Christina was well organized, VERY knowledgeable, clear (as she's from Georgia) and patiently answers questions from every curious member of the group. We left on time. The equipment worked well. The experience was special primarily because Christina was our guide but also for the line skipping feature and her ability to navigate through the crowds (off season is still busy). The entire group was 15 in all and I observed all seemed very satisfied. We definitely found the experience excellent and would highly recommend it to all visitors! read more

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Maya Tours hat einen äußerst professionellen und zuverlässigen Service geboten. Die Organisation der Reise war sehr gut strukturiert und effizient. read more

This tour is definitely the way to go if you want to "skip the line" and tour Vatican City with the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica! We spent about $60 and just purchased our tickets online the night before going. We then had to go to the redemption office which is right across the street from the Vatican. Everything went smoothly. We had a great English-speaking guide, Alan, and he gave us so much information that we never would have gotten on our own. He really knew his stuff and he kept everyone engaged and answered questions. He also did a fabulous job of keeping track of everyone in the group. (It gets quite crowded, with dozens of groups in the same area at once!) Everyone on the group received a headphone/speaker unit so that Alan could talk in his normal voice and everyone in the group could hear him. He pointed out historical facts and facts about the current and former popes as well as really interesting tidbits about the paintings, sculptures, buildings and tapestries. Our tour lasted just over 2 hours with time to explore on our own afterwards. I highly recommend touring with Maya Tours! There is so much to see and Maya Tours makes sure you don't miss any of the most noteworthy parts. read more

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We took the skip the line and tour for the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel. Christina our tour guide was beyond amazing!!!! First she truly was skilled at getting us around and past the the overwhelming crowds. Once inside her enthusiasm, knowledge, and presentation made the tour enjoyable and educational without overwhelming us with facts we would never remember. She pointed out small details and what to look for that made it very interesting. Christina has a gift to share and we were so lucky to get her as our gu read more

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Had the Vatican tour hosted by Tijana and she was the sweetest and most patient host! She made the tour fun and explained everything in depth. read more

This was one of the best tours I have taken ! Deborah was our guide and she was fantastic!

Skip the line tour with a private group and tour guide. You can tell our guide was passionate and she made the tour feel elevated. She knew so much history, helped take photos and made the tour fun. It seems a little sketchy on how you follow someone back to the store front to sign up but they are legit. read more

Highly recommended, especially if you are with a group! I only ended up shelling 20 euros for this (on top of the admission pass to the Vatican). Our tour guide showed us things we wouldn't normally find on our own (e.g. Artists during that time would paint themselves in their own artwork. If you enjoy Finding Waldo, I think you'll have a blast trying to find Da Vinci in The Last Judgement). On top of that, if you book a tour with them, they also give you access to St. Peter's Basilica which is already included in the tour price--what a steal. read more

Someone approached us blocks away from the Vatican and said for 100 euros each we could skip the Vatican lines and have access to the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica. That sounded pricey since Vatican skip the line tickets can be purchased through the Vatican online in advance for 16 euros. One block further someone approached and said for 50 euros each, and when someone approaches on the street and you're from Los Angeles you immediately think, 'run!', however, by the time we reached the Vatican the line was looking pretty hefty and the person near the line (knowing you've made it through several other people like them) has dropped the price to 35 euro. This was worth it, and this happened to be with this Maya tour group. If you're 26 or younger you should get this price anyway (it's the student price) and they do take credit cards and you do need to follow them a block or so to the main building to process the transaction where you'll join a group of like speakers and get a head-set and have a guide, usually Italian, show you the museum over a period of about two hours. This is also worth it as the Vatican advance purchase with audio (but no living, breathing guide) is about 24 euro. This would have bored me to death when I was in high school and made my first trip to Europe, as it did anyone under the age of 24 on this tour, particularly the three-year-old who used her headset as a pretend cell phone for most of the tour, but for the rest of us, we enjoyed. The only real thing to look out for is the price can be too high in the beginning, so keep walking until you get a price you're okay with and don't book online because then you can't get a lower price. After doing it, I'd say 50 euro is good for this tour, but no more. We got lucky with our deal of 35. The guides are funny and good. Also, make sure you get a working headset because some are old (I was one of two people in the group to get a bad one) and then I just had to stay right next to the guide so that I could hear. I'll say this about the Vatican: they've got a lot of stolen art up in there, but it is very beautiful. read more

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Thank goodness we found out The Skip the Line tour did NOT include Skip the Basilica linebut you will HAVE to return to the Basilica Line after the Sistine Chapel. We paid the extra Euro and met Deborah. She was phenomenal. She is multi-lingual, mindful of her tour party - no one gets left behind, respects her associate tour guides, and is known and appreciated by the Vatican guards. Her skillful knowledge and hints of perspective of the Vatican museum and Sistine Chapel artwork were a plus. Thank you for a great learning experience Deborah. read more

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Well worth the money. Instead of standing in hourly long lines to get tickets, it is well worth to pay a little extra. You get a fair tour and you get to skip all the lines. We used Maya Tours both for the Colosseo, Foro Romanum and the Vatican. There were different guides for each of the events. Some guides are better than others but all of them were overall fair. read more

Great if you're planning your trip ahead of time and want to eliminate the stress of having to go super early to wait in a long line to get tickets. However; they are more expensive than the tickets bought directly at the Vatican. If you're a student you get a discount with a student ID. read more

Alma was very informative and witty. We enjoyed our tour with her, and learned a great deal about Roman history, Vatican history, and the artwork. read more

DO NOT USE!! Far from friendly and only serve as a middle man to HEADOUT! Showed up and are not taking any responsibility on tickets and want us to go directly through HEADOUT. read more

Do not use headout.com tours. We booked a skip the line tour for the Vatican City. It was supposed to take 2.5 hours. It took 4 hours. We waited in line for over and hour. Other people skipped the line because the tour company they booked with actually got skip the line tickets. Maya Tours over sell their tours. There were over 40 people to one guide. The guide himself said he hated doing tours of the Vatican City, that the company oversell the tours. It was the worst tour we have ever done. Completely useless. Over half the group left before the tour ended because it was such a shambles and a complete lie to what we thought it was going to be. What's more useless than the tour is the customer service at HEADOUT.COM they don't bother to reply unless they are trying to bribe you to write good reviews for them on trip advisor. Go with any other tour company other than HEADOUT.COM and MAYA TOURS read more

Monjor is the best. We had trouble with another company online and when we arrived at the Vatican and could not get in with our vouchers, we met Monjor who quickly helped us get refunded by the other company and got us set for the Vatican tour and the colliseum. Great experience, highly recommended. read more

We did a tour with Christina/Kristina of the Vatican museum and Sistine Chapel. It was very organized from check in thru the whole tour. Christina/Kristina did an awesome job going through what to expect when we went into the Chapel itself, do to the fact that we were suppose to show respect and reverence while in the chapel THERE IS NO TALKING, NO PHOTOS AND NO VIDEOING OF THE CHAPEL! She went step by step sharing the history of the art within the Chapel and how it is used today...THANK YOU CHRISTINA/KRISTINA BE SURE TO ASK FOR HER! read more

That there is only one review for Maya amazes me. Read Meg's review for every word is true and the entire approach from Maya is so much more pleasant than the hawkers who pester you right up to the security gates at the Vatican. And much, much cheaper. Allow an hour before your tour will begin. Be sure the women's knees and shoulders are covered, and the men wear at least long shorts (over the knees) and that they forget their hats in the Chapel and the Church. When they say "No Pictures" in the Sistine Chapel, go ahead anyway, if you .to be IMMEDIATELY ESCORTED FROM THE CHAPEL. Also, "SILENCIO, SILENCE" in the chapel. We entered the Museum at 1245. We exited the Church at 4 pm. Debra was our guide and made the tour much more interesting than any guide on any tour we had experienced,,, any. Shop them at "mayatoursroma.com". Or meet one of the 'sales representatives' as you approach the security gate, but be sure they are MAYA TOURS. Throughout our tour we saw so many others, but, for some reason, all the others had so many fewer people in their groups, and none seemed to be laughing, or asking questions, or even smiling. When we first came to the Vatican, it was a February and the numbers of people were not near the numbers as in July, the Church was 'open for business', with confessionals in many languages and altars for worship. But at this time of the year (mid July) they are reported to welcome over 30000 (thirty thousand) visitors daily, more then we had ever experienced, and that may have something to do with removing the confessionals, clearing the main central area of the Church and closing behind gates most of the many altars. But you will still amazing art works and more. And don't forget, when in the Church, to rub St. Peter's feet (statue near the main altar) as a way of insuring that you will return, one day, as we have. read more

Paid for the tour which cost $75 then got to the tour and still had to pay an additional 15 euros each person for the tickets... So pretty much paid 115 euros for a tour guide. The tour guide was a very nice and knowledgeable lady though! She made it interesting read more