First Entry Vatican, Sistine Chapel & St. Peter’s Basilica Tour | Semi-Private Reviews

Wonderful Tour with Exceptional Guide

This tour was perfect! Not only was it easy to find the meeting point but the small group made the experience more personal for questions. Getting in before the crowds is worth the price by far! The guide we had was Massimo who made the tour infinite stars with his humor, charisma, and knowledge. He kept the tour entertaining and helped us to get the most of our time there. Even with the basilica closed for the day we had a wonderful time exploring the massive museum. With everything in there it would be overwhelming by yourself. With Massimo he focused on what we should see and helped us navigate the other crowds and tours with ease. Highly recommend and was great with my older parents as well because due to the small size of the tour we did not need the headphones some tours do

Exceptional experience!

The tour was very well organized, and our guide, Davide, was truly superb. On a three-hour tour, having a knowledgeable and engaging guide makes all the difference—especially when navigating the crowds inside the Vatican. Davide masterfully created a captivating narrative that kept us fully immersed from start to finish. Time flew by, and before we knew it, we were standing in front of the ultimate highlight: the Sistine Chapel. A truly memorable visit!

Excellent Tour of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peters Bascillica

If you're in Rome, this tour is a must. Liv tours made the meeting point at a Cafe just outside of the tour group entrance to the Vatican. This location was easily close by a stop for Rome's subway/metro making it easily acessible. Our Guide Lorenza was fantastic, she explained much of the history of the Vatican, Michaelangelo's process for painting the sistine chapel and the other works of art on display at the museum. She was excellent at navigating the museum, answering questions about the art and most importantly, moving through the crowds that show up as the tour goes on. In addition to the Sistine chapel, the Vatican Museum also include the School of Athens painting by Raphael which is also a must see. Go early and beat the crowds, it is worth it.

Unforgettable

Monica was our guide through the vatican, and we had an unforgettable time. I couldn’t imagine simply walking through such a place with out instruction. It would have been a completely different experience, but monica was awesome. She was so interesting and knew so many things. I could tell she had so much more to tell us, but you have only a limited time and a set route through there. Periodically, she would huddle us up in some open space and tell us all of the cool things about a room, or a tapestry, or a sculpture. I’m not all that in to art or churches, but I can’t tell you how interesting and worthwhile it was to do the vatican as a guided tour, but especially with such a fun person. Thanks!

Loved this tour

Great tour, loved our guide, Elisabetta! She was very knowledgeable and kept us on the move to the right areas - around all of the crowds. Told us how to do things we may want to do after the tour!

Excellent!

Our tour guide Barbara was outstanding. From beginning to end - she kept us moving and engaged. She is so knowledgeable and interesting. She is also great with teens. I highly recommend. You won't be disappointed.

Great Tour! Outstanding Guide!!

Carlotta was amazing!! Great information. She was flexible and adapted to our pace. Highly recommend!!

Maximo, what an amazing guide!

I’ve done Vatican tour before, but nothing compared with what Maximo offered today: tons of knowledge, joy, patience, and humor. We want to be back next year and hope to do this tour again with him.

Absolutely worth it!

We enjoyed a private tour with Barbara Streisand of the Vatican and several surrounding sites. She is incredibly knowledgeable about the art, history, and culture of these buildings. We loved her style, the details she chose to share with us throughout the tour and her deep love of history. I wouldn’t have appreciated a lot of the details of the artwork we were seeing without her explanations. I highly recommend booking with her if you have the opportunity, you won’t regret it! Lauren

wonderful tour

Alessandro was great, very knowledgeable