What You'll do in this tour
Our tour starts from the exit of your ship in Civitavecchia where one of our driver guides will be waiting, bearing a sign with your name, ready to escort you into the city. After your tours our driver guide will return you to your ship in plenty of time for your departure. This tour is generally used for all days except Wednesday and Sunday.
Even though Rome was not built in a day, we will sure do our best to show you the best of Rome and the Vatican city in a day. We will create an unforgettable and stress-free journey for you when you take this tour! Our Full Immersion Day (City Tour + Vatican) combines a driver guided tour with a walking tour to cover the major highlights of Rome along with a more detailed look at the Vatican sites. The tours are led by expert English speaking guides who will help to create a personalized experience while taking into account your specific interests.
Our tours will allow you to be able to catch a glimpse of daily Roman life hidden behind ivy-clad corners, open-air markets, and underground passageways long forgotten through the centuries. These incredible services enable you to tour the city with a native Roman tour escort showing you the real face of the city they are so passionate about. The tours are available in English or Italian, and are delivered with an insight and style that keeps our tours entertaining, fun, and informative.
Tour Description:
You will be picked up from the port and will head into the center of Rome to start out on a wonderful tour in the center of Rome. We will touch all the major sites of the city with time for a cappuccino. At 1:30pm we will stop for a quick bite to eat. At 2 pm The driver guide will drop you off at the starting point of your walking tour of the Vatican where you will meet your guide to explore the Vatican sites by foot.
The Vatican Museum consists of 1,400 rooms, spanning 4 miles, filled with more than 70,000 works of art and 17,000 visitors every day - these are just some of the statistics of one of the major attractions in the world’s smallest sovereign country. You will start here with your walking guide at your side to create a peaceful, informative 2 hour tour of the Vatican sites which includes access to the Sistine Chapel. This guided tour through one of the richest museums in the world offers you the ability to fully absorb some of the most magnificent art collected from Roman antiquity to the Renaissance period. The museum boasts some of the finest examples of Roman sculpture as well as masterpieces by Raphael, Caravaggio, and Leonardo da Vinci. Perhaps most beautiful is the lovingly restored Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo’s famous frescoed ceiling. Your guide will discuss what you will see prior to entering and you will have some time to take in the beauty of the Chapel before continuing on to the last stop on the tour. Saint Peter’s Basilica will be the last stop on your tour.
After the Vatican tour your driver guide will pick you up and take you back to the ship with an arrival time of 5:15pm
This type of tour is suggested for those that wish to have more in depth discussions while visiting the Vatican sites with the guide at their side and prefer to have an overview (not a walking tour) of the ancient Rome and other city sites during their driver guided city portion of the day.
- VATICAN TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY CLIENTS EXACTLY 60 DAYS PRIOR THE DAY OF THE TOUR FOR 2:00PM USING THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL LINKS:
- https://tickets.museivaticani.va/home/calendar/visit/Biglietti-Musei
- https://www.getyourguide.com/vatican-museums-l2738/skip-the-line-vatican-museums-sistine-chapel-ticket-t62214/?ranking_uuid=6fbc5668-23fd-4ce4-aec6-742fa4641dc9
WE WILL PROVIDE YOU THE GUIDE FOR 2:00PM BUT PLEASE CONFIRM NOT LATER THAN 45 DAYS PRIOR YOUR SERVICE WITH US THE PURCHASE OF YOUR TICKETS OR THE COST OF THE GUIDE WILL BE CHARGED ANYWAY.
Additional Information To Note:
PLEASE BRING A COPY OF YOUR ID OR PASSPORT FOR EACH PERSON OF YOUR GROUP. THIS CAN BE REQUESTED BY STAFF OF THE VATICAN or COLOSSUM AT YOUR ENTRANCE.
- As The Vatican is a holy place, there is a dress code that should be respected. Therefore, it is required that shoulders be covered and no short shorts or skirts are appropriate on the tour. Usually it is best even for men to have knees covered.
- You will go through security upon entry.
- If someone in your party uses a wheelchair, please note that we can reserve one for you but they are only available for use through the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel you will only be able to complete those portions of this tour. Using a wheelchair will also mean the pace of the tour is slower so please be sure to notify the guide if you have a preference as to what the most important sites are that you wish to experience as you may have to shorten up other stops.
- This tour is generally used for all days except Wednesday and Sunday.
- Ticket prices are referenced below and on pages 3 & 4 of the brochure sent in our initial communication with you.
- The 2 hour private tour of the Vatican can be booked for any day except on Sundays or other closed days or free days. (See the other shore excursion option with an Ancient Rome 2 hour walking tour as an alternative on these days).
- Admission tickets, lunches and gratuities are not included in the price of the tour.
- Please note it is prohibited to bring tri-pods, backpacks, camping or other bulky bags or luggage / trollies. You are allowed to enter with medium and small size backpacks carried on a shoulder which must be checked by metal detectors and or opened and visually inspected by the Urbe Security Institute, responsible for the entrance inspection at the Colosseum & by Vatican authorities in the Vatican city.
- Please be prepared to show a photo ID (or photocopy) such as a passport, student ID or driver`s license upon entry at the Vatican or Colosseo Museums as you may be asked for one.
- Headsets may be required if your party size is more than 5 people or for particularly busy days. They will vary in price from 1.50E per person to 3.00E per person depending on if you needed them for both the Vatican Museum. We will organize this with the Vatican as we are obligated to use the headsets that they provide. Headsets are to amplify the guide’s voice; they are not a pre-recorded tour.
- Once purchased, tickets for the Vatican are Non-Refundable and Non-Exchangeable and need to be collected for regardless of possible changes to your travel plans as these are often purchased well in advance to secure your entry time.
VATICAN DISCLAIMER
We would like to mention the following: While Vatican City is the home of some major attractions such as the Vatican Musuems, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica, it is first and foremost the largest operational Christian church in the world. As a result, it can and will close any portion, at any time, with little or no notice or information provided to us especially around church holidays. If we receive notice of this happening for your date, we will attempt to notify you as soon as possible. We may not be able to make last minute changes once the tour is organized since our guides and tickets will have been aligned well in advance but our guide work with you to come to an agreeable solution and inform you of the options available. If this situation should occur for your tour date we will show you as much as possible based on what we have access to. 99% of the time everything goes exactly as planned and for that 1% we will do our best to adjust within the given circumstances. We realize that this may be less than ideal but unfortunately, we have no control of the Vatican’s schedule.
The Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel are closed on Sundays and the Basilica on Wednesday mornings. We do not offer tours to the Vatican on free days the last Sunday of the month when tickets are not available for purchase.
The itinerary of this tour includes the Colosseum just from the outside.
Type and Length of Tour: 9.5 Hour Tour with a private van and Tour Escort
Traveling time from the Port of Civitavecchia to the city center of Rome:
- Approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes depending on traffic and day of the week.
Departure time from the port: 8:00am
Return to the port: Leave the center around 4:15pm arriving to your ship around 5:15pm
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