Vatican Tour with Teens

Our private family Vatican tour with teens caters for parents traveling with children aged 12 and upwards. Beat the crowds for a private skip the line tour with an experienced guide who knows how to get high-school visitors keyed up on art and history. You will explore the treasures of the Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica while being entertained.

Without doubt the Vatican is a highlight of a family vacation in Rome. If you are traveling with an intellectually curious teenager this is a great tour designed to engage teens’ interest and promote a fun family conversation. Our carefully planned itinerary will allow your tween and teens to dicrypt the Vatican’s masterpieces and to learn and think more about art.

Private Guided Vatican Family Tour Designed Exclusively for Teenagers

WHAT IS INCLUDED

✅ A Personalized Private Walking Tour (3 hours)
✅ Family-Friendly Local Tour Guide
✅ Skip-the-Line Access tickets to the Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
✅ Skip-the-line Access tickets to St. Peter’s Basilica

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED
❌ Transportation
❌ Headsets (when needed) – Earphones are compulsory at the Vatican for all groups composed of six or more participants.
❌ Meals & Drinks
❌ Tips (optional)

Highlights

Pinecone Courtyard
Belvedere Apollo
Laocoön
Belvedere Torso
Greek Cross Hall
Gallery of Candelabra
Gallery of Tapestries
Gallery of Maps
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Basilica
Michelangelo’s Pietà
Bernini’s Baldachin
St. Peter’s Square

WHAT TO EXPECT

The Vatican Museums Popes’ art collection is one of the largest in the world. With over 6 million visitors a year and mazes of galleries, having one of our friendly experts at your side to guide you through will provide an invaluable experience. Focusing on works and rooms that tell amazing stories, you will hear about the artists and Popes bust also understand the unique history of the Vatican City.

You will discover less-visited parts of the Museums in addition to the must-sees: sumptuous galleries full of priceless art, extraordinary sculptures, and Michelangelo Sistine Chapel will no longer bear secrets from you and your children. Along the way, our guide will point out the highlights gearing the dialogue and pace toward the teen’s interests and engagement.

St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest Christian church ever built, is a triumph of works showcasing the genius of Bernini, but also contains Michelangelo’s Pieta. We will take you on a journey back to the origins of Christianity revealing stories beyond the guidebooks. At the end of our Vatican tour with teens, your family will have gained a more comprehensive insight into the history of the Vatican City as well as a deeper appreciation of art and an urge to discover more.

USEFUL TO KNOW

• Languages available: English, French, German, Spanish. Other languages upon written request at info (at) nancyaiellotours.com
• Accessibility: the guided Vatican family tour is not wheelchair accessible.
• Dress code: the Vatican has a strict dress code. Men, women and children must have their shoulders and knees covered at all times. Access to the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica will be granted only to appropriately dressed visitors (sleeveless and low-cut garments, shorts, mini-skirts and hats are not permitted).
• What to bring: For security reasons visitors must present a valid ID/Passport prior to entrance. Please ensure that all members of your party have a valid ID on them on the day of the visit.

GOOD TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

• St. Peter’s Basilica is an active church and can be subject to unscheduled last minute closures due to liturgical celebrations or unforeseen circumstances. If this occurs during your visit, you will be offered an extended itinerary within the Museums and Sistine Chapel. In these cases, we are unable to provide refunds or discounts.
• Due to increased security measures, there is a security check through, which all visitors to the Museums are required to pass, and there is sometimes a line for this. You may experience delays in clearing security checks even with skip the line access.
• Guests may only carry small handbags inside the Vatican (smaller than 40cm length x 35cm width x 15cm depth).

Do you offer Scavi tours under the Vatican?

The Vatican itself organizes the visit to the Scavi where the tomb of St Peter is located. You need to email them directly at [email protected] to request access. Please keep in mind that children under 11 are not allowed on this tour.

Is this tour good for kids and teens?

Yes! We have some excellent kid friendly guides who can appeal to the learning styles of children and we match families with the right guide.

Can we remain in the Basilica after the tour?

You are welcome to linger after the tour in St. Peter’s Basilica however, you cannot re-enter the Sistine Chapel or Vatican Museums after exiting. Our private tour begins in the Museums, which culminates with entrance into the Sistine Chapel. We then pass skipping the line directly into St. Peter’s Basilica.

The quickest way to find answers to your questions about our private tours is to review the most frequently asked questions.

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TESTIMONIALS

Thank you for contacting me. I was planning on providing you feedback on our visit, so now is that time. Our overall experience with Nancy Aiello tours was very favorable. Booking Process. Same. Tour Experience. Terrific. Lucia was an EXCELLENT guide. Very considerate and kind, very knowledgeable, very good at everything. We loved being with her and were supper happy that she was selected to be our guide. Federico, our driver, was the same. On time, courteous, helpful and very attentive to detail. An excellent driver. We were also very pleased that he was selected to be our driver. If Lucia and Federico are examples of those individuals you hire, your organization should really excel. Which culminate in responding to your last inquiry: Would we recommend Nancy Aiello tours to our friends. Our answer: YES

Brad Walton

Our experience with Nancy Aiello Tours was the highlight of our trip to Rome. Our guide was really knowledgeable and able to adapt and please us (the parents), a 17 year old boy and a 7 year old girl. Which is asking a lot!! She made the day interesting and fun! I feel we learned things that we would have never found in a large guided tour or through audio or guide books. It was great that she was able to navigate around long lines and bring us to the places that were of interest to us. We didn’t have a lot of time before our trip to make plans for our stay in Rome, which was fine because you did everything for us. It felt like we were out with a friend showing us Ancient Rome, just happened that that friend was extremely knowledgeable!
Would definitely recommend Nancy Aiello Tours – really worth it if you are busy and don’t have the time to do a lot of research before traveling (which you need to do as there is so much that Rome has to offer). Fantastic for kids as it wasn’t just a lot of information thrown at us but it was information that all of us found really interesting. Our guide was able to lead us and answer questions about what we found interesting instead of just throwing facts our way. My son said it was the highlight of his trip to Rome and my daughter is telling everyone all the things that our Guide told her!!

Michelle Vickers

Thanks for your email, now that we are back in the states I am happy to share some feedback.
Overall experience: terrific, would highly recommend
Booking process: most grateful for thorough, timely responses and attention to detail. felt completely well prepared for our tours before we left.
Tour experience: simply amazing. made all the difference in our trip to have participated in these tours. cinzia was a MARVELOUS tour guide; not only was her expertise astounding and her storytelling riveting, but she did a simply phenomenal job of catering to our group, which included some adults who were very interested in the subject matter, two four-year-olds with limited understanding of what they were seeing (and jet lag, and tired little legs), and some distracted parents! she met every single one of us at our own level, with grace and good humor, and made rome so magical for us all. our kids gave her big hugs at the end our last tour and later told us they missed her. i was amazed after we got home to hear my son recounting the stories she shared with us, and for my daughter to be able to point out symbols and images we had learned about at the vatican museums. cinzia was just wonderful and i cannot have imagined our trip without her wonderful guidance!
Would strongly recommend nancy aiello tours to family and friends, and will look into you again should we book more travel!
Came across nancy aiello tours through google, was encouraged by tripadvisor reviews.
Thank you again so very much and please send our best wishes and gratitude to cinzia!
Best,

Georgia ShutzerMassachusetts USA

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