Imago Artis Tour

The highlight of our trip to Italy. Will recommend to everyone. Yes it is pricey (can be a few hundred Euros) but if you’re already going there, why not go all the way? Let me explain.
Our hotel concierge linked us to this company when we requested a private tour of the Vatican and the Roman ruins. We decided to take two days and several hours each morning to do so. The company pre-​purchased our tickets, then our guide met with us at our hotel and we went to the sites.
The best part was going to the Vatican Museum as it opened, cutting the line, going directly to the Sistine Chapel, and being THE ONLY PEOPLE IN IT. I mean it was literally the two of us, the guide, and the security guards. For a good 15 minutes we had a private view of Michaelangelo’s masterpiece. That alone was worth the cost.
Of course, it didn’t stop there. Our lovely guide Beata was a wealth of knowledge about the history and politics at the time of the creation of all the art and architecture we saw, so it was that much more informative. I observed tour groups running next to us and thought they couldn’t possibly get the experience we had. For lovers of history, art, and Ancient through present day Rome, this tour is an absolute must-​do.