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Full-Day Combo: Complete Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum Tour

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6.75 h.
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10:30

Our Complete Vatican Museums & Colosseum tour is perfect for those who want to pack their day with culture. Our expert art historian guide will take you through our reserved entrance and straight into the Vatican Museums. Save even more time in the afternoon with our reserved entrances to the Ancient Roman sites. Explore the best of what Rome to offer without the huge crowds we have all come to know!

  • Make the most of your vacation time: see everything Rome has to offer and save money by combining our two best-selling Rome tours into one exciting day!
  • Listen to fun and informative commentary from your expert, English-speaking guide about the most important attractions in the Eternal City: the beautiful Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel as well as the Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill.
  • With groups of just 24 people or less and significantly reduced crowds at all sites, there is no better time to see the sites of Rome and to explore the Eternal City in peace without struggling to hear your guide.

Your Vatican Museums & Colosseum Experience

What's Included

  • Reserved Access and tickets to the Vatican Museums
  • Access to the Sistine Chapel & Raphael Rooms
  • Reserved Access and tickets to the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
  • Audio headsets so you can always hear your guide at the Colosseum
  • Small groups of 24 people or less
  • Expert, English-speaking tour guides
  • Gratuities

Sites Visited

  • Vatican Museums
  • Sistine Chapel
  • Colosseum
  • Roman Forum
  • Palatine Hill

This is the only one-day tour combining the two single-most important attractions in Rome – the Colosseum and the Vatican. Enjoy entry through our Reserved Entrance to the Vatican Museums, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum to make the most of your vacation time with a local English-speaking expert guide.

Follow the Footsteps of the Popes

Your day starts by meeting your expert art historian guide who has a carefully crafted itinerary through the Vatican Museums prepared. You’ll look around the incredible Raphael Rooms and a wide variety of galleries filled to the ceiling with ancient sculptures, medieval maps, pristine paintings, delicate tapestries, and precious relics.

This new and improved tour has been expertly studied and created with visitor safety in mind, while still aiming to give you an unforgettable experience at the best attractions in Rome.

In the Sistine Chapel, you’ll see the frescoes of Michelangelo that hold hidden secrets, including a personal message to the Pope. The Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel ooze charm, and to see everything here without the crowds is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Following your experience at the Vatican, you will have free time to explore on your own and have a delicious Italian lunch.

Discover the Stories of Ancient Rome

In the early afternoon, once relaxed and well fed, you’ll join your guide at the Colosseum, one of the world’s greatest wonders. Your local English-speaking guide is an expert in archaeology and history so they will take you back in time to the ancient Roman empire. As you stroll through the vast walls of the Colosseum your guide will recount the gruesome spectacles, battles, and politics that played out here.

You will go even further back in time to Palatine Hill where Rome was founded by the wolf-raised Romulus. To get there you will pass through the deserted temples of the Roman Forum, the political and economic heart of the ancient empire. It is an experience like no other in the Eternal City, and only City Wonders can provide it on an incredible one-day excursion.

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    • At the end of the tour, will I be able to explore the Colosseum on my own?

      If you wish to explore the Colosseum on your own after your tour, you should take our Express Colosseum Tour with Gladiator's Entrance and Special Arena Floor Access (with or without Breakfast). This gives you a guided tour of the Colosseum only. After the tour you can choose to either enjoy the skip-the-line entrance tickets to the Roman Forum (our guide would accompany you to enter but the visit is not guided) or stay inside the Colosseum without the guide.

       For any other tour however, our tours follow a pattern of visit and you would not be able re-enter the Colosseum without waiting in the line and purchasing an additional ticket.

    • Do you offer the Colosseum tour in other languages?

      Yes. English, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish. However, please note that this is only available for the 3hrs group/private tour.

    • Are the Vatican Group tours accessible for people with a disability?

      Please note that the Vatican Museums offers free tickets for people with disabilities exceeding 74%. Show the required documentation (certification of invalidity) to our City Wonders staff at Meeting Point to avail of this. After the tour you can contact our CW Customer Care in order to get the reimbursement of Vatican ticket cost. However, due to some itinerary restrictions, we are unable to accommodate wheelchair users or customers with restricted mobility on our Vatican Group Tours.

      We welcome wheelchair users on our Private Vatican tours. Wheelchair users are required to use a different route through the Vatican Museums. Our Private Vatican Tours fully accommodate wheelchair users and persons of reduced mobility. Your guide will bring you through the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, but not the Basilica. 

      *Important note: Neither option detailed above includes the special skip-the-line access to Saint Peter's Basilica as it is not wheelchair accessible. If you wish to visit Saint Peter's Basilica after your tour, you will need to exit the Vatican Museums, go to Saint Peter's Square and queue to enter. Entry to the Basilica is free. 

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