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Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's Basilica Early Morning Tour

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Astrid Schneider

Astrid

5/5

Jan, 2025

Patrizia out tourguide was wonderful , professional and always timely every step of the tour perfectly to make all guests feel well taken care of at any time.
Ofer Yosi Barsilai Vituli

Ofer

5/5

Nov, 2024

The excprince was really graet. The tour guide was very intresting and full of knoledge. The onky dwonside was the crwod at thw vatican museum. It whould have been better to start there before all the people arrive.
Gertrud Johanna Berg

Gertrud

5/5

Oct, 2024

Our guide Lia was really great. Full of enthusiasm, she took us as her "family" throughout the morning. Standing so early in St. Peter's Square is a wonderful experience. We really enjoyed the tour and all the wonderful stories.
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Maria Elena Calvo Romanciuc

Maria

5/5

Sep, 2024

I had an amazing experience with Guide Sabrina! She was not only knowledgeable, sharing interesting historical insights, but also incredibly kind and organized. When other people were blocking certain areas, she took the initiative to guide them politely, ensuring that everyone could enjoy the space. Sabrina also took us to some beautiful spots for pictures, making the experience even more memorable. Highly recommend her for anyone looking for a thoughtful and skilled guide! Love mama Sabrina!
philipp klos

Philipp

5/5

Sep, 2024

The tour was very strenuous, but if you want to see everything in a relatively short time, the early-bird-skip-the-line ticket is the best option. The price-performance ratio is good. We were on the road for a total of 5 hours. The waiting time for the security check is unfortunately unavoidable and took around 30 minutes at 7:30. By 8 a.m. the queue was already twice as long and by lunchtime it was three times as long. Take the elevator to the roof of St. Peter's Basilica and then walk to the dome (inside and outside). Not for couch potatoes. Then we walked through St. Peter's Basilica and the Crypta. After 3 hours that part was done. We then walked along the outside of the Vatican wall to the entrance of the Vatican Museums. Here, too, you have to wait several hours without a ticket. The tour of the museum is horrendous, to say the least. It feels like millions of people are pushing their way through the rooms with no chance of taking a photo in peace. The guide tells you everything as you pass by. The exhibits are no better than those in other museums. Looking back, I would have liked to have saved myself the trip if it hadn't been for the grand finale in the Sistine Chapel. Very exhausted, we were finally able to put a "check" under this impressive sight.
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Jan Arnold

Jan

5/5

Sep, 2024

Desire to make the most of our short time in Rome. Considered getting a knowledgeable guide would be best way to achieve that aim!
Nuno Silva Breia da Fonseca

Nuno

5/5

Aug, 2024

The tour guide Cristiana was spetacular and kept always up to date to all we were seeing. The 5 hours allowed us to visit the dome (i suggest you vlimb the stairs really early), the St Peter Basilica, the Sistine chappel and the vatican museum. The experience was magnified by Cristiana explanations. And we had enough time to take refreshments, eat, visit the gift shops and pray. It was really good to start early, to avoid the waiting lines and avoid the high temperatures.
Carina Concepcion Julian

Carina

5/5

Aug, 2024

It's our first time going to Vatican City so we were not sure where we are going. So I decided to try the guided tour and I made the right desicion for booking the guided tour. With all the hassles, long lines etc. we passed all that. Of course we all need to pass through security and everyone needs to go there. It's all worth it book a guided tour and saves you a lot of time if you don't have much time in your vacation.
Alexia Elaine Rodrigues

Alexia

5/5

Jun, 2024

Sandra was an amazing tour guide! I would recommend this company for sure. First time in Italy and she was very informative regarding the history.
Nadine Bernadette Thornley

Nadine

5/5

May, 2024

Our guide was amazing, her English was fantastic and her knowledge on the tour was unbelievable. She was friendly, welcoming and went out of her way to ensure we all had the most unforgettable time. It took us about 6 hours in total and was worth every minute!
Moises Cardiel

Moises

5/5

May, 2024

Nadia did our St Peter's Bascilica tour piece as we showed up a day early for our tour and they allowed us to get in for the morning part. Nadia was so informative and energetic! So glad we did this with her! Francesca did our Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel piece and you can tell she is passionate and knowledgeable about her work!
Divya Nelson

Divya

5/5

Apr, 2024

It was great all round! Sabrina is a very good guide and has a very endearing approach. She made the tour even better. The cathedral, the museums are of course the best. I would have liked it if Sabrina had accompanied us into the Sistine Chapel but that's okay. It was a well managed tour.
Moira Power

Moira

5/5

Apr, 2024

This was an amazing experience, made all the better by our guide who was extremely funny and Knowledgeable about everything we saw around us. Chiara was the name of our guide, and I honestly think that this tour would not have been as fun without her. She interacted with everyone in the tour, made us all laugh, remembered all our names, and got us infront of another group of 100 people so that we could see St Peters witout interruption. Me and my partner had a great time. 5 Stars!!!!
Carla Solano

Carla

5/5

Apr, 2024

The knowledge of the tour guide, the views from the dome, and the general history of both the vatican city and sistine chappel.
Stylianos Dafnis

Stylianos

5/5

Apr, 2024

What an amazing experience! We had an exellent time with our guide, Chiara, during the 5h tour in St Peter's Basilica, Sistina Chapel and the Vatican museums! On top of the abundance of masterpieces that we wondered at the tour, Chiara was knowledgeable and passionate , humorous and very accomodating/helpful with everyone's specific needs! It's fair to say that it was the best guided tour we have ever experrienced! We would definitely reccomend it! Christianna + Stelios
Mary Louise Watkins

Mary

5/5

Mar, 2024

We had an amazing time on this tour of the Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel, and St Peter's Basilica. Our guide Nadia was very passionate and knowledgeable about the history and the art, her enthusiasm made the tour really engaging and we genuinely enjoyed spending the day with her she was fantastic. The places were incredible such amazing artwork and beautiful buildings, definitely our highlight of Rome. Overall I would highly recommend this tour, especially if you get Nadia as she is really great and I could have spent the whole weekend with her learning all about Rome!
GUILLERMO SANCHEZ SALGADO

Guillermo

5/5

Feb, 2025

A great tour very clear and led by an expert and friendly guide, you enjoy everything, thank you!
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Michel Montoisy

Michel

4/5

Jan, 2025

The guide was very professional ...organization well respected
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Scott Hager

Scott

5/5

Nov, 2024

Maryanna was so knowledgeable and really gave us a great experience.
Alicia Portillo

Alicia

5/5

Nov, 2024

The best guide!!!! Mariaelisa was wonderful, very informative. We loved her tour .
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