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VATICAN PRIVATE TOURS
At the Vatican Museums, with your private English speaking guide ( myself or one of my family members or, should they not be available, another licensed and pro tour guide ) you will have the chance to get the benefit, enthusiasm, experience and fun of someone who knows his way since years.
How and what is a private tour with us? Intimate. Passionate, deep insight tailored for any clients wishes and, at the same time, stimulating as we are all for you. The benefit you may have are immeasurable. Last, successfully, we skip the lines at the Vatican throughout our tours showing you as well the hidden Vatican.
RESERVATION AT THE VATICAN MUSEUMS - YEAR 2008 - ONLY THROUGH US AND WITH A PRIVATE GUIDE - VATICAN TICKETS WITH NO QUEUES - AVAILABLE TIMES AND DATES -
From Monday through Saturday ( except the Vatican Holidays: see calendar ), it is possible to reserve the entrance according to these new times:
Below are the available private Vatican tours with Us as your private tour guide:
1 ) PRIVATE TOUR - VIP Entrance
We normally include the Vatican highlights: The Pine Cone Courtyard, The Braccio Nuovo Museum ( if open ) with fabulous sculptures, The Vatican Painting Gallery ( Caravaggio, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, and many others ), The Pio - Clementino Museum ( highest sculptures ), The Braccio Nuovo Museum, The Candelabra Gallery, The Gallery of Tapestries, The Maps Gallery, The Raphael Rooms, the Sistine Chapel and, of course, St. Peter's Basilica with its crypt too. Here, besides many Popes' Tombs, there is the one of John Paul II.
Duration: from 4 hours to 6 hours, pending on you....
Cost: from EUR 380,00 ( 4 hours ), EUR 450,00 ( 5 hours ) or EUR 550,00 ( 6 hours )
Not included: entrance fees and reservation ( us, being Official Guides, never pay the entry fees ). NO LINES WITH OUR RESERVATION - VIP ENTRANCE AT THE VATICAN MUSEUMS !
Entrance fees with reservation: EUR 25,00 per child ( aged 7-26 with an ID document/International Student Card to show at the entrance for those aged 18-26 ), EUR 30,00 per adult.
OR
EUR 14,00 per adult ( 09,00 EUR per child ) if you don't want to have reservation and in this case we will go on the afternoon, with possible queues, around 13.30 or 14.00, when lines will be presumably over )
2) Museum Vatican, Vatican Gardens and St. Peter's Basilica
This is really something ! With Us, being Vatican Official Guides, you may want to have a really special Vatican tour seeing most of the Vatican highlights. NO LINES WITH OUR RESERVATION - VIP ENTRANCE AT THE VATICAN MUSEUMS !
How does it work ?
We will enter the Vatican Museum beating the crowds with no lines at 08.30 am and do a shorter tour at the Vatican Museums, including anyway the Sistine Chapel. Before leaving the Vatican Museums, we will have a quick pause for a snack inside the Vatican Cafeteria, otherwise it would be too long without eating a snack at the end of the Vatican Tour. Around 11.30 am we then go to the Vatican Gardens, you, your family/friends and myself, Cristiano Pellegrini, as your guide, with no lines as well here with our reservation. We will be in this Magic World ( The Gardens ) practically alone. Fantastic. Really exclusive. At the end, again, without lines, we will enter St. Peter's Basilica straight from the Gardens. Almost the top.
Duration: Appx. 7 / 8 hours - Up to 9 people - VIP Tour
Note: Available only on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and as long as these days are not coincident with any Vatican Holiday.
Costs :
- EUR 600,00 as per our guiding fee;
- EUR 25,00 ( reduced ) or 30,00 EUR per adult to get into the Vatican Museums with reservation included;
- EUR 150,00 to be given to the Guided Tour Office desk once inside the Vatican Museums at 11.00 am;
- EUR 8,00 per person to get into the Vatican Gardens ( again, Us, being official Vatican Guides, never pay them ).
3) St. Peter's Basilica, Dome Tour + The Scavi Tour ( Vatican Necropolis * ), Historical Museum of the Treasury of St. Peter & Pope's Tombs
We will get the full insight of the extraordinary Vatican City on many aspects: Arts, History, Architecture, Early Christian Times & Christian Archaeology, St. Peter's Tomb, the Vatican Necropolis, Michelangelo's Dome, Bernini's Masterpieces and St.Peter's Treasury.
The latter is one of the most famous and admired world collections within the Church, with Sarcofagi, Medieval donations of great Artistic and Religious value of several Kings and Emperors who, throughout the centuries, wanted to give a homage to St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles. Unique tour. An half day dedicated to most of the Vatican complex but the Museums. NO LINES WITH OUR RESERVATION.
* As of March 2008, the Scavi Tour must be booked only individually by visitors, not anymore by third parties like us. For more info, click here ( Vatican Web Site - Scavi Office )
Duration: 5 hours
Costs:
- Guiding fee : EUR 450,00
- Tickets to the Dome's lift: EUR 6,00 per person
- Scavi Ticket: EUR 10,00 per person
- Historical Museum of St. Peter's Treasure : EUR 5,00 p.p.
4 ) Vatican Gardens with or without the St.e Anne Vatican Necropolis ( out of the ordinary visit )
Several years ago was found on the other side of the Vatican slope a new Necropolis along the ancient Roman Via Cornelia, dating back to the 2nd C. A.D.. It's a n extraordinary burial place of part of the Ancient Roman middle-class. Now finally it's available and open only to the Vatican Official Guides ( likewise the Vatican Gardens ). NO LINES WITH OUR RESERVATION.
We may visit in combination with the Vatican Gardens and, if you like the idea, with the Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's Basilica.
Duration & costs:
a) Vatican Necropolis of St.e ANNE with the Vatican Gardens: 2 / 3 hours. Costs:
- Our Guiding fee: EUR 300,00
- EUR 150,00 to be given to the Guided Tour Office desk once inside the Vatican Museums at 11.00 am;
- EUR 8,00 per person to get into the Vatican Gardens ( again, Us, being official Vatican Guides, never pay them ).
- Ticket at the Vatican Gardens: EUR 12,00 per person
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Notes:
- Entrance fees & cost of reservation ( see above ) will be added on the spot pending on number of people;
b) Vatican Necropolis of St.e Anne with the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Gardens & St. Peter's Basilica
Duration: appx. 5 hours
Costs:
- Our Guiding fee: EUR 450,00;
- EUR 25,00 ( reduced ) or 30,00 EUR per adult to get into the Vatican Museums with reservation included;
- EUR 200,00 to be given to the Guided Tour Office desk once inside the Vatican Museums at 11.00 am;
- EUR 8,00 per person to get into the Vatican Gardens ( again, Us, being official Vatican Guides, never pay them ).
To book your private guided tour at the Vatican City with Us, Vatican Official Guides, please send us your query specifying which tour you are interested into at:
Cristiano Pellegrini : info@vaticanguide.com
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5) Vatican Historical Museum at the Lateran Palace ( the Noble Apartment of the Lateran Apostolic Palace )
The Lateran Apostolic Palace houses the collection of stupendous Tapestries, old documents, great paintings, old uniforms of the different Vatican Military Corps. It has the largest frescoed ceilings in Rome, with over 10.000 square meters ( more than 2,4 acres ) dating back the XVI century with the history of the Old, New Testaments and Popes. Constructed by Pope Sixtus V ( 1585-1590), now it's the Vicar Palace ( Vicariato ) open to the visitors with a Vatican Guide only.
Opening days: every day but Sunday and Vatican Religious Holiday at 09.00 am - 10.00 am - 11.00 am and 12.00 pm only through mandatory reservation.
Entrance: in the portico of the Basilica of St. John Lateran ( Cathedral of Rome ).
Costs:
- Our guiding fee in combination with The Holy Stair Case + St. John Basilica and its cloister: EUR 300,00 ( 3 - 4 hours )
- Ticket: the comprehensive ticket of the Vatican Museums is also valid for visiting the Historical Museum at the Lateran Palace, if used within the five consecutive days from the date of purchase (included).
6) After-Hour Tour of the Vatican Museums with the Sistine Chapel
Starting from the beginning of 2008, the Vatican Museums can be visited after-hour without the crowds only after 18.00 ( 06.00 pm ) for 2 hours max. You will see the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel with very, very few people.
Cost is from EUR 250,00 per person as for each ticket, including your guide, tickets, reservation and the two hours tours inside the Vatican Museums with the Sistine Chapel.
If you are interested, these are the available dates at this cost :
DECEMBER : 7, 21, 27
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Notes:
1 ) Entrance fees & cost of reservation ( see above ) will be added on the spot pending on number of people;
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Notes:
- Entrance fees & cost of reservation ( see above ) will be added on the spot pending on number of people
- Payment of 150,00 EUR cash to be done at the Guided Tour desk inside the Museums
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Notes:
- Entrance fees & cost of reservation will be added on the spot pending on number of people;
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Notes:
- Entrance fees & cost of reservation ( see above ) will be added on the spot pending on number of people;
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Notes:
1) Entrance fees & reservation will be added on the spot pending on number of people ( see above );
To book your private guided tour at the Vatican City with Us, Vatican Official Guides, please send us your query specifying which tour you are interested into and DATE / TIME at:
Cristiano Pellegrini : info@vaticanguide.com
p.s. please don't pay PayPal without making the right arrangements with us in terms of availability. Thanks !
A) 08.30 am-09.30 am B) 09.30 am-10.30 am C) 10.30 am-11.30 am
D) 11.30 am-12.30 pm E) 12.30 pm-01.30 pm F) 01.30 pm-02.30 pm
G) 02.30 pm - 04.00 pm
