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Adult
From 18 years old.
€ 199
Child
From 7 to 17 years old.
€ 99
Infant
From 0 to 6 years old.
Free
Rome’s Iconic Sights: Vatican & Colosseum Day Tour
Are you ready for an unforgettable adventure through the heart of Rome? Book this combined experience and start your day with a guided tour of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. The tour starts early so you can enjoy the Vatican Museums with fewer people.
For three hours, you will explore collections that contain masterpieces by artists like Raphael, Michelangelo, and Caravaggio. The highlight will be the Sistine Chapel, where you can get an up-close view of the iconic ceiling painted by Michelangelo. Finally, you will visit St. Peter’s Basilica, where you can admire its interior, including Michelangelo’s famous Pietà.
In the afternoon, we embark on a journey to the glorious past of ancient Rome with a visit to the Roman Colosseum, skipping the long lines to buy tickets, to explore this majestic amphitheater. Here, you will discover the stories of gladiators and spectacles that once filled this colossal monument with history. On this tour, you’ll be one of the few visitors allowed to step onto the Arena floor.
Afterwards, you’ll ascend up the slopes of the Palatine Hill, where according to the legend Romulus founded the city. To put an end to your day in Rome, you’ll walk through the Roman Forum, hearing stories that tell you about the past splendor of these ruins that once were the center of the mightiest city in the world.
Tour Highlights:
- Book an 8-hour guided tour of the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum in Rome
- Be awed by Europe’s finest Renaissance masterpieces in the Raphael Rooms
- Skip the long lines to enter St. Peter’s Basilica, sometimes up to 2 hours long
- Marvel at the grandeur of stepping into the Colosseum’s arena, where gladiators once fought
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- Guided Tour in English, Japanese, Korean or Chinese
- Admission to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
- Admission to St. Peter’s Basilica
- Admission to the Colosseum (level 1, 2 and Arena)
- Admission to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
- Licensed guide and eco-friendly headsets to follow the explanations
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- Transportation
- Food and drinks
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Due to the strict cancellation policies on the Vatican Museums tickets, you can cancel your tour but the following cancellation fees will apply (based on calendar days starting at 23.59 on the day before your tour):
-Up to 15 days before the tour: 25% cancellation fee
-Between 14 and 8 days before the tour: 50% cancellation fee
-7 days or less before the tour: 100% cancellation fee -
Giuly’s Café on Via Santamaura, 3. Look for the guide holding a sign with a The Touring Pandas logo.
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This tour involves a fair amount of walking on irregular terrain, including several steps. Some areas of the sites are not accessible for wheelchair users.
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Comfortable shoes, water (there are fountains available throughout the tour to refill your bottle), cap and sunscreen.
Dress code at the Vatican premises: all visitors are required to wear clothes covering knees and shoulders. The staff at the entrance may prevent visitors from accessing if their outfit is not appropriate for these religious environments. In those cases, no refund is applicable as this is out of our control.
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1. Meeting point: Giuly’s Café on Via Santamaura
Our meeting point is just a few meters away from the access point to the Vatican Museums. Meet us in front of Giuly’s Café, a quiet spot 5 minutes away from the Ottaviano Metro station (line A).2. Vatican Museums
Be prepared to stroll through the corridors of the Vatican Museums surrounded by paintings, sculptures and artifacts from across the globe. From Egyptian mummies to Raphael’s frescoes, the Pope’s collection welcomes visitors from all over the world.3. Sistine Chapel
At the end of your itinerary through the Vatican Museums, you’ll reach the Sistine Chapel. Before accessing the room, your guide will prepare you to take in one of the biggest and most important works of art on the planet.4. Square of Saint Peter
After the Sistine Chapel, your guide will lead you around the museums to join a special line with fast-track access. Thanks to this, you will skip a line that usually takes between 1 and 2 hours of waiting.5. Saint Peter’s Basilica
Finally, be ready to explore the center of the Vatican, St. Peter’s Basilica, in the company of your guide. After a good dose of art at the museums, it’s time now to take in some of the best of Renaissance architecture (and yes, even more art!).6. Lunch break
After visiting St. Peters Basilica, you will have two hours of free time to have lunch and commute to the afternoon meeting point.7. Meeting point afternoon:Meeting point: Snack Bar Illy
Our tour starts at the Snack Bar Illy, on Largo Corrado Ricci, 30. Here you can get some refreshments before the tour starts.8. Via dei Fori Imperiali
The terraces of this avenue offer outstanding views of the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill. Here your guide will make an introduction to ancient Rome.**9. Colosseum **
Few monuments in the globe are as impressive as Rome’s Colosseum. After almost two thousand years, this amphitheater still stands to marvel at the millions of people that visit it every year.10. Roman Forum
Walking through the Roman Forum, you may have the feeling that an earthquake just shook the foundations of ancient Rome. This used to be the heart of ancient Rome political and institutional life, which set the basis for Western modern democracies.11. End point: Palatine Hill
This is the actual spot where the history of Rome began. According to the legend, it is in this hill where Remus and Romulus were fed as babies by the capitoline wolf, and where later Romulus founded the city in the year 750 BC. Not only Romulus, but then many great emperors built their houses on this hill in the center of Rome, where we can still appreciate their remains. -
- Full name of every participant is required: Please input the full name of every participant in your group during checkout. The names must match those printed in your passport/ID. The staff on the sites check every visitor’s ID, and those who don’t match the names printed on the tickets may be prevented form accessing the sites. No refunds are applicable if your names haven’t been entered correctly. Please make sure to input the full names as printed on your passport with latin characters.
- Dress code at the Vatican. All visitors are required to wear clothes covering knees and shoulders. The staff at the entrance may prevent visitors from accessing if their outfit is not appropriate for these religious environments. In those cases, no refund is applicable as this is out of our control.
- Reaching the sites by public transportation takes about 45min.Make sure to allow enough time to get there on time.
- All participants must access the sites with the guide. Failing to show-up at the meeting point in time will result in losing your spot. Latecomers and no-show can’t be accommodated and are not eligible for a refund.