Rome: Complete Early Morning Vatican Tour | Small Group | La Vacanza Travel

Rome: Complete Early Morning Vatican Tour | Small Group

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Destination: Italy, Lazio, Rome
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  • 3 hours 30 minutes
  • Rome
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  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Meet at our comfortable offices less than a block from the museum entrance. Join our small group Vatican tour in the early morning with a top-notch tour guide and get early entrance to the Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums & Raphael Rooms. In a small group, you will be able to discover with no rush the extraordinary abundance of history and art.

Your guide will tour you through these corridors and halls, pointing out the exhibits on display. Once through, the Sistine Chapel awaits you.

The finale of our early entry Vatican tours culminates in St. Peter’s Basilica. Majestic and inspired, it is the perfect place to come full circle on the morning’s itinerary. Feast your eyes on Michelangelo’s Pietà and admire the stunning interior of the dome he designed, as well as Bernini’s massive bronze baldachin sitting over the Pope’s private alter directly above St. Peter’s tomb and other little-known details that can only be spotted when inside!

Itinerary
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Pass By: What a Life Tours, Via Santamaura, 14B, 00192 Roma RM, Italy

The activity starts directly at our office located conveniently very close to the Museums' entrance.

Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy

The Vatican Museums feature many works of art that belonged to the different Popes and are full of artistic beauty. Here is a glimpse of some of the most beautiful things to see in the Vatican Museums. Rooms and Galleries of the Vatican Museums, as the Greek Cross Room, the Gallery of Maps, the Gallery of Tapestries, Raphael Rooms and much more!

From a relatively small collection of statues brought in by Julius II, it grew into a gigantic museum to a point that nobody even knows how many items are kept in the vaults and galleries of the Vatican.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Gallery of Maps, VA, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City

The Gallery of Maps is a stupendous hallway where geography and history are perfectly intertwined. Created at the end of the 16th century, the entire room is dedicated to customized maps, which display the whole of Italy. On one side of the 393-foot long gallery are two representations of the country: one from the Imperial Roman Era and the other from the 1500s. Each map shows political happenings, religious roles, and major battles. The ceiling is no less remarkable, with frescoed scenes displaying episodes and miraculous events of apostles, saints, and martyrs, which are linked to the geographical maps below.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Gallery of Tapestries, VA, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City

The world-renowned tapestries adorning the walls of this breathtaking gallery used to hang in the Sistine Chapel until they were moved to their present-day location. The most esteemed pieces of the collection are the carpets based on Raphael’s drawings, depicting crucial scenes from the life of Jesus. Out of these 9 tapestries, we recommend paying some special attention to The Resurrection of Christ, which is woven in many layers, creating a surprising optical illusion as you walk by. It took the weavers 4 years to finalize the masterpiece and they cleverly used materials of different densities in order to obtain the eye-deceiving effect.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy

Once inside the Vatican Museums, it’s straight to the main event – the Sistine Chapel. Gaze upon Michelangelo’s stupefying ceiling, Creation of Adam and the Last Judgment in awe, sharing the space with your group and a few others. Take your time – and savor each moment – because this is an experience you’ll never want to forget, as you nearly reach out and touch one of humankind’s most astounding creative achievements.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: St. Peter's Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy

If you thought the size of the Vatican Museums was overwhelmingly spectacular, St. Peter’s Basilica takes the “wow factor” to another level. The sheer capacity of the interiors is enough to leave any visitor searching for words to describe its vastness. At 613 feet long, 85 feet wide and 147 feet high, it took an incredible 120 years to build, starting from 1506. Admire Michelangelo’s unparalleled Pietà masterpiece and stroll towards the center right nave to observe Bernini’s 30-foot high bronze Baldachin, which sits directly atop the site of St. Peter’s tomb.

Duration: 45 minutes

Pass By: St. Peter's Square, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy

A visit to Vatican City would not be complete without standing in awe of the beauty in St. Peter’s Square, also known as Piazza San Pietro. This massive square framing St. Peter’s Basilica is the location where the pope holds Wednesday General Audiences and special masses on religious holidays.
Besides being an extremely sacred place for the Catholic Church, the square itself features a breathtaking architectural design. During the late 17th century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini erected a series of huge Doric colonnades extending out like arms from the basilica. If you stand in the right spot, the rows that consist of four columns, appear to converge as one. This optical illusion shows the incredible architectural precision of the time!
To make the most of your trip to Vatican City, we recommend you join a tour of the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica to learn the grand history behind this marvelous city from an expert guide.

Pass By: Vatican City, Vatican City, Lazio

Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy, is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It's home to the Pope and a trove of iconic art and architecture. Its Vatican Museums house ancient Roman sculptures such as the famed “Laocoön and His Sons” as well as Renaissance frescoes in the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel, famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling.

Inclusions
  • Early entrance guaranteed
  • Expert English-speaking tour guide
  • Headsets to hear the guide
  • Skip-the-line access to St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Meet your guide at our comfortable offices near the Museums' entrance
  • Small group
  • Guaranteed to skip the lines
  • Entry/Admission - Gallery of Tapestries
  • Entry/Admission - Sistine Chapel
  • Entry/Admission - Gallery of Maps
  • Entry/Admission - St. Peter's Basilica
  • Entry/Admission - Vatican Museums

Exclusions
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuites
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • While the Vatican Museums are equipped with elevators for wheelchair access, they are not conveniently located on the group tour route and only give access to specific sections of the Museums. As a result, we cannot accommodate wheelchairs on this tour.
  • A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements.
  • Please plan on being at the meeting point 15 minutes prior to the start time.
  • We recommend that you bring your own headphones as the ones provided by the Vatican have a single earpiece only, and you may prefer to use both earbuds to hear the guide better.
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

What a Life Tours, Via Santamaura, 14B, 00192 Roma RM, Italy


Departure Time

08:00 AM


Return Details

St. Peter's Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

3 hours 30 minutes


User's Reviews

302frederiqued

28 Mar, 2024

Amazing Tour. That was a very nice introduction. Thank you. Now, I know what I have to see and in which room I have to spend time when I book again.

Global258456

27 Mar, 2024

Amazing tour with Michealla. Perfect morning. And got to see everything. Small group, skipped the lines, and very informative.

G2873POannam

24 Mar, 2024

Cinzia was a great tour guide! She was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend this tour for anyone wanting to experience the vastness of The Vatican.

Guide06473093448

24 Mar, 2024

The skip the line: private tour for The Vatican was amazing and definitely worth it! Daniela was a very knowledgeable tour guide and was able to answer all our questions. What a Life Tours had great customer service and were easy to work with.

Jo0olz

23 Mar, 2024

Absolutely loved our early morning Vatican tour with Elaine who really knows her stuff and delivers it in an engaging way. Would 100% recommend this tour to anyone visiting the Vatican, the early morning start is well worth it and it’s so worth paying that little extra for a small group so you can fully immerse yourself in the experience.

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An excellent tour of the Vatican

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Knowledgeable tour guide

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Visiting the Vatican City (Museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter's) is awesome.

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Just wow. So worth having a guide.

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Very knowledgeable and efficient

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Absolutely fantastic!

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Michele, Michelangelo, St Peters, the museums… in that order.

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Great insights and a stunning location.

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Fantastic tour of the Vatican!

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Overcrowded Early Morning Vatican Visit did not live up to its promise because too many people were permitted entry

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Vatican City & Sistine Chapel experience!

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Fantastic Tour and Guide!

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An amazing overview of the Vatican.

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Awesome guide, but What a Life needs to step their game up to match her vibe!

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Fantastic Experience!

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Elaine was awesome

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Good enough but could have been better

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A tour you won’t regret!

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Entertaining Vatican tour

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Elaine was amazing

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Fun and educational! Highly recommend.

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Lovely beyond expectations

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Great tour of the Vatican

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Energetic and fun tour

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