VIP Rome Tour: Private Exploration of Colosseum & Vatican Museums
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Vatican City
Experience the best of Rome with a private VIP tour that includes visits to the Colosseum and Vatican Museums. Skip the lines and explore with a licensed tour guide and chauffeur.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Vatican Museums - One of the richest and most representative museums in the world. Rich in statues, paintings, sarcophagi, mosaics collected by the Popes since the Renaissance. If it’s your first time or you have already crossed the threshold of the Vatican in the past, you will decide which collection you prefer to visit before starting the walk inside the long corridor that will take you to the entrance of the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel is the real reason why thousands of people flock to museums every year. The Last Judgment and The Genesis. Finally, you will see Michelangelo’s marble masterpiece: La Pietà. The Basilica will surprise you with its majesty and rich decorations.
    The Guide will be at your complete disposal in order to fulfil your desire for more information. At the end of the tour you will meet your driver again and continue the tour as scheduled or return to the hotel.
What's Included
  • Accommodation or station pickup and drop-off in Rome.
  • Personalized tours with a licensed guide (5 or 8 hours).
  • Exclusive private tour, no mixed groups.
  • Luxury transport with a professional driver in a Mercedes vehicle.
What's Not Included
  • Admission Fess not included
  • Upon request we can purchase your Colosseum avoid long lines tickets
  • Upon request we can purchase your Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel skip-the-line tickets
  • Upon request we can purchase your Pantheon avoid long lines tickets
  • Port of Civitavecchia pickup and drop off Extra charge of Eur 250,00 cash per van
  • Fiumicino airport pickup or drop off (one-way) Extra charge of Eur 90,00 cash per van
Additional Information

This is an exclusive, private tour, which is customizable. It does not combine with other groups and features a licensed guide and chauffeur. Your guide will join you at every stop, walking you through the sights for a comprehensive understanding of each. The tour begins at 8AM from your hotel and lasts until 4PM, with a one-hour lunch break from 1PM to 2PM.

Please note, the cost of ‘skip-the-line’ tickets is not included, though we can purchase them on your behalf:

  • Complete Colosseum & Roman Forum experience - €37 per person
  • Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel - €37 per person
  • Early access to the Vatican with priority entry to the Sistine Chapel - €50 per person

Tickets can be paid for in Euros or US dollars to your guide, who will have them ready for you.

For the five-hour tour option, fewer sites are visited and the Vatican Museums are not included.

  • A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements.
  • Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers’ full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
  • Earphones are mandatory for groups (more than 4 guests) inside the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. The cost of the earphones rental is not included (Eur 5,00 per person)
  • The Vatican Museum is open Monday to Saturday. The museum is closed on Sundays except for the last Sunday of each month, (providing this does not coincide with Easter Sunday, 29 June or 25 & 26 December) when it opens from 9am until 2pm (final entry at 12.30pm).
  • Our office will purchase your Colosseum and Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican only 8-hour tour) skip-the-line tickets, if still available. Your tour guide will have your tickets. Tickets to be paid only cash directly to your guide.
  • Due to high demand Colosseum and Vatican Museums tickets may all be sold at the time of tour booking. Our office will inform you about the actual availability of tickets for your tour.
  • In the 5 hours tour the list of the sites to be visited is shorter and it is not possible to visit both the Colosseum and the Vatican Museums. You can choose what to visit.
  • Vehicles are collapsible wheelchair accessible, however the driver is unable to assist passengers boarding and disembarking due to insurance regulations.
  • Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Colosseum and Roman Forum.
Location
Vatican Museums
Viale Vaticano
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Andrew_w
Jun 16, 2024
Highly recommend! - This was a fantastic tour! We saw everything that we wanted to see on the tour and received expert level guidance and information from the tour guides. Highly recommend.
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Jennifer_h
Jun 14, 2024
A Mother Daughter Day in Rome - Fabulous tour! Our driver, Stefan’s, and guide Nikolai (not sure if I spelled names properly) we’re both skilled and highly professional. We were driven to the closest entrances, skipped to the front of the lines, and provided with an intriguing and informative history of each stop. This is definitely the best way to see the greatest number of locations in a day in Rome, especially for 70+ participants.
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Retu_s
Jun 9, 2024
Excellent Golf Cart tour of Rome - Excellent golf cart tour, we saw things that were off the beaten path with a great history lesson as well. The Pantheon was amazing. Not to be missed.
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Hannah_l
Jun 7, 2024
Highly recommend - Tour was amazing! Highly recommend! We were on a cruise and only had a day to spend in Rome! This tour is the way to go!
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Patrick_w
Jun 4, 2024
Best day tour ever! - This was one of the greatest personal tours my wife and I have ever experienced! We would recommend this to anyone who wants an authentic day-tour of Rome. Our guide and driver were awesome! They both were incredibly friendly and made the day so nice. Our guide was so knowledgeable of every place we visited, spending just the right amount of time preparing us for what we were about to see and giving us ample time to experience it for ourselves. We have nothing but great things to say about this tour!
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Michael_w
May 16, 2024
An exciting knowledgeable tour guide. - Nicola was a Fantastic tour guide. Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and just a fantastic guy to show us the sites and history of Rome. I would definitely use him as a tour guide if I come back to Rome.
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Cary_e
Apr 8, 2024
This will make your Rome trip - We had a spectacular 5 hour tour with Nicola today. We had a very short period of time, but he took us through all of the Major highlights of Rome. He had incredible historical knowledge and was so friendly and sweet. They arrived at our hotel early and we toured in a beautiful Mercedes sprinter driven by the lovely Stephan. At the end of our tour, he recommended and made a reservation at an amazing local neighborhood restaurant that was exquisite. Please do not hesitate to book this tour. It was exceptional.
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Poonam_s
Jan 1, 2024
Private tour with Nico - I was hesitant to book a private tour for a family of four, but you clearly get what you pay for. Nico was our tour guide and he had so much knowledge of all of the different landmarks in Rome that we learned so much. In an eight hour span we covered the major highlights that we wanted to see and then some. He also gave us personal anecdotes, was engaging with my two teenagers, and made jokes. This private tour with Nico is both my childrens’ and my husband and my favorite excursion in our time in Rome. He showed us so much in a small amount of time with a jovial disposition the whole time. Thank you so much Nico!!
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Viraj_b
Dec 15, 2023
Rome trip 2023 - We had a pleasant experience with our tours. The guide explained all the small details of Rome and Vatican city. We were not able to enter the museum as Friday was a holiday. Even though I booked this experience a few days back it was worth the money. If you are looking for a 1 day experience of both Rome and Vatican city please use this tour, it is a comfortable experience in a nice VAN with stops to accommodate children's needs.
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Kelly_m
Nov 28, 2023
Great tour! - Nicola was a fantastic guide! Worth the cost, as we only had one day in Rome and we were able to maximize our time. Everything was seamless.
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