Be among the first visitors of the day to enter the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel before the crowds have poured in. With the help of your enthusiastic guide, you will sweep past the long galleries of tapestries, sculptures, and frescoes directly to the most magnificent and important piece, the Sistine Chapel. By making Michelangelo’s masterpiece your first formal stop on the tour you will arrive before nearly anyone else has had the time to find a map! This will mean that you and your small group of 12 people or less will have plenty of time to gasp in wonder at the work of this Renaissance genius while your guide brings the art to life with stories and details of its creation.
Posted By : Robert_F
The description said we would go directly to the Sistine first thing in the morning so it wouldn’t be crowded. We got a regular tour just like anyone else where the guide slow strolled us through one wing of the museum.
Do not sign up for this one as the extra cost is complete waste of money.
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Posted On : 2023-12-28 12:18:41 
Posted By : Nicole_K
Our guide was wonderful and so knowledgeable!! I learned so much on this tour! December is the time to come as it wasn't crowded.
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Posted On : 2023-12-19 22:58:35
Posted By : Alyona_S
Mirco was very good and answered all the questions and made sure everyone was enjoying the tour. He helped understand the logistics and took some pressure off of what to expect. It is a lot to take in, especially if it is your fist time. The tour did not include the Rafael room, which was a bummer. We are glad we took the tour for this as it allowed us to enjoy it so much more.
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Posted On : 2023-11-24 13:54:34
Posted By : Bob_C
Enjoyed the tour and our tour guide was excellent and very informative. Odd thing was this was sold as “Sistine Chapel first entry” but not only was it the LAST place we visited, our guide left us before we even got to the chapel with a vague “it’s that way” gesture and the group was left to go on our own. And the chapel was packed like a sardine can. Still enjoyed the tour however.
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Posted On : 2023-11-16 06:47:28
Posted By : Nicole_L
Guide was extremely rude to us when she found out we were from the US. She was friendly to everyone in our group except for the 4 of us- her name was Olena I believe. The tour was mediocre- paid for a first entry experience and it was beyond packed.
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Posted On : 2023-11-14 05:05:42
Posted By : Shaun_F
Our guide was the absolute best!! His knowledge of the content was apparently unlimited, he answered question after question with no hesitation and was very patient and kind. Early entry to the Sistine Chapel was great, not having to deal with a huge crowd was so nice. We later saw the line to get in and it was so bad I probably would have not went in if I hadn’t purchased this tour. 10/10 recommend getting this tour with early entry.
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Posted On : 2023-11-08 03:21:51
Posted By : Tim_L
well at least this tour gets you past a line that you can visibly see is a huge line, but still this "skip the line" concept they advertise is complete crock because they're like a hundred different tours scheduled every day and you're basically rubbing elbows with all the other tours who for the most part get in ahead of you anyway. only good thing is, is that by the time you get to the sisteen chapel it's so crowded it gets easy to sneak a few pics past the security guys...best part about this tour was that the tour guide actually left us alone at the sisteen chapel so we could wander the museums on our own and quite frankly that is the best way to do this. tour guides are a total waste of time because at first they bring you into the facility and then waste a hour of your time giving you a history lesson of the vatican which most people have already gotten off of google. then when they actually begin walking you through the vatican they try to get you through at an unreasonable pace....we just dumped our tour guide after the first 15 minutes of yakking and went on our own (that was the best thing we ever did)....only thing i would recommend this tour for is to get into the vatican past all the people waiting on the street....after that dump off your headset and go on your own....you will actually enjoy it much more.
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Posted On : 2023-10-30 13:22:58
Posted By : suzesamson53
City Wonders does a great job with tours. They are organized, efficient and friendly. Our guide on this tour was great! She was knowledgeable and we had no trouble understanding her. She also had a great sense of humor! The history and details she gave us about the popes, museum artifacts and the Sistine Chapel made our visit more meaningful and interesting. Great tour!
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Posted On : 2023-10-27 12:52:04
Posted By : Joan_V
Wonderful tour with excellent knowledgable & friendly guide. Too bad she was not able to come inside the chapel.
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Posted On : 2023-10-26 12:18:06
Posted By : Martha_M
Very informative and just the right length of time for our group. And the early start time is the way to because when we were leaving the lines to get in were ridiculously long.
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Posted On : 2023-10-25 06:30:19
