VATICAN

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FIRST OPTION: THE SAINT PETER CATHEDRAL WITHOUT THE VATICAN MUSEUMS AND THE SISTINE CHAPEL

2 HOURS – 150 EUROS (GROUP OF 1-4 PEOPLE)
Saint Peter’s Cathedral and St Peter’s Square.
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3 HOURS – 225 EUROS (GROUP OF 1-4 PEOPLE)
We add to the 2-hour tour:
• Climbing the dome of St. Peter’s 330 steps. Sending postcards from the dome. Ticket purchase on the spot is 10 euros per person (tourists also pay for a guide ticket).
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5 HOURS – 375 EUROS (GROUP OF 1-4 PEOPLE)
We add to the 3-hour excursion:
  • Saint Angel’s Castle – the Papal residence and protective fortress. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket office during the off-season or via the link you will receive from the guide in high season.
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SECOND OPTION: THE MAXIMUM OF THE VATICAN

4 HOURS – 300 EUROS (GROUP OF 1-4 PEOPLE)
You can buy tickets on the official website m.museivaticani.va or a guide will buy them from Vatican partners for 50 euros.

What is included:
  • the Sistine Chapel;
  • Pinacoteca (Raphael, Caravaggio, Leonardo, Giotto, Titian paintings, etc.)
  • ancient sculptures: Laocoon, Thors and Apollo of the Belvedere, Augustus of the first gate, Hekate (the prototype of the Statue of Liberty), statues with paint residues and colored eyes, rooms of animals, etc.
  • galleries of tapestries, geographical maps and candelabra;
  • Raphael Rooms;
  • •contemporary Art.
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5 HOURS – 375 EUROS (GROUP OF 1-4 PEOPLE)
We add to the 4-hour tour:
  • Cathedral and St. Peter’s Square. The opportunity to leave the Sistine Chapel directly to the cathedral is possible only for tourists accompanied by a guide!
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6 HOURS – 450 EUROS (GROUP OF 1-4 PEOPLE)
We add to the 5-hour tour:
  • 330 steps up to St. Peter’s dome. It is necessary to pay 10 euros at the cash desk for each ticket, including for the guide entrance.
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7 HOURS – 525 EUROS (GROUP OF 1-4 PEOPLE)
We add to the 6-hour tour:
  • garage with carriages and Papamobiles;
  • Egyptian and Etruscan museums.

* Tickets are not included in the tour price and can be purchased separately for adults and children aged 6-18 years old on the official website m.museivaticani.va (available for sale 60 days in advance). Before buying tickets, be sure to contact the guide and discuss the start time! When buying tickets, enter full name and surname on each participant as in the passport! Come to the tour with a passport! At the entrance, the name on the ticket will be compared with the passport! It is better to print tickets in advance! It is recommended to buy tickets as far in advance as possible: they are sold out quickly. If there are no tickets on the official website, the guide will order tickets for 50 euros from the partners of the Vatican, but in the high season it can be difficult to get them.


** From the 5th tourist and for each subsequent participant there is an additional payment of 10 euros. In addition, for a group of 5 people or more, we take radio headphones in the cathedral (1,5 euros per person). Any child (except babies under 1 year old) is a full participant of the tour.


*** Start time of the tour: it is highly recommended to start at 6 am. Otherwise, we can start at lunchtime, around 12:30-13:00.


**** Dress code – covered shoulders and knees (short-sleeved t-shirts Ok (but no tank tops or strapless!), knee-length shorts or skirts – Ok, or bring a cape).


***** During the excursion, there are stops for the toilet and a snack at the bar. There will be a break of 40-60 minutes for coffee or lunch while the guide tells you all secrets of the Sistine Chapel (it’s forbidden to talk inside of the Chapel and the guide must tell you everything about it in advance).

REVIEWS ABOUT TOURS
    • Olesya M
      Rome 2023, July
      I want to recommend Irina not only as a person who will make you fall in love with Rome and its amazing history and art history. In addition to her erudition and knowledge, which she generously shares, she knows all the ways out, especially in places where you can lose a lot of time in queues. Irina is a storehouse of nuances, my companions and I were delighted with her presentation, understanding of her business and practicality!
    • Lina
      Rome 2023, June
      You can live in the city, or you can LIVE and be in LOVE with every grain of sand. And then He reciprocates you, like a fiery and devoted lover. And the Eternal City allows you to see yourself through the keyhole, as in the Sorrentino film "The Great Beauty".
      It's not that easy to find a keyhole - you need a Guide who is in love with the City!

      Ira will welcome you as dear guests and introduce you to Him! Great Rome! Perhaps he will respond to you with condescending favor: without queues at the Vatican, he will treat you to strawberry cakes, eclairs and coffee for "his own" and a fantastic view from the Aventine…

      Walking with Ira is the greatest pleasure and privilege: everything is thought out to the micron - nothing superfluous, everything is most important!

      In an amazing way, she knows exactly what you need, which will give your Soul the highest pleasure! If you are in Rome, be sure to use your chance to get to know Rome through the loving eyes of Irina Kravchenko!
    • Irina Onishchenko
      Rome 2023, May
      If you are looking for the best guide to Rome and the surrounding area, you have found it!!! Irochka, this is truly a gift of fate! We met by chance, the guide we had booked, for family reasons could not meet with us and handed us over to Irina. We are infinitely glad that it happened! My husband and I had a ‘Roman holiday’ in May 2022, and thanks to Irina, her erudition, enthusiasm, and love for Rome, we are in love with Rome forever! She is not only a true professional in her field, a knowledgeable and highly educated guide, she is a wonderful, sincere, sympathetic person, a beauty, and with a wonderful sense of humor! In May 2023, this time with my son, we visited this magical city again. And of course, a meeting with Irochka was inevitable. And now my son is also in love with this city! A sightseeing tour of Rome and a tour of the Vatican museums is just a delight! It is a tremendous pleasure to meet with the beautiful and to communicate with Irina!
      Irochka, we are eternally grateful to you for everything! All the best to you! And see you again in Rome!
    • Yana
      Rome 2023, April
      We thank Irina for her amazing excursions and stories from which it is impossible to get away. The centuries-old stories and hidden signs of the Eternal City will open up in all their glory, and the Vatican Museums with Irina will not leave anyone indifferent.
      After a walk with Irina through the Vatican Museums, the works of Michelangelo and Raphael opened up to us with stories about the intentions of what their creators wanted to show, and not just beautiful pictures on the wall.
      Walking with Ira gives you the feeling that you are not walking with a Guide, but with a well-known person with whom you can have a pleasant conversation. For any question, you get the most detailed advice: starting from places where you can taste real traditional Italian cuisine, and ending with the practical aspects of life in Rome (personally verified).
      We recommend it from the bottom of our hearts and you will definitely not regret it.
    • Tetiana
      Rome 2023, April
      We were in Rome for 3 days, but we were delighted, if you really want to see and learn the history of Rome, IRA is the best guide, how well everything will tell and even show I can only recommend. IRA, and thank you again for the wonderful excursions.
    • Julia Ivanova
      Rome 2023, March
      We are grateful to Irina for organizing the educational part of our stay in the beautiful eternal city of Rome. Takes into account all interests and wishes. He will get any tickets when even the official website is no longer available. Excursion to the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Cathedral.Petra was special. The recommended restaurants were atmospheric and the menu was excellent.
    • Igor
      Rome 2023, February
      After watching several of Irina's videos on Instagram and YouTube, I immediately decided: on my next visit to Rome, one of its highlights will be an excursion with this wonderful guide. And so, despite some force majeure, the tour took place and Irina walked with me through the "exclusive Rome". A licensed guide who constantly learns something new and is in a hurry to share it with her tourists. At your request, you can make any route for every taste, Irina will thoroughly plan everything and show and tell everything, you definitely will not be bored :) And I won't tell you about the various pleasant "bonuses", sign up for a tour and see for yourself.
      Thank you, Irina. See you soon!
    • Olena Gorodetska
      Rome 2022, December
      I haven't visited such competent excursions in a long time!!! ! Irina simply, competently and emotionally present the composition not an information canvas. It was not just an excursion, but a day filled with positive emotions! Elena Gorodetskaya. The City Of Dnipro.Ukraine.
    • Nelly
      Rome 2022, October
      Traveling with Irina Kravchenko is winning a lottery ticket! Anyone who is ever going to visit this eternal city, we advise you to get acquainted with it exclusively under the guidance of this talented guide. We visited Rome several times and it seemed to us that we had studied it thoroughly. Well, what else can you surprise us with? That's what we thought... How wrong we were! It turned out that our knowledge of the eternal city is only our illusions. After five days in Rome and five absolutely unforgettable tours of Rome and its suburbs with Irochka, we realized that we had never seen Rome. And he opened up to us from an unexpected side.
      There are different guides - there are knowledgeable and erudite people who do their job well and honestly. But they don't stay in memory over time. And there are stars, people, as they say, "kissed by the Lord God." And our Ira Kravchenko belongs to them. She is not just a highly qualified guide who knows the answer to any question. She is not only an art critic who has thoroughly studied everything she talks about. She is a sparkling energy, she is a solid positive, she is a huge inner world. She infected us with her love for Rome and now we are "sick" of this city forever.
      And her concern for tourists is a separate topic. She is a guide, a speaker, a teacher, and just a caring "mom". Our every wish was fulfilled with ease and virtuosity.
      Dear Irochka! We envy ourselves that we traveled with you. We miss you and are already planning to meet you again. Thank you for this celebration of life.
    • Tatyana
      Rome 2022, September
      I want to thank Irochka for the magical tour, which might not have taken place, Irochka helped us buy tickets, organized everything, in just a couple of hours and our meeting took place.
      We followed her advice, so we had a morning tour, this unforgettable sunrise on St. Peter's Square. Petra with pink-orange clouds, that's something!!!
      Then, over a cup of delicious coffee, we learned about the Sistine Chapel, which was very interesting and delicious, that I left my purse with documents and money on the chair, BUT Irochka sees everything
      And then our tour began. We listened to how they say in "zahleb", but I also did not stop watching our Ira, with what pleasure she led the tour, I can only imagine what she is like, but Irochka very clearly loves her job, her business, she is really a professional of her art, because there are so many secrets how much we learned Many people do not know , so we highly recommend it .
      I can tell you for sure, you will love the Vatican and you will want to return to Rome.
      It was very nice to know that we are from the same city, from our beloved Odessa.
      With great thanks from Vitaly and Tatiana!!! See you!!!
    • Victoria
      Rome 2022, August
      We’ve been travelling a lot, but this was our first time in Rome/Vatican. I am so glad we chose Irina as our tour guide. When we just started the tour, I realised how massive the amount of art and information there was, and how lucky we are to have Irina with us. She took us to all the important and incredible places in the Vatican museums - we would be lost without her. She is very knowledgeable and it was a pleasure to listen to her because it wasn’t just facts you can read from Wikipedia, but a very interesting narrative about art and history that made our tour more memorable. Her expertise in the history of the Vatican, together with a great sense of humour, made our tour very special. It’s been few days since we visited the place, and the scenery is still popping up in my head and I keep thinking about what I saw and what it means.
      I also contacted her after our tour few times, and she was always happy to answer any questions we had.
      In general, she is a very pleasant and easy person to talk to, and I am very glad that we met her, and will definitely contact her for the future tours and recommend her to our friends and family.
    • Anna
      Rome 2022, August
      My husband and I don't really like art, or rather, we don't always understand it, but Irina made these 5 hours as easy and interesting as possible, for which I thank her very much! The Vatican surprised and impressed! This is one of the most beautiful places we've been! Irina gave the most professional advice about the tour, about the best time.
      As a result, we walked around the almost empty St. Peter's Cathedral, and did not crowd into the Vatican Museum, while having time to drink coffee in a cozy Italian courtyard. It was a magical morning with an incredible sunrise. Just thank you for these new emotions.
    • Nikolay
      Rome 2022, July
      Irina conducted two excursions, to the Vatican and a sightseeing tour! She is not only deeply immersed in the history of Rome and Italy, but is also an absolute ace of sightseeing logistics. On her advice, we started both excursions at 6:30 a.m., which helped to avoid wild queues and crowds on the street, as well as the sweltering heat at the end of July. She also did not follow the standard route of two-person guides - she always chose the most optimal route and interesting historical sites. As a result, in 10-12 hours in two days we looked at almost all the main sites of Rome, learned a lot of interesting details from its history and freed up time to travel to other cities in Italy. Special thanks for the gorgeous photos! I didn't even know that the iPhone has such functions :)
    • Valentin
      Rome 2022, July
      Irina is a great fellow and a very professional person! Responsive and kind, at the same time very competent and immersed in the history and modernity of Rome! Of course, we recommend her excursions to everyone! We were lucky enough to see the very heart of Rome with her: the Forum, the Colosseum, the Palatine. And the Ira also provided assistance to us on other issues, even after a few days. A very responsive person! We recommend it to everyone!
    • Tim
      Rome 2022, June
      We are from Odessa and Irina gave us a morning tour of Rome. Our family would like to thank you.
      You talk about the city in one breath, professionally, and with such ease, which was very interesting to us.

      We saw Rome for the first time through your eyes. You were able to convey your love, the atmosphere, the positive that the Tour greatly impressed us and was remembered for a long time!
      You are an incredibly sweet and beautiful girl, with a kind and generous heart.

      We wish you a lot of happiness and all the best! Thanks a lot

      We are wholeheartedly glad to meet you, because you decorate the city with your humanity and kindness, unreal professionalism of your business, you live by it! We would like to meet with you again one day and talk and learn a lot more about Italy and Rome.
    • Rita and Gena Bondar
      Rome 2022, May
      The beautiful Irochka Kravchenko!
      Three happy days! Delight and admiration!
      Fantastic Rome, an open-air museum city where the centuries-old history and vibrant life of the European capital are intertwined. The Vatican! the most unusual state in the world, the smallest in size and one of the most influential in terms of spiritual power, with countless treasures of Italian and world art. The stunning Borghese Gallery, a treasure trove of masterpieces of painting and sculpture, impresses with its wealth and splendor.

      These were not excursions, but exciting performances where the scenery was the eternal city of Rome, the majestic and mysterious Vatican, the delightful halls of the Borghese Gallery, where Irina Kravchenko is the main director, director and leading actress! Irochka is a guide, of the highest level, a storehouse of exciting original stories, a fan of his craft, captivates, surprises, and gives his best 100%! From the very first minutes, Irochka bewitched us with her charisma, sense of humor and positive energy. Historical facts told in the format of fascinating stories about famous events and historical figures, hidden corners and interesting details, secrets that you would definitely miss walking around Rome and the Vatican on your own, bright and unforgettable impressions are all thanks to our wonderful guide Irina. A small sketch from a tour of the Vatican: In the Vatican, in the Courtyard of a Pine Cone, there is a bronze sculpture, a golden globe "Sphere in sphere". The sculpture consists of two spheres, one in the other, of which: The smaller one symbolizes the globe, and the larger one, which is 4 meters in diameter, represents the Universe.

      Irina unwound this machine for us to our surprise and delight, and to the surprise and delight of the people around who did not even suspect that it was spinning! "And yet it's spinning!" Irochka, we are overwhelmed with feelings of gratitude and delight from the time we spent with you!
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