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Avoid the crowds, spend more time in the Sistine Chapel, and see St. Peter’s Basilica in quiet reverence with this Early Bird Vatican tour! We will get you in the door before the Museums even officially open! See everything Vatican City has to offer and do it with almost no one else around so you can spend some extra time admiring the beautiful paintings and sculptures in peace!
Our guide gets you into the Vatican Museums to see some of the most beautiful western art in the world! We will give you an in depth look at the world famous Pinacoteca (art gallery) where Raphael’s last work, the Transfiguration of Christ, is held! Here you’ll also see the Belgium Tapestries, and Leonardo Da Vinci’s ONLY work in Rome, St. Jerome! We promise you will be fascinated by the Pavilion of Papal Carriages, and stand in awe of the Sistine Chapel, before going into the famed St. Peter’s Basilica through a special access entrance!
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Avoid the crowds, spend more time in the Sistine Chapel, and see St. Peter’s Basilica in quiet reverence with this Early Bird Vatican tour! We will get you in the door before the Museums even officially open! See everything Vatican City has to offer and do it with almost no one else around so you can spend some extra time admiring the beautiful paintings and sculptures in peace!
Our guide gets you into the Vatican Museums to see some of the most beautiful western art in the world! We will give you an in depth look at the world famous Pinacoteca (art gallery) where Raphael’s last work, the Transfiguration of Christ, is held! Here you’ll also see the Belgium Tapestries, and Leonardo Da Vinci’s ONLY work in Rome, St. Jerome! We promise you will be fascinated by the Pavilion of Papal Carriages, and stand in awe of the Sistine Chapel, before going into the famed St. Peter’s Basilica through a special access entrance!
Itinerary
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Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Start your tour at the renowned Vatican Museums. Aside from being the home of the Pope, Vatican city is also home to the Vatican Museums, the world’s largest collection of art with 9 miles of art that could wrap around the Vatican walls 4 ½ times! It contains 54 museums, 1400 rooms, chapels, and galleries. Aside from the renowned Sistine Chapel, the museums also display the only work of Leonardo Da Vinci in Rome, St. Jerome, the Raphael Rooms, and the Pinoteca, which contains collections of the Popes, all dating back to the middle ages and are set in chronological order.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Michaelangelo’s Sistine Chapel is possibly the most well known masterpiece in modern day, with over 5 million visitors per year. It was a project the artist took on reluctantly because his focus was sculptures, and he would complain about the physical toll it took on his body. It is said that the design of the chapel from Pope Sixtus IV, is modeled after Solomon’s temple from the Old Testament, measuring at just larger than a professional basketball court! There are many more frescoes to admire here from other artists, including: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pietro Perugino, Cosimo Roselli and Sandro Botticelli.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
You will head through a secret entry into our last stop on the tour, St. Peter’s Basilica: the largest basilica in the world, with markings inside the church to ensure every other basilica would fit inside. The curious visitor is treated to Michelangelo’s Pieta at the front, 150 mosaics, and Bernini’s baldacchino, which stands at 96 feet tall and 100,000 pounds of bronze! Surprisingly, there is only one actual painting in the basilica, and it can be spotted hanging above the Pieta. Many popes are buried in the church or are on display, but most of the popes are buried underneath the basilica including St. Peter, the first pope.
Duration: 30 minutes
