Private Tour VIP: Papal City & Sistine Chapel
Overview
Enjoy the Vatican highlights and its marvellous masterpieces you’ve waited a lifetime to see, with all the benefits of a private tour and without the hassle of having to wait in line!
On this VIP-style tour, not only will you be able to navigate corridors and galleries with ease and time to focus on details, but you’ll also admire the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo’s masterpiece. Your private top rated personal guide will be there every step of the way to make sure your experience is a mesmerizing one, exploring all the timeless wonders.
With a complimentary pick-up and drop-off from/at your accommodation or desired location within the city centre, you will not waste your time navigating the transport system.
Explore the Vatican City with us and don’t miss its artistic and architectural wonders!
What's Included
- Private tour arranged just for you
- Pick-up and drop off by private luxury car with chauffeur
- Skip the Line Entrance Ticket
- Professional Certified Guide
- Guided Tour
Meeting and Pickup
We pick-up from any central hotels/apartments/B&B in Rome. If it is not central (a ray of about 8 km from the Pantheon), let us know its location and we will ask a supplement for the extra distance. If your accommodation is not mentioned, during the booking, please provide details regarding its location. If your accommodation has not been booked yet, you will modify the booking later by providing the data relating to it. You can also choose the pick-up option from the Civitavecchia Port or from Fiumicino Airport. In this case, please provide arrival and departure times to arrange the pick-up and drop off. Kindly add to your booking an email address you can check frequently. If you do not receive further messages, by mobile phone or by email, default pick up time is confirmed.
What To Expect
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Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Please indicate the names and date of birth of all tour participants when booking, and if there are children, please indicate their age. to cover knees and shoulders before entering the Sistine Chapel.
- Please bring your identity document
- If children are present, please also indicate their age
- Please, communicate if there are disabled people partecipating the tour .
- Due to the Jubilee, some monuments may be under restoration. Please pay attention to any messages we may send regarding potential changes.
- The visit to St. Peter's Basilica is not included.
- As announced by the Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage, we would like to inform you that from 11 January 2026 to April 2026, Michelangelo's fresco of the Last Judgement, located in the Sistine Chapel, will not be visible to the public due to extraordinary maintenance work. Please note that the Sistine Chapel, with its vault decorated by Michelangelo, the Vatican Museums and Raphael's Rooms will remain open to the public throughout this period. However, the entire wall of the Last Judgement will be covered by scaffolding to allow for a complex and delicate restoration process.
- Please note that admission times may be subject to slight changes beyond our control, depending on ticket availability and high visitor numbers. In such cases, we will inform you as soon as possible.
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- Private tour arranged just for you.
- Pick-up and drop off by private luxury car with chauffeur.
- Skip the Line Entrance Ticket.
- Professional Certified Guide.
- Guided Tour.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Private Tour VIP: Papal City & Sistine Chapel is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Private Tour VIP: Papal City & Sistine Chapel will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Private tour arranged just for you
- Pick-up and drop off by private luxury car with chauffeur
- Skip the Line Entrance Ticket
- Professional Certified Guide
- Guided Tour
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Please indicate the names and date of birth of all tour participants when booking, and if there are children, please indicate their age. to cover knees and shoulders before entering the Sistine Chapel.
- Please bring your identity document
- If children are present, please also indicate their age
- Please, communicate if there are disabled people partecipating the tour .
- Due to the Jubilee, some monuments may be under restoration. Please pay attention to any messages we may send regarding potential changes.
- The visit to St. Peter's Basilica is not included.
- As announced by the Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage, we would like to inform you that from 11 January 2026 to April 2026, Michelangelo's fresco of the Last Judgement, located in the Sistine Chapel, will not be visible to the public due to extraordinary maintenance work. Please note that the Sistine Chapel, with its vault decorated by Michelangelo, the Vatican Museums and Raphael's Rooms will remain open to the public throughout this period. However, the entire wall of the Last Judgement will be covered by scaffolding to allow for a complex and delicate restoration process.
- Please note that admission times may be subject to slight changes beyond our control, depending on ticket availability and high visitor numbers. In such cases, we will inform you as soon as possible.
