Private Guided Tour at Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel
Overview
About
The tour lasts 3 hours, beginning at 9:00 AM.
What you'll do
What is included?
- Near public transportation
- Stroller accessible
- Not wheelchair accessible
What is not included?
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travelers can participate
- Please note that certain areas of the monument/attraction may be closed on your visit due to religious events or national holidays.
- Only small bags are allowed
- Only your group will participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Meet your host
Itinerary
Rome Museums & Galleries Itinerary (2026 Guide) – What You'll See & Do
Explore the full itinerary for Private Guided Tour at Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel in Rome, Italy. This museums & galleries experience includes 6 stops over 1 day. Duration: 3 hours. Activity level: Light.
Here is the starting point
Vatican Museums
Vatican Museums: walk on one of the old private pope courtyards, the pinecone courtyard with a pinetree from the II aD. Have a look to the optagonal courtyard and admire the iconic Laocoon. Explore the Museo Pio Clementino and discover its roman and greek sculpture collection, walk on the amazing galleries such as the Gallery of the Maps, Gallery of the Tapestries, and Gallery of the Candelabra. Be surprised by the wonderful frescos made by Raphael for Julius II della Rovere at the beginning of the XVI century and get in to the mysterious life of the famous Pope Borgia.
Cortile della Pigna
The Fontana della Pigna or simply Pigna is a former Roman fountain which now decorates a vast niche in the wall of the Vatican facing the Cortile della Pigna, located in Vatican City, in Rome, Italy.
Galleria Delle Carte Geografiche
The Gallery of Maps[1] (Italian: Galleria delle carte geografiche) is a gallery located on the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti
Stanze di Raffaello
The four Raphael Rooms form a suite of reception rooms in the Apostolic Palace, now part of the Vatican Museums, in Vatican City. They are famous for their frescoes, painted by Raphael and his workshop. Together with Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, they are the grand fresco sequences that mark the High Renaissance in Rome.
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel: We will go and see the famous works of Michelangelo, where he spent years to create this treasured master piece while standing upright on wooden scaffolds.
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peters Basilica is included in the ticket but not in the experience as the access from the Vatican Museums has been closed due to Covid. The guide will explain you how to admire the masterpieces of La Pieta, the statue of St. Peter, the Baldacchino, the famous Pope’s tombs such as John Paul II and John XXIII so in case you woul'd like to go by your own.
This concludes the tour.
