The Vip Super Early Vatican and Sistine Chapel Tour are the best you could have if you are looking for an exclusive experience. This unique guided tour starts at 7:00 AM and it is organised for a small group of 12 people only, this way you can interact with your expert English speaking guide as if you were on a private tour.
If you are choosing the 7:30 AM tour, your group will be maximum 20 people.
This special tours will allow you to enjoy the Vatican highlights with almost nobody around while most of the other tours offered in the Vatican are held with thousands of other tourists at the later hours.
Posted By : S7153CIpatrickd
We used this company for our tour of the Vatican. Our tour guide, Barbara, was absolutely incredible!
She was super kind, knowledgeable, and extremely passionate about history and the Vatican.
The tour included the museum, chapel, and basilica. I learned a ton from the tour and the tour guide was very engaging.
I couldn't imagine touring the facility without her assistance and I definitely wouldn't have had the positive experience I had without the information she shared on the tour.
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 14:47:11 
Posted By : Richard_G
I went to the Vatican in 2022 and got an early access ticket (booked direct from the Vatican website) because I wanted to see the museum as empty as possible. That tour was superb - every room was practically empty and it was an amazing experience that I wanted to relive with my early-20s age kids. Unfortunately, I couldn't find that tour advertised on their website again, so booked with the 'Italy with Family' tour company.
Again, I booked early access tickets (7am meet for a 7.30am start). The tour rep (Michael) gave us our headsets at 7.30 and we had to then walk to the Vatican entrance for an 8am entry - already 30 minutes later than was advertised!
Once in the museum (behind dozens of other guided tours), the first thing the guide (Georgio) did was spend 15 (!) minutes standing and telling us all about St Peter's basilica and showing us Wikipedia pages of Michelangelo's Pieta (also in St Peter's!) on his mobile phone!. Meanwhile, hundreds more people were walking past us into the place we'd paid a lot of money to visit EARLY!
Once we'd actually started the tour, the guide then stood 20 yards behind the other groups and vaguely pointed to things that we couldn't see because he couldn't be bothered getting closer and actually showing them to us. We were rushed through the crowds for another 15 minutes or so (we got to the tapestry room), before we decided the tour guide was useless and we'd just end up missing everything. We deliberately split off from the group and looked round ourselves (actually seeing what we'd paid to see)!
The tour rep, (Michael) again, called me - presumably after the tour had finished - to say we'd got lost and to hand the headsets in. I told him we'd deliberately left the 'tour' and were still only 3/4 of the way through the museum. He didn't have much to say about the whole thing, but he didn't sound surprised, so I guess this has happened before.
Please don't waste your money on this 'early access' tour - there are much better operators out there. However, if you like the tour guide showing you internet pages of other places in Rome instead of the one you've paid to visit, this is just the company for you!!!
Needless to say, I'd give zero stars if I could.
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Posted On : 2024-06-21 13:15:04 
Posted By : arnoe439
It's was not a early entrance as been expected, but still when the doors opened (at 8.00) we could fast skip the lines. The guide (female) was very passioned and explained a lot. Also questions been answered well. That was great.
So it's wasn't a VIP tour, because of the 'normal' crowd around us, but we'll still could enjoy al the artwork. I think when entering the museum later, it would be more crowded. So at the end I felt satisfied, but payed a lot for it. I won't do it again, and I'll find a cheaper option next time to start at 08.00 our with a guide. They are plenty.
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Posted On : 2024-06-10 18:03:17
Posted By : P1390ACrichards
I can’t imagine seeing the Vatican museums and the Sistine chapel without this tour. The throng of people and crowds were truly overwhelming, but our guide was able to navigate the craziness for our group. She said she had a PhD in archaeology, but she was knowledgeable enough to have a PhD in art history, and I think she has a major crush on Michelangelo but a few hundred years too late!
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Posted On : 2024-06-07 08:57:50
Posted By : Taylor_V
We had such an amazing tour! It is SO WORTH IT to take the early tour. It gets you in line before the museum open and saves you from some of the crowds. Our tour guide was an archeologist and she knew so much she did such a great job at making sure we got all of the information and keeping us on time. It was seriously amazing! Would go again!!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-19 03:12:38
Posted By : Christy_A
George was a great guide. His explanation of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel provided good context. The page was spot on, and I would recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-04-08 06:25:46
Posted By : SantiagoTeacher
Excellent tour! Our guide Simona was a paragon of knowledge, kindness and willingness. Everything explained in great detail and addressing our questions and requirements. It was an unforgettable experience!!! A success.
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Posted On : 2023-10-18 12:26:20
Posted By : 694randallf
Mitra, our guide, was the best guide we have had in Italy. She is smart, funny and a bit edgy. She made our Vatican tour super informative as well as fun. We recommend her highly!
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Posted On : 2023-10-16 17:19:28
Posted By : susan s
Enthusiastic guide, very knowledgeable. We missed the basilica due the pope’s presence but we knew it was a possibility as we had a Wednesday morning tour. Easy to find group directions.
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Posted On : 2023-10-15 13:45:19
Posted By : Beth_G
This tour did not end up being what we expected. We intentionally booked the 7AM to get in super early with a small group. Our tour guide for 7 AM was a no-show so the tour company combined us with the 7:30 tour. This made our tour a large group of 20, leaving 30 mins later with many other tours. The order of this tour was St Peters first (it’s huge so not super crowded at 7:45 when we arrived) - then we left the basilica and walked outside for 15 mins all the way to the museum entrance, getting there at 9 when it was already a total zoo. Really regretted losing that half hour as we lost out on the crowd free experience we wanted.
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Posted On : 2023-08-08 03:31:21
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