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Vatican Night Tour

Including the Sistine Chapel
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59.00
28 reviews

Visit the Vatican Museums on Friday night! This very special series of after-dark openings are available exclusively from Spring to Fall. Make sure..

  • Less crowds than in the day time.

  • Human-sized groups of 20 people or less.

  • Vatican Insider guide with special insight. 

  • Vatican beautifully illuminated at night

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09 january 2023
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About the tour

Visit the Vatican Museums on Friday night! This very special series of after-dark openings are available exclusively from Spring to Fall. Make sure your evening visit to the Vatican is extra special with this carefully crafted itinerary of the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel.

Using our pre-reserved entrance, we'll enter after official opening hours - when the evening light casts a magical glow over the Vatican Museums, which are lit especially for the occasion. Experience the Sistine Chapel in the intimacy of the night while accompanied by an expert guide with perfect English. Our guests will also be able to admire the Upper Galleries of the Vatican Museums including the Gallery of the Tapestries and Candelabra, as well as the Hall of the Maps, the Octagonal Court, and Raphael’s Rooms.

Your Vatican Friday Night tour will come to its conclusion at the entrance of the Vatican Museums


Fridays & Saturdays from April-October

2.5-3 hour - departure 6:00PM (Spring - Fall)

English


what’s included
  • Less crowds than in the day time.
  • Human-sized groups of 20 people or less.
  • Vatican Insider guide with special insight. 
  • Vatican beautifully illuminated at night
what’s excluded
  • Less crowds than in the day time.
  • Human-sized groups of 20 people or less.
  • Vatican Insider guide with special insight. 
  • Vatican beautifully illuminated at night
ROVING584045

Tripadvisor 1 Jan, 2023

Great tour and guide!

Great experience, our guide was excellent throughout the whole tour.

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Itinerary

Starting Point

Via Tunisi, 4. Plan on arriving to our meeting point at least 15 minutes in advance of your selected departure time. Meet our representative on the steps at corner of Via Tunisi and Via Sebastiano Veniero. They will be holding a sign with the green EcoArt logo.




Ending Point

The tour concludes at Vatican Museums entrance. 

This tour of the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel includes but is not limited to the following rooms: Gallery of the Tapestries and Candelabra, Hall of the Maps, the Octagonal Court, Pinecone Courtyard, Sistine Chapel and Raphael’s Rooms.

Additional information
  • Comfortable shoes are recommended.
  • Leave big bags/backpacks at your hotel! Only small purses are permitted inside the Museums.
  • Something to cover your knees and shoulders.
  • Photos are permitted is almost all rooms of the Vatican Museums, except for the Sistine Chapel. No bulky or clearly professional photographic or video equipment (especially tripods or large videocameras, equipment backpacks) will be permitted inside the Museums.

Fridays & Saturdays from April-October

  • We are unfortunately unable to accomodate guests with wheelchairs.
  • Guests must be able to climb and descend stairs on their own.
  • It is recommended to wear comfortable shoes.
  • Large bags and backpacks are not permitted.
  • To enter the Vatican Museums, shoulders and knees must be covered.

Tour goes forward rain or shine! In order to be eligible for a full refund your tour must be modified/cancelled by no less than 24 hours before your scheduled departure time. Refunds will not be provided for changes or cancellations made after this time.

Reviews
Sightsee319507
TripAdvisor
04 Apr, 2024
Amazing Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

We had Maria Laura as our Tour Guide We found her to be fantastic She was very friendly and had great artistic and historical knowledge Both the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel were truly amazing Almost a surreal experience Well worth doing


JillB2638
TripAdvisor
28 Oct, 2023
Just what I wantedneeded

Easy access with Marcelo as our tour guide Recieved much information in ears were not loud enough nor comfortable but they were from the museum itself would never have known all this by myself Tour group was small just perfect Marcelo was kind and his English was very good


montkl
TripAdvisor
17 Oct, 2023
Evening tour of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel

Ricardo did a terrific job introducing us to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel He was easy to understand and was able to navigate our group efficiently through the very crowded area


Lauren_V
Viator
03 Oct, 2023
Go on the tour

Even if you dont go on this tour you need to see the Vatican There were no snacks btw Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and the tour took about 23 hours After it was completed since the Vatican was still open and tickets were purchased


coreykS8780IJ
TripAdvisor
29 Sep, 2023
The right way to do these 3 places Worth it and highly recommend

This is definitely the way to do a visit to the Vatican and Sistine Chapel and Saint Peters Even on a day when the grounds were packed it was well organized and efficient The Vatican Museum is very interesting and the Sistine Chapel is wonderful The best part for me was concluding the tour at the front of St Peters and getting to skip the line and walk right in and spend as much time as I wanted in there Our tour guide Giuseppe was outstanding I learned so much and even with all the hustle and bustle around the Vatican and all the crowds inside and outside he stayed calm and steady and engaging throughout the whole tour He even told us a sweet story about his own experience meeting the Pope when he was a young boy



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