Sistine Chapel & Vatican City Tour for Kids & Families Fast Access Private Tour
See the Vatican and Sistine Chapel with your children on a 3-hour tour specifically designed for families. Your entire family can learn together about the Vatican Museum’s impressive works of art while participating in a fun interactive tour. You’ll visit the Vatican Museums, including Raphael's Rooms and the Gallery of Maps, the Sistine Chapel The tour includes pre-booked tickets so your family will avoid the long entrance lines.
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Sistine Chapel & Vatican City Tour for Kids & Families Fast Access Private Tour
What's included in Sistine Chapel & Vatican City Tour for Kids & Families Fast Access Private Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Vatican Museums
Your expert local guide for children and families will customize the tour for your family, so that it’s unique to you and your interests. The interactive tour includes activities to encourage learning and participation. The whole family will enjoy solving quizzes, answering trivia questions, participating in scavenger hunts, and many more creative activities to keep the whole group engaged. Your tour will begin near the Vatican City, where you will meet your guide. Then, using your pre-booked tickets, you will avoid the entrance queues and enter the Vatican Museums.. You may check any luggage or belongings in the Vatican cloakroom, if necessary, before the tour begins.
Stanze di Raffaello
From the start of the tour, your guide will engage the children in games to identify important Vatican artwork, which includes wonderful Greek and Roman sculptures, and the sarcophagi of Empress Helena and Constantina, the mother and daughter of Constantine the Great. The Gallery of the Candelabra, Gallery of the Tapestries, Sobieski Hall, and the breathtaking Raphael's Rooms will follow.
Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel is next. It’s one of the most popular attractions in Italy. As you view Michelangelo's breathtaking fresco, “The Last Judgment,” you’ll learn about stories from the Bible, including the creation of Adam. The Sistine Chapel is still used today as the venue for papal elections.
Inclusions
- Professional kids friendly guide
- Skip the line tickets
- Pick up and drop off excluded
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- READ CAREFULLY: Because of the growing popularity of the current pope Francis and his intense activity in organising mass events in the Vatican some areas might get closed last minute without previous notice. This has already happened this year and can happen again during you Vatican tour: the Sistine chapel and/or the Basilica of Saint Peter might not be accessible. In case of such events our tour guide will provide you with a valuable alternative focusing the tour inside the Vatican museums.
- A dress code is required to enter worship placed and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders must be covered for both men and women. You mau risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
- Due to the Jubilee new access rules, the Basilica is not included in this tour. You can visit it after the tour queueing at St Peter's square.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- At the Vatican Museums entrance. Below the white gate topped by the statues of Raphael and Michelangelo. Your tour guide will have a sign with your name.