Vatikanische Museen, Sixtinische Kapelle & Basilika ohne Anstehen

Although it was well organised and the skip the line pass was valuable and we were guided around the sites, I would not recommend this trip. I felt it was very rushed and very crowded - possibly the nature of all trips to the Vatican Museum. I booked a tour guide not to walk us around but to tell us interesting insights that we wouldn't glean from the standard information but there was none forthcoming sadly. I probably would have learned more in the rooms on my own. In retrospect I would have just done the Sistine Chapel and the Basilica as it was too much especially for my daughter and my mother.

Unfortunately I didn’t have a very good experience with the tour. There were multiple miscommunications between the tour organizer and the tour guide which resulted in a delay of over an hour. I sympathize with our tour guide, Giulio, who did the best he could but between confusion on our group attendees, losing our tickets, and not having enough headsets, we were off to a very poor start. Giulio did a good job and was clearly extremely knowledgeable but we were a bit rushed since we started over an hour late. On top of that, the headsets were very cheap and made it difficult to hear. If I had to recommend a Vatican tour to any of my friends I would definitely say just go on your own without a tour and use the headsets provided- you’ll save a ton of money and get to go at your own pace. If you’re dead set on getting a tour from a real tour guide, I’d recommend going with any other group than this one.

The tour was very informative and includ3d all of the highlights. I appreciate that the weather is beyond the control of the tour operator, but it was unbearably hot at pounts duting the tour. It would have been better if it included opportunities to sit down at strategic points / during longer explanations. I would also have liked longer to explore some of the galleries, but we did book only a 3-hour tour. overall, an amazing experience. Thanks.

Highly unorganized. The meeting point across the street from the Vatican Museum was confusing with dozens of tours using the same spot as a starting point. The tour organizer was using their phone to list the tour members and it was clearly confusing when members from another group took possession of “whisper” hearing aids and then our group was left with insufficient listening devices. The tour provider failed to print the entry tickets which only increased the challenges at getting through security inside. No one required Identification for joining the group so I am fairly certain that two people in our group should not have been when the guide realized we were two tickets short! Absolute disaster, considering the amount of money we paid this should be better organized. We started our tour an hour and half later than we had scheduled! We Considered walking away from the tour at this point and demanding a refund. Nowhere did the tour company mention you should bring water!

The tour was boring and we wasted time on art pieces that weren't important, rushed by many that were, and literally walked past the Modern Art section of the museum as if it didn't exist. Spent an hour at the start of the tour standing mostly in one area before the tour itself started listening to the tour guide yammer on and on about what we were about to see. Rushed through the Sistine Chapel in less than 10 minutes. Finally made it to St Peter's Basilica and began looking at things on my own, and I was so excited when the tour guide said to turn in our sound piece so I could explore on my own. I would not recommend this tour to anyone.