Detailed Itinerary Vatican Sistine St Peters Tour With Privileged Entrance

Meet at our comfortable offices less than a block from the museum entrance. Join our small group Vatican tour in the early morning with a top-notch tour guide and get the earliest entrance available to the museums, Sistine Chapel & Raphael Rooms. In a small group, you will be able to discover with no rush the extraordinary abundance of history and art. Your guide will tour you through these corridors and halls, pointing out the exhibits on display. Once through, the Sistine Chapel awaits you. The finale of our early entry Vatican tours culminates in St. Peter’s Basilica. Majestic and inspired, it is the perfect place to come full circle on the morning’s itinerary. Feast your eyes on Michelangelo’s Pietà and admire the stunning interior of the dome he designed, as well as Bernini’s massive bronze baldachin sitting over the Pope’s private alter directly above St. Peter’s tomb and other little-known details that can only be spotted when inside!

The Museums are housed in the Historical Papal Palace, where such artists as Michelangelo and Raphael lived and worked, inspired by the classical art collection. We have the chance to visit the Gallery of Statues and Cabinet of Masks exclusively for you with a special ticket, far from the crowd. Along the awesome Upper Galleries we see: grand tapestries woven in the Renaissance for the Sistine Chapel; maps of the regions of Italy masterfully painted on the walls in the 16 th century. We see the Raphael Rooms, the halls frescoed by the artist and his workshop in the private apartment of Pope Giulius II. We reach The Sistine Chapel, inside is the masterpiece of Michelangelo: the Last Judgment. From here we will go to Saint Peter Basilica, built above the tomb of Saint Peter first Pope in history. The most important artists in history worked in the largest church in the world. The skip the line tickets will be paied in cash at the guide. Let's go!

This three hour guided tour in the company of an expert guide, allows you to see the best of the Vatican City. With pre-booked tickets you won’t waste time in queues before beginning your visit to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. As you take in the sights of the world’s smallest country, you’ll hear from your guide about the history of these renowned places and learn about some of the many masterpieces housed in the Vatican. READ CAREFULLY: Because of the Jubilee some areas might get closed last minute without previous notice. This has already happened this year and can happen again during you Vatican tour: the Sistine chapel might not be accessible. In case of such events our tour guide will provide you with a valuable alternative focusing the tour inside the Vatican museums.