Private Early Morning Vatican Tour Reviews

Incredible Tour and Guide

If you can get this tour with Paola, grab it! You will not be disappointed. It's not cheap but having someone of Paola's caliber take you on a private tour of the Vatican feels like riding a magic carpet! She knows everyone, every shortcut and every quiet place to speak. She made this already special tour into a memory for a lifetime. Thank you Paola!

Wonderful Vatican tour

We were really satisfied with this tour and our guide Massimo was really great! I would do this tour anytime again and we will also recommend it to all our friends and family. Thank you LivItaly!

Perfect Vatican tour

An excellent tour. Davide was just great, super knowledgeable, warm, and ran the tour at a great pace. Definitely 5+ stars!

Excellent private tour

We booked a private Vatican tour with Franco. We began quite early and Franco took us quickly through several exhibits so that we arrived in the Sistine Chapel ahead of the mobs! In fact, we could even SIT DOWN on the side benches and marvel at the artwork without hassle. By mid-morning, the crowds were so thick you could barely move, but we had already seen most of what needs to be seen, and arrived at St. Peter's by late morning, before the heavy crowding caught up! Franco's knowledge was phenomenal, and he guided us expertly throughout. The tour was a little over 3 hours, and he made sure that our physical limitations were considered to maximize our visit. He dealt with the challenge of the crowds marvelously! This tour couldn't have been better - we recommend LivItaly without reservation.

Very enjoyable

We were very happy to choose the private Vatican tour it got us past a big line and in one hour earlier than the rest of the crowd so we had time to look at everything and take pictures without a big crowd in your face. Our guide was very informative and provided lots of detail that we enjoyed a lot.

Fantastic Vatican tour

Our tour of the Vatican museum and Sistine Chapel was wonderful - Davide, our guide, as well was great. Thank you for this wonderful experience. I will for sure book with LivItaly again on my next travels!

Incredible Experience

My wife and I had Giovanni as our tour guide and we cannot say enough how wonderful he was; charismatic, comical, possessing a great depth of knowledge, with an ability to say more with a look than with an entire paragraph. He succinctly described the importance of various pieces of artwork and their beauty, while keeping a great sense of humor. I won't repeat his jokes but his spiel at the double sarcophagus of a Roman couple and the Death of Laocoon had us both dying of laughter. The tour breezed through many lines and while we took a shorter version to reach the Sistine Chapel, when we arrived there it was nearly empty. Those previous minutes are absolutely worth the cost of the tour. My wife accidentally left her phone in the Sistine Chapel and Giovanni was able to take use back to go retrieve it, such is his relationship with security. The tour of the basilica helped us make sense of the massive building and we can't say enough about the whole experience. If you can afford it, take the tour and hope you have Giovanni.

Outstanding Tour!

Samuel led our private tour today and...wow! The depth of knowledge, passion and energy was just great! He let us decide what we wanted to see and we were so happy spending time on what we wanted to learn about. So knowledgeable. We could have spent 3 days there and still not seen it all Highly recommend Samuel!!

Fantastic tour and tourguide

We took the private early morning tour of the Vatican, including the private Bramante staircase and it was phenomenal! Strongly recommend the private transfer from your apartment, so you get there quickly and to the right spot. You have to arrive 30+ min before the Vatican opens and Lucy met us there and gave us a great overview of the upcoming tour. Her stories and pictures helped us to understand what we were going to see, so we could really enjoy the tour. If you can add the Bramante Staircase, it is totally worth it! When we finally got to St Peters, Lucy was kind enough to explain where to go to pass through the Holy Door for Jubilee. All in all a fantastic experience. Molte grazie Lucy!

Thanks for a wonderful tour

Thank you so much to Andrea for leading us on such a wonderful tour. We felt very well taken care of. We started out feeling like we had the Vatican Museums to ourselves. Andrea was very knowledgeable and understanding of our cranky teen. Once we got to St. Peter’s, it was so incredibly crowded and hot - obviously not Andrea’s fault. He made sure we found our way through the crowd and safely out of the building. We also had a car service pick us up from our hotel to start the tour, which was much appreciated. Thank you for making our time at the Vatican Museums so special.