Vatican Highlights, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's Basilica | Semi-Private Tour Reviews

Exceptional Tour of the Vatican

Our tour guide, Luca, was exceptional in pulling history, legends and the stories surrounding the Vatican together to give us great understanding and insight to the Vatican. Spanning the time before Christ through the various ages that influenced the Vatican, Luca put it all int perspective. I will say that the immensity of the Vatican cannot be absorbed in a 3.5 hour tour. Luca gave us a great basis for our next tour of the Vatican. Take the tour and enjoy the Vatican without all the hassle of the lines and waits of doing it on your own.

Vatican express tour

The Vatican museums were packed with visitors. Our tour guide Fabrizio was great throughout the tour. He was knowledgeable, kind and such a professional as we had some needs come up with traveling with an infant . Sistine chapel and St Peter’s Basilica were gorgeous! This was a second Liv Tours for us and loved it .

Beautiful tour!

Rosalba gave us a lot of art history and religious history in a challenging situation. The Vatican was very crowded and she was wonderful at keeping us informed and moving through the crowds.

So much to see!

Patrizia made sure our group stayed together and had places to sit when needed. The lines to enter the Vatican were long as well as the line to get headsets. Surprised LivTours didn’t have their own headsets. There was a lot to see, and at times we felt rushed but we enjoyed the small details and history.

Best tour guide of the trip! Vatican Museum

This was a wonderful and very thorough tour! Our tour guide, Georgio, made it so fun and entertaining and really brought the museum and church to life. We had kids with us and they really enjoyed Georgio and he made it a great day for them.... very accommodating for stops and kept their attention and interest throughout the day. We all agreed that Georgio was the best tour guide we had on our entire trip! He was so nice and made it a wonderful day for us! We got to see everything we had wanted to in the Vatican, and really enjoyed our time in the Basilica. It was beautiful and having a guide was very helpful to understand the full magnitude of this massive church and museum. Grazie, Georgio and LivTours.

Great experience

Ribal was a great tour guide. His knowledge, insights, and willingness to answer every questions really enhanced an already unforgettable experience.

Best guide ever

Our guide Rebecca (Becky) was extremely knowledgable and passionate about Roman history and it showed through in abundance in her tour. She was able to bring depth to the stories and made the 3 hours pass by all too quickly. One other person joined our family group but we all had ample time to ask as many questions as we wanted and to linger over those sights we wanted to spend more time with. The tour gave us quick access into St Peter’s which we were grateful for in the intense heat. Overall it was definitely value for money, and I would recommend it to friends particularly if they’re lucky enough to have Becky.

Alessandra & Highlights of Vatican were great!

Alessandra (Ally) was our tour guide for the “Highlights of Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel & St.Peter’s Basilica” (max 6 people). We did our tour on our last day in Rome, August 2 Saturday at 2:30 pm. Ally was awesome! Was very knowledgeable & professional. Answered our questions (including from the pre-teen boy in our group) without being condescending. She really pointed out the highlights, interesting historical backgrounds & current status of items in this truly-packed tour. She knew the good spots where to take photos. Thank you, Ally & LivTours, for making our 1st-ever Vatican visit a memorable one! Extra thanks to Ally for maximizing our limited time at the Vatican!

An impressive tour

We truly loved our tour of the Vatican Museums with Maria Gabriella. Her knowledge of the Vatican Museum was impressive. Despite the large crowds in a few rooms, Maria Gabriella remained composed and "en pointe” and was able to navigate the room quickly. We learned so much from her extensive knowledge of the Museum’s art and history. She brought the collection to life through her exceptional gift of storytelling. Highly recommend!

Vatican experience

We truly loved our tour of the Vatican Museums with Maria Gabriella. Her knowledge of the Vatican Museum was impressive. Despite the large crowds in a few rooms, Maria Gabriella remained composed and "en pointe” and was able to navigate the room quickly. We learned so much from her extensive knowledge of the Museum’s art and history. She brought the collection to life through her exceptional gift of storytelling. Highly recommend!