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THE VATICAN & SISTINE CHAPEL TOUR - walking tour

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The best way to experience Vatican City highlights on a 3h tour with skip the Vatican line priority access.

You will visit together with our licensed tour guide of Rome the most wonderful collection of art in the Vatican Museums which houses one of the most extensive collections in the world. The tour will begin with a visit of the Vatican from the Gallery of Maps, the Pio –Clementino museum, and finally the Sistine Chapel, the cultural and artistic treasure of the Vatican City,  known throughout the world for the frescoes of Michelangelo’s Last Judgment, the conclave and other official ceremonies of the Pope's messages. In St. Peter's Basilica we will see the dome of Michelangelo, Bernini's canopy, the bronze statue of St. Peter by Arnolfo di Cambio, the tomb of Blessed John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyla) placed under the altar of the chapel of St. Sebastian, the Pietà by Michelangelo another stunning masterpiece showing a  perfection of anatomical detail. The tour will end in the fabulous Saint Peter's Square.

Included:

- Entry ticket to the Vatican museums

- Priority skip-the-line Vatican tickets           

- Private guided tour with a licensed and expert Rome tour guide

- Visit of the Sistine chapel

- Map

 

DETAILS:

WHEN DAILY except for Sundays and public holidays
MEETING TIME

09:45am

MEETING POINT Via Tunisi, 3, located 150m north of the entrance of Vatican museums. Please contact us a few days before the tour to reconfirm the meeting point 
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE Licensed guide, tickets to the Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums, St. Peter's square. 
DURATION 3h approx
MIN/MAX min 2 people
DIRECTIONS TO THE MEETING POINT

Via Tunisi 3. Full details in booking confirmation voucher.

Get the Metro/subway red line (line A) towards Battistini.

Get off at Metro Station OTTAVIANO. As soon you exit the Main Entrance walk west on Viale Giulio Cesare for 4 blocks and make a left (south) on Via Tunisi. The meeting point will be on the right side of the street.

CLOSE OUT DATES The Vatican museums will be closed on the 25.12- 01.12 - 6.04 - 1.05 - 29.06 - 14-15-16.08
PLEASE NOTE Please note that on Wednesday morning  St. Peter's Basilica may not be open due to the Papal Audience. 
Tickets have a strict entrance time. It is recommended to be there at least 30 minutes before your entry time.
WHAT MORE No hidden costs, English speaking guide, personalized assistance.
DRESS CODE Inside the Vatican City, for both ladies and men, knees and shoulders must be covered. For men, no shorts of any kind are allowed. No exceptions are made.

 

FULL DAY IN ROME

Combine this tour with Rome by night tour for a full experience of Rome in one day. 5% discount when booking 2 tours at the same time.

 

Additional Information

IMPORTANT !!!!! :
If you are running late or you can't find the meeting point, please get in touch with your guide +393925331594. Due to strict reservation entrance time, the tour will leave on time.
IMPORTANT:
Inside the Vatican City, for both ladies and men, knees and shoulders must be covered. For men, no shorts of any kind are allowed. No exceptions are made.

From EUR 59

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Vatican Museums tour and Sistine Chapel  is the most complete Vatican Tour. You will visit the most wonderful art collection in the Vatican Museums that houses the.most extensive collections in the world.

The Vatican Museums tour will begin using our fast track - skip the line vatican tickets so our guests will not have to wait in the 2 hour long lines before entering the museums.

Once inside the Vatican Museums you will lean all the history and some interesting facts. We will start by cross the Pigna Courtyard which takes its name from the gigantic bronze pinecone placed in the middle, a work found at the Roman Baths of Agrippa. Then to the Gallery of Maps on of the most eye catching and attractive of the Vatican Museums Tour. This gallery is a 120 metre long tunnel and includes a set of all the maps that represent and anticipate the unification of Italy, both geographic and spiritual. In the Gallery of Tapestries there is work exhibited from tapestry of the New School. These tapestries were woven in Brussels by the manufacture of Pieter van Aelst and represent the most significant religious events.

On this Vatican Museums tour we will also visit the Museo Pio-Clementino which houses some of the most important collections of sculptures of the greek-Roman world. The sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Barbaro, the Apollo Belvedere, the Laocoon Statue of Hermes, the statue of Venus Felix, the Perseus triumphant and Kreugas and Damoxenos.

Then moving on to the tour of the Sistine Chapel which is the cultural and artistic treasure of the Vatican Museums, its known throughout the world for the conclave and other official ceremonies of the Pope's messages. The entire Sistine Chapel is a message of universal faith, the frescoes of Michelangelo Buonarroti, the "Last Judgement" is one of the unique works of art in the world which you will get to see on the best Vatican Museums Tour.

The Vatican Museums tour will end in the fabulous Saint Peter's Square with its majestic colonnade designed by Bernini, a masterpiece of art and technique, proof of technical perfection lies in the two stone discs placed in the pavement of the square with the words "the centre of the colonnade" placing your feet on one of them, right or left depending on the case, one has the impression that the semicircle composed of four columns, is composed of a single row of columns.

 

IMPORTANT: The tour inside the Basilica is not included. The guide will give the opportunity to enter the Basilica after the tour. Please keep in mind that a strict dress-code, shoulders and knee must be covered. Visitors are required to check-in bags, tripods, backpacks or bulky luggage. The Basilica is subject to last minute closures for religious ceremonies.

Highlights

  • Gallery of the maps    
  • Michelangelo Last Judgement
  • Museum Pio Clementino         
  • Pinecone courtyard
  • Sistine Chapel
  • Spiral Staircase
  • St Peter's Square         
  • Tapestries Gallery        
  • Vatican

Route

  1. Roma