Skip the Line: Vatican Museums, St Peter’s Basilica, Sistine Chapel Small Group Tour

We visited Rome as the last port of our European Cruise. Our travel agent suggested we book our tour of the Vatican through privatetour.com. We booked the skip the Line tour and had an EXCELLENT tour guide. She knew every fact about everything at the Vatican Museums, Saint Peter's and the Sistine Chapel. She answered every question, offered additional information about places or items, was very detailed and was very cordial and kind. I think we were very lucky to have such a friendly and knowledgeable guide. After our tour, I felt like a specialist on the Vatican. You could tell she is serious about what she does and believes in maintaining and sharing her love for the Vatican. I highly recommend this tour when you visit Rome. You will not regret it.

The tour was helpful for the Vatican museums which are extremely crowded. There are many exhibits and having a tour guide is helpful in knowing which are important.

All of the stops listed on this tour are amazing to see and I would highly recommend going on this tour. It allows you to see many sites altogether in a reasonable amount of time. Obviously, with these sites being very popular tourist attractions, you expect large crowds of people and this doesn't disappoint. The skip-the-line feature absolutely is worth it because otherwise, we would have waited in an atrociously long line just to get in. I would just recommend being aware that these places will all be very crowded so don't stray too far from your guide and you will be fine.

The Vatican museums were breathtaking and a must see. The Basilica has been one of the most majestic churches I have ever seen. The tour guide was excellent and very knowledgeable and made the tour interesting to all in our group. Definitely recommend.

When we arrived at the Vatican to start this tour, it was a ZOO as far as eyes could see. Our tour guide was very good. She helped us traverse the crowded Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica and Sistine Chapel. These places are uber-crowded. Skip the lines saved us at least 3 hours standing in the heat. Well worth it.

I really liked the guide very much, she was great ! thank you

Very informative and enjoyable.

This was a great tour. Our guide was the best and knew so much about the Vatican museum. We learned so much! This tour is an absolute must. You would miss so much without a guide plus the skip the line was worth so much.

So well worth paying the additional to avoid the lines. This was our second time using this tour operator and they are amazing.

Excellent service great guide

Excellent tour to see major points of interest at the Vatican but to also see some areas limited to small groups. If this is your first time visiting, highly recommended. Good value. Nice guides, on time and good value!

Finding our tour guide, getting our headsets and getting into the Vatican was a seamless process. This company has perfected the process and we were never confused or lost. It was a very thorough tour with fascinating information. Our tour guide always tried to find shade for us when we were outside and made sure to stop for water and bathroom breaks.

The meeting place was easy to find and the tour guide was just amazing! Her English was excellent, her knowledge was phenomenal. She gave information about the Sistine Chapel long before going in, showing pictures and explaining why certain paintings appeared the way they did, the order in which the paintings should be viewed, little things of note that made the visit so much more interesting. She made what was already an amazing tour even better ! We had no problems with the audio, no lines and just an efficient informative tour of 3 amazing sites which should not be missed. The Vatican museums were so interesting and St Peters Basilica was breathtaking. Wear comfy walking shoes- but honestly worth every penny. Would highly recommend!

Our tour guide was phenomenal. We learned so much about the rich history of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica. Definitely worth the extra money to skip the line too. Waiting in line would have added an extra 2 hours to our day. This tour is well worth the money!

Profi, in time, very good speaker, many details, careful ... Thank you!

Meeting place easy to find. Well, organized guide knew sooooo much my head was about to explode from all the history...Be prepared to stand the entire timeThe Sistine chapel was worth the standing and St Peters is well worth the wait! Perfect.

A perfectly timed tour, very informative, covered everything we wanted -- the guide was FANTASTIC! Extremely knowledgeable, very funny, super familiar with everything, couldn't have had a better tour guide.

We were able to see it all at a normal pace and it never felt rushed. Our guide was patient and very sweet! Unfortunately, I don't remember his name. He told us what to expect ahead of time and we were prepared. Sistine Chapel was not as crowded as I have heard so we were there for about 15-20 minutes and he waited. I highly recommend this tour especially when you see the lines outside.

We had a wonderful visit to the Vatican Museums. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable. His love of art and history made the tour so engaging. Really impressed with the quality of the tour and guide.

The tour guide was outstanding. Her insights into the Sistine Chapel made the experience much more worthwhile than it would have been without her coaching. The time spent discussing the rivalry between Michelangelo and Raphael also gave depth to the experiences of the artists and helped me appreciate the art more. We were pinched for space in St. Peter's Basilica because workers were setting up for a meeting (and closing down areas), but our tour guide did a great job adapting. I only wish that I had had a little more time exploring art in other parts of the Vatican Museum, but the tour was only three hours long.