VATICAN TOURS
The Vatican City is one of the most popular places to visit for many during your stay in Rome. Expert Rome Guide offers unique tailor made tours to Vatican City that will allow you the time you need to explore and embrace the wonders that are held behind the Renaissance and Medieval walls surrounding three sides of the Vatican.
For an extra special treat, if you reserve our visit early enough you will be able to be presented with a Special VIP Entrance to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. This special entrance will allow you to avoid the long lines that are often present at these locations.
Vatican tours allow visitors the chance to see such marvels as Saint Peters Square, the Grottoes, Saint Peters Basilica, the tombs of the pope’s home under St. Peters Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, Raphael Stanzas, the Vatican Mosaic workshop, the Teutonic Cemetery, the painting gallery, Gallery of Maps, Greek and Roman statues gallery, Gallery of Tapestries, and the Vatican gardens.
With an expert Rome guide you can rest assured that you will have the opportunity to bypass the long lines and tourist traps so you can enjoy browsing the Vatican Museums at your own pace while having a professional guide by your side to explain the various items in the museums that are not labeled.
You will travel on a magical journey through the various eras of time through historical documents, sculptures, and artwork created by famous artists such as Raphael and Michelangelo.
If you desire, we can even provide you with tickets to the Papal Audience held every Wednesday morning in Saint Peters Square.
Throughout Italy, there is a dress code for entering churches and the Vatican is included. Entrance into churches and Vatican Museums requires appropriate attire, which means no shorts, miniskirts, no sleeveless shirts, or bare shoulders.
Holidays: January 1st, January 6th, March 19th, April 9th, May 1st, May 17th, June 7th, June 29th, August 15th, August 16th, November 1st, December 8th, December 25th, December 26th.