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4 Hours

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Excursion

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Rome

Free Cancellation

up to 24 hours prior to departure

Sistine Chapel & Vatican Museums with breakfast

Don’t miss the chance to access the Sistine Chapel as a VIP!

Highlights

* Explore the many galleries located within the Vatican Museums including Chandelier’s Gallery, Tapestries Gallery, Geographical maps gallery, Raphael’s Rooms
* Stroll the Pigna Courtyard
* See the famous Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo’s Last Judgment and Creation of Adam frescoes
* Have a delicious American-style breakfast inside the Vatican Museums in the beautiful Cortile della Pigna
* Available option with St. Peter's Basilica ticket

    included with

    * Transport (pickup and drop-off from/to the hotel)
    * Vatican Museums expert guide
    * Entrance to the Sistine Chapel before opening time
    * Breakfast in the Cortile della Pigna
    * Professional local guide
    * Available option with St. Peter's Basilica ticket

      excluded by

      * Optional Gratuities

        Essential Information

        * This tour does not operate on Sundays and 8, 25, 26 December; 1, 6 January; 11 February; Easter time, 1 May, 15 August, 1 November
        * Please dress appropriately for sacred religious site visits. Legs and shoulders must be covered

        * Time schedule for private tours will be confirmed at time of reservation request, unless differently indicated on the itinerary.

        * Tours start and end at centrally located hotels or areas designated by the client (centrally located).

        Important Notes:

        * Please advise your clients, upon their arrival in Rome, to call our office to reconfirm all the pick-up times of their excursions.

        * Prices for museums and sites could be increased or extra fees for temporary exhibitions might be applied by their Managing Companies without prior notice: this is beyond our control and we cannot be deemed responsible for these changes.
        These increases are applicable also on bookings previously confirmed: the extra charge will have to be paid in cash at the time of departure if no different indications are given.

        * A supplement may incur for services booked on special dates e.g. festivities, bank holidays, Sundays etc. We will inform about the supplement during the reservation confirmation.

        * Please note that the Vatican Museums and St. Peter's Basilica are active places of worship. Therefore, some areas may be subject to sudden closures without prior notice. We will not be held responsible for such closures.


        Supplements & Notes:

        * Entrance fees to monuments are not included if not mentioned under Inclusions.

        * Cancellation policy: it will be communicated at the moment of the final confirmation.

        ALL RATES ARE PER PERSON

        Cancellation Fees:

        Until 15 working days before departure no penalty
        Between 14 & 7 working days before departure 25%
        From 6 to 4 working days before departure 50%
        From 3 days or no-show 100%

        Working days: from Monday to Friday.

        In case a different cancellation policy applies, we will notify it at the moment of the booking.

          Restrictions

          On request – CANCELLATION POLICY: Once the tour is booked no cancellation is possible. Penalties are applied as follows:
          1 pax 2 pax 3 pax 4 pax 5 pax 6 pax 7 pax
          € 577,00 € 331,00 € 250,00 € 208,00 € 184,00 € 168,00 € 156,00


          Departures: daily except on Sundays and on religious holidays. Blackout dates: 29th June, 15th August, 1st November, 8th and 26th December, 6th January, 11th February

            Extras / Upgrades

            Optional St. Peter’s Basilica supplement
            Add one more hour to the tour and get inside St. Peter’s Basilica that houses, among other artworks, the G. L. Bernini’s canopy near the altar and the Pietà by Michelangelo. The tour wouldn’t be complete without a walk in St. Peter’s Square, the open space before the basilica, redesigned by G. L. Bernini, an architectural masterpiece of the Baroque age.


            *In occasion of the Papal Audience, St. Peter’s Basilica and Square aren’t accessible on Wednesday mornings

              Itinerary

              Don’t miss the chance to enter the Sistine Chapel as a VIP. With our privileged access to the Sistine Chapel, before any other groups and before the general public, you’ll have the chance to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece with a few other lucky people.

              Get inside the Vatican Museums before they open to the public and be the first to admire the Sistine Chapel! Take advantage of our Exclusive Priority Entrance and avoid the huge crowds.

              The tour comes with pickup service. Just wake up at your centrally located hotel, have breakfast and then meet your driver.

              Thanks to our privileged access to the Sistine Chapel (one hour before usual opening time) you’ll admire Michelangelo’s Last Judgment masterpiece with only a bunch of other lucky people. Usually, no talking is allowed inside the Sistine Chapel, but at this early hour you will have the incredible opportunity to hear the explanations of your guide right as you behold the Chapel’s amazing paintings.

              After looking at the powerful frescoes inside the Sistine Chapel, your expert guide will lead you to the Raphael’s rooms and the so-called upper galleries.

              After taking in all the beauty the Vatican has to offer, you will reach the beautiful Cortile della Pigna and have an American-style breakfast, right in the same courtyard where popes entertained their guests for centuries.

              This Vatican Museums experience will be memorable and intimate, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

              At the end of the tour, meet your driver at Caffè Vaticano (Viale Vaticano,100) and enjoy a transfer back to your hotel.
              Duration: 4 Hours 
              From  $514.59