Skip the Line: Private Tour of Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
3 h
Skip The Line
Private
About this activity
Meet your Guide out of the Vatican Museums, best time to introduce yourself, your passions, your background, your special requests in order of some "Must see" attractions to not miss in such a huge concentration of art is waiting for you. Tour is private, so Guide is always happy to shape the visit for you. What's Vatican, why is there, and what are the museums, guide will introduce you the world you're ready to explore.
Once in the museums, you'll go first of all to the Corazze courtyard to admire the best view of the Saint Peter's Dome.
Walk trough the Pinecone Courtyard and see the monumental 1st AD Augustus head. Explore the thousands roman sculptures of the Chiaramonti Gallery, meet the Prima Porta Augustus portrait, see that Romans had an own style based on true image of the reality.
Admire the Pio Clementino Museum and the artworks that inspired te Michelangel and Raphael renaissance: the Apoxyomenos, the Belvedere Apollo, the Belvedere Torso and the statue that still astonishes world: the famous Laooconte.
Go around the Sala Rotonda where momunental gods and emperors guard you. The wonderful Elena and Costanza sarcophagi, the red porphiry tombs of the Costantine's mother and daughter.
Get into the Gallery of the Candelabra, the Gallery of the Maps, and the one of the Tappestries that lead to the Pope's apartments.
The Raphael's Rooms, the private apartments of the popes who made the Renaissance are one of the Highligts of your visit. See the artworks of "Her Majesty" Raphael, greatest painter ever.
Slide downstairs in the Alexander Borgia Pope rooms, and see the distance between Pinturicchio painter and the master Raphael saw upstairs.
Collection of Modern Religious Art is the opportunity to find artists like Picasso, Van Gogh, Chagal, Dalì and Kandisky you didn't expect to meet in such an old muesums.
Finally you're in the Sistine Chapel, the heart of the western world art. In front of the Genesis and the Last Judgement of Michelangel your holiday will be made. Take your time to absorb such a strong beauty, memory will last forever.
Go out the Museums and plunge yourself in the biggest church in the world, the Basilica of St. Peter.
Once inside such a breathtaking magnitude, see the Michelangel Pietà, the Bernini Baldacchino, and the several tombs of the popes, including, our, beloved, John Paul second.
Once in the museums, you'll go first of all to the Corazze courtyard to admire the best view of the Saint Peter's Dome.
Walk trough the Pinecone Courtyard and see the monumental 1st AD Augustus head. Explore the thousands roman sculptures of the Chiaramonti Gallery, meet the Prima Porta Augustus portrait, see that Romans had an own style based on true image of the reality.
Admire the Pio Clementino Museum and the artworks that inspired te Michelangel and Raphael renaissance: the Apoxyomenos, the Belvedere Apollo, the Belvedere Torso and the statue that still astonishes world: the famous Laooconte.
Go around the Sala Rotonda where momunental gods and emperors guard you. The wonderful Elena and Costanza sarcophagi, the red porphiry tombs of the Costantine's mother and daughter.
Get into the Gallery of the Candelabra, the Gallery of the Maps, and the one of the Tappestries that lead to the Pope's apartments.
The Raphael's Rooms, the private apartments of the popes who made the Renaissance are one of the Highligts of your visit. See the artworks of "Her Majesty" Raphael, greatest painter ever.
Slide downstairs in the Alexander Borgia Pope rooms, and see the distance between Pinturicchio painter and the master Raphael saw upstairs.
Collection of Modern Religious Art is the opportunity to find artists like Picasso, Van Gogh, Chagal, Dalì and Kandisky you didn't expect to meet in such an old muesums.
Finally you're in the Sistine Chapel, the heart of the western world art. In front of the Genesis and the Last Judgement of Michelangel your holiday will be made. Take your time to absorb such a strong beauty, memory will last forever.
Go out the Museums and plunge yourself in the biggest church in the world, the Basilica of St. Peter.
Once inside such a breathtaking magnitude, see the Michelangel Pietà, the Bernini Baldacchino, and the several tombs of the popes, including, our, beloved, John Paul second.
Included
- Local taxes
- Professional guide
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines
- Private tour
- Entry/Admission - Sistine Chapel
- Entry/Admission - Vatican Museums
- Entry/Admission - St. Peter's Basilica
- Guaranteed to skip the lines
Not included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- This ticket enables you to skip the long lines to enter the Vatican Museums.
- All visitors must pass through metal detectors at the security check point; expect to wait 20-30 minutes to clear security
- Tours departing Wednesday: there is the possibility that you will be unable to include St Peter's Basilica and St Peter's Square.This is due to the weekly Papal Audience during which access to St Peter's Basilica could be closed. As an alternative, you will be offered an extended itinerary within the Vatican Museums, which still includes the Sistine Chapel and Raphael's Rooms. If you would prefer a ticket with guaranteed access to St Peter's Basilica and the square, do not select Wednesday as your travel date
- On rare occasions, St Peter’s Basilica closes without notice. If this happens, the full 3-hour tour is spent inside the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Your guide will notify you if St Peter’s Basilica is unexpectedly closed upon commencement of the tour. No refunds or discounts will be issued
- Backpacks, tripods and big umbrellas must be left inside a cloakroom on entering the Vatican Museums.
- To reduce any disruption for your group, please avoid bringing backpacks on this tour
- Wheelchair accessible only to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Access to the Saint Peter's Basilica, form the Sistine Chapel is not Wheelchais accessible.
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