VATICAN MUSEUMS, SISTINE CHAPEL & ST PETER'S BASILICA

MUSEI VATICANI, CAPPELLA SISTINA & BASILICA SAN PI
MUSEI VATICANI, CAPPELLA SISTINA & BASILICA SAN PI
  

General information

DestinationDurationCategory
Rome, Italy3 hoursSightseeing Tours

Program details

Highlights
• Skip-the-line access to Vatican Museums, one of the most famous museums in the world
• Skip-the-line access to St. Peter's Basilica, the largest and one of the world's most important churches
• Visit of the Sistine Chapel with its Michelangelo's renowned ceiling and Last Judgement
• Visit of some of the amazing art collections of sculptures, carvings, frescoes and paintings with masterpieces by Raphael, Michelangelo and more
• Professional English-speaking guide

Enjoy a private tour to discover the highlights of one of the most visited museums in the world, the Vatican Museums, accompained by an expert, entertaining tour guide. Skip the line for fast-track entry to see one of the world’s finest collections of sculptures, carvings, frescoes and paintings. Your expert tour guide will focus your attention on the most important masterpieces strolling through the most interesting rooms such as the Gallery of the Candelabra, Gallery of Tapestries, and the Gallery of Maps with 36 frescoes of Italian regions. Be stunned by the Sistine Chapel with its beautiful and gigantic ceiling painted in just four years by Michelangelo Buonarroti. Thousands of visitors admire the stories of Genesis on the ceiling and the Last Judgment on the altar wall, every day.
Enter the beautiful St. Peter’s Church, the largest church in the world, where are the famous Baldachin by Bernini, the magnificent Pietà made by a very young Michelangelo, as well as the highest dome in Rome, designed by Michelangelo before he died. The tour will end in the imposing St. Peter’s square, where thousands of pilgrims gather every week for the papal blessing. If you want, you can stay longer in the Church and visit the crypt or climb the dome on your own.