Press & Media
Our tours have been featured and praised in travel articles in The New York Times, LA Times and Chicago Tribune as well as on some travel forums on the web.
We hope you enjoy reading them. Look for the PDF download if you want a copy.
New York Times feature article about our After Hours Tours of the Vatican
Cultured Traveler: Alone (or Almost) With Michelangelo in Vatican City
"We walked the length and breadth of the chapel, heads tilted back and
mouths open, enjoying each discovery of a new perspective from which to
appreciate the frescoes that arched above us and covered the walls.
Only our footsteps broke the silence. We had the place to ourselves."
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Los Angeles Times article about our Vatican City and Sistine Chapel night time tour
"These tours are for those who want to see the chapel as it was meant to
be seen: as a place for contemplation and prayer, the whole spiritual
experience, preferably lying down so you can fully savor the view of
the tremendous goings-on up on the ceiling."
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Chicago Tribune article – "Splurging at the Vatican worth it"
"Stepping into the Sistine Chapel in the rear corner of the museum, any
remaining twinges of doubt evaporated into sheer wonder. The colors,
500 years old, were shockingly vivid. The silence was palpable. And
best of all, the floor to stroll around and admire it was wide open."
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New York Times article - Rome at Night - about our Vatican After Hours and Rome tours
Galleries packed to a slow shuffle by day are, at night, emptied like
drawing rooms of dreams. The Sistine Chapel is shared by as few as a
dozen others, and no one yells if you take a picture.“It’s overwhelming,” said Angela Desmond from Washington, on a tour with Italy With Us (www.italywithus.com). “You have it all to yourself.”
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