Cookie Policy

Essential cookies

Private Vatican may use a small number of cookies needed for the site to function correctly — these don't track you across other websites.

Affiliate link cookies

When you click a tour link on this site, you're taken to GetYourGuide. GetYourGuide may set its own cookies at that point, including one that credits Private Vatican with the referral if you book — this is how our affiliate commission is tracked. That cookie is set and controlled by GetYourGuide, not by us, and is covered by their own cookie and privacy policies.

Your choices

Most browsers let you block or delete cookies in their settings. Blocking cookies may affect how some parts of the site behave, and will prevent GetYourGuide from crediting a booking to this site if you book after clicking through.

What a cookie is

A cookie is a small file that a website stores in your browser. It can remember a choice or count a visit. Private Vatican uses very few of them, and this page lists what they are for.

Statistics cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how the website is used. It sets cookies that let it tell one visit from another and count which pages are read. The information is used in summary form, to improve the website, and it does not tell us who you are.

Sign-in

If you sign in to an account on this website, a small cookie keeps you signed in while you browse. If you never sign in, it is not used.

Your appearance setting

When you switch between the light and the dark appearance, the website remembers your choice in your browser's own storage, so the pages look the same on your next visit. This stays in your browser and is not sent to us.

Cookies from other websites

When you press a booking button and move to a booking partner's website, that website may set its own cookies. We do not control them. They are described in the partner's cookie policy, which you can read on its website.

How to control cookies

Every browser lets you see, block and delete cookies in its privacy settings, and many offer a setting that blocks tracking. If you block the statistics cookies, the website still works in the same way. Google also offers a browser add-on that stops its analytics from collecting data about your visits.

Questions

If you have a question about cookies, write to hello@privatevatican.com. You can also read our privacy policy for the full picture of what is collected.