• The Sistine Chapel
  • The Sistine Chapel: Ceiling
  • The Sistine Chapel: The Creation of Adam
  • The Sistine Chapel: Last Judgement
  • The Sistine Chapel: Last Judgement
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica: La Peita
  • St. Peter's Square
  • St. Peter's Square
  • St. Peter's Square
  • The Vatican Museums
  • The Vatican Museums
  • The Vatican Museums
  • The Raphael Rooms
  • The Raphael Rooms
  • The Raphael Rooms: School of Athens
  • Papal Tombs
  • Papal Tombs
  • Papal Tombs
  • Papal Tombs
  • St. Peter's Dome: Inside
  • St. Peter's Dome: Inside Looking Down
  • St. Peter's Dome: View from Dome
  • Pinacoteca: The Painting Gallery
  • Pinacoteca: The Raphael Tapestries
  • Pinacoteca: Transfiguration of Christ
  • Pinacoteca: The Painting Gallery
  • Vatican Gardens
  • Vatican Gardens
  • Vatican Gardens
  • Vatican Gardens
  • Vatican Gardens

Private Vatican Tour Guide

About Me:
I have been providing tours of the Vatican since the year 2005. I have a degree in History and I am an authorised tour guide for the Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's.
I do not work for the Vatican and my tours are neutral in that I have no agenda other than your entertainment.

The right menu contains a list of topics with details about the various parts of the Vatican so you can decide what you would like to see on your tour.

I provide more information on the tour and this part of my website exists so you can make an informed decision about your vatican visit.

Tour Approach:
The Vatican is a walled country about the size of a village or city suburb on the left bank of the Tiber in Rome.
About half of the site is open to the public such as the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, the Raphael Rooms, the Vatican Museums, the Papal Tombs and St. Peter's Dome. The rest of the site is not open to the public or requires special permission.
It is a one way system with choices on the way. In order to see the Sistine Chapel you must go through the Vatican Museums so all tours, including my own start there. Once inside the musuems you can choose to see the Raphael Rooms, they are not compulsory, and you can decide to see St. Peter's Basilica, the Papal Tombs and St. Peter's Dome which are all in the same building connected to the Museums.

Skip the Line

We skip the general entrance line/queue and go straight in to the Vatican on all my tours. The general entrance line can be a two hour wait just to get inside. We wait at maximum 5 minutes to go inside in a seperate tour guide entrance. There is usually no wait at all as we have booked our tickets in advance. We just go straight in.

Transport:
I usually meet you at your hotel and we go to the Vatican by Taxi, bus or Metro.
A taxi costs about 15€ or less depending on where your hotel is and a bus or metro (subway/tube) costs 1€ per person.
I can arrange private transport (a new air-consitioned mercedes car) to bring you to and from the Vatican before and after your tour if you so wish. I arrive in the car with a driver to collect you and he will drop you back to your hotel when you are finished with the Vatican. In all cases you would pay the transport fee.

The Tours:
My tours are divided up by how much you want to see or how long you want to spend in there.
The Vatican is a one way system and has been for the last ten years: there is only one way through it; although not everything is compulsory, you have a choice along the way.

My tours can include: the Vatican Museums, Raphael Rooms, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, the Papal Tombs and St. Peter's Square. These are the sites open to the public. You can choose what you would like to see/what route suits you from the topics listed in the right menu.

My tours are private, just for you and your group and are fully customisable, you can decide what to see, when the tour starts, when to sit down, eat, take a break, visit the giftshops or ask as many questions as you like. I am at your disposal for the duration of the tour. My tours are known for being informative and funny. You can check my reviews to find out.

Price:
I charge €60 per hour, and you can have up to 6 people on the tour.
I charge per hour, not per person, so a 2 hour tour would cost €120, 3 hours would be €180, 4 hours would be €240 etc,
regardless of how many people are on the tour.
I don't have the costs of a company so my tours are actually cheaper than that of a tour company.
Vatican entrance tickets to the Vatican cost €20 per person and I can book these for us in advance.
I pay for my own ticket, you will have to pay for yours, and I book them all in advance for us so we can skip the line.
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