of the Vatican costs less than a Private tour. In the group tour you share the guide, with people speaking the same language, and has a maximum of 35 people. (The private tour you have your own guide, can proceed at the pace you wish, dedicating the time you want on the things that interest you most). Description of the Vatican group tour, you will tour the Vatican following itinerary: Pigna Courtyard, Lapidaria Gallery, Belvedere Courtyard, Octagonal Courtyard, Pius-Clementine Museum, Candelabra Gallery, Gallery of Tapestries, Gallery of Maps, Raphael’s Rooms and, lastly, the Sistine Chapel. From the Sistine Chapel you will pass directly into St. Peter’s Basilica. The group tour of the Vatican takes 3 hours and it can’t be shortened (the private tour can be shortened). 

Tour the Vatican by night

Visit of the Vatican Museums after sunset, 3 hours. Visits available every Friday between 17th April – 30th October. Opening times from 7:00pm – 11:00pm (latest entrance at 9:30 pm and latest exit from the Galleries is at 10.30 pm). Does not include St Peter’s Basilica as it closes at 6.30pm. This is a great opportunity, especially if you shouldn’t have the time for visiting the place during the day.
The tour itinerary includes the Pius-Clementine Museum, the Candelabra, Tapestries and Maps Galleries, the octagonal courtyard, plus the famous Sistine Chapel, and more..
We can also combine an afternoon golf cart tour of Rome beforehand if you want, of either 3 or 4 hours. In this case you would be picked up from your hotel (or place of choice within the golf cart range).
At the end of the golf cart tour we will take you to meet your guide at our offices near the entrance to the Museum.
One way or round trip private transfer is available at an additional cost (return to hotel or place of your choice). 

Vatican Museums opening schedule, year 2020

Open Monday through Saturday and the last Sunday of each month, with free admission from 9 am to 12.30 pm; the Museums close at 2 pm. Ticket Office opens at 9 am and closes at 4 pm. The Museums close at 6:00 pm. Notice: visitors must leave the rooms half an hour before closing time. The Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel are closed during the following holidays:  Sundays, except for the last Sunday of each month, unless it coincides with one of the holidays hereunder:

The closed sections of the Museums are indicated at the entrance. Access to the Vatican is permitted only to visitors wearing proper attire. The admission ticket to the Vatican Museums is valid for visiting the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel only on the date of purchase. Tickets are not refundable.

Strict Dress code for St Peter’s and Vatican Museums.

You will not be allowed inside the basilica if you are not dressed appropriately, and you may be refused entrance. Women: No skirts above the knee. No shorts. No bare shoulders (ie no tank tops nor sleeveless blouses). Men: No shorts (months of July and August shorts below the knees are allowed) . No bare shoulders.
Allowed: Slacks Jeans
(If you are touring Rome in a golf cart the same as these rules apply to the churches you may visit during the tour, Pantheon included. Alternatively bring extra clothing to wear to enter such as a shawl, long skirt, trousers)

Booking

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Prices Chart

Vatican private Tour - 3 hours
Tickets included
Price per person
Adults, 18 y. o. +
From 5 people onward
€ 110.000
4 persons
€ 120.00
3 persons
€ 145.00
2 persons
€ 185.00
1 person
€ 305.00
Youngsters' discount, 6 - 18 y. o.
€ 20.00
Children, 0 - 5 y. o.
Free
Wheelchair rental, each
€ 30.00
Assistant for wheelchair pushing
€ 60.00
Discount for officially disabled people
€ 40.00
Transfer
Sedan 3+driver
Minivan 7+driver
Minibus 8+driver
Larger Bus from 9 seats onwards
One way Transfer
€ 60.00
€ 60.00
€ 70.00
Please ask quotation
Round trip Transfer
€100.00
€ 120.00
€ 140.00
Please ask quotation
Vatican Shared Tour - Large groups - 2/2,30 hrs
Adults 75 € per person "skip the line tickets" included.

Under 18 years old 54€ per person "skip the line" tickets included.

Under 6 years old free admittance.
Please Note: ► You cannot participate if you are in a wheelchair or have serious walking difficulties
Golf Cart Tour Combined VaticanTour
7 Hours - Tickets included
Price per person
From 5 people onward
€ 230.00
4 persons
€ 255.00
3 persons
€ 270.00
2 persons
€ 375.00
1 person
€ 675.00
Youngsters' discount, 6 - 18 y. o.
€ 35.00
Children's discount, 0 - 5 y. o.
€ 55.00
Discount for officially disabled people
€ 40.00
Wheelchair rental, each
€ 30.00
Assistant for wheelchair pushing
€ 60.00

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