We are planning a visit to Vatican City in October. I would like to do a guided tour of Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel, as well as a guided tour of Vatican gardens and Necropolis. I can see where I purchase the tickets, and see the option for one or the other, but not combined.
Can someone who has done these tours advise.
Thanks
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When we visited, we went with Walks of Italy and they were excellent:
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Minnesota 🎒
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Sheryl, there is no single tour I know of that combines the Museums/Chapel, gardens and Necropolis (and Walks of Italy doesn't cover the Necropolis or gardens).
So when ordering through the Vatican's own site, you would buy a tour for the Museums/Chapel, and then buy a separate tour for the Necropolis.
The Necropolis/gardens tour is here:
http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/visita-i-musei/scegli-la-visita/ville-pontificie-e-giardini/giardini-vaticani/giardini-vaticani-e-necropoli-della--i-via-triumphalis--i--.html
The Museums/Sistine tour is here:
http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/visita-i-musei/scegli-la-visita/musei-e-collezioni/musei-vaticani-e-cappella-sistina/visita-guidata-musei-vaticani-e-cappella-sistina---singoli-.html
There is also a tour which includes the museums, Sistine + St Peter's. This one is nice because it allows you to go directly into the basilica via an interior passage reserved for tours: saves a long walk-around to the church entrance and potentially long wait in a security queue. That tour is here:
Editing to add: the Necropolis is not where St. Peter's tomb supposedly rests: that's more commonly called the Scavi but sometimes people get them mixed up. Just making sure the Necropolis is what you're wanting to see. :O)