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Get ready to join our small group for a 3 hours tour of the Vatican Gardens and Sistine Chapel!
Walk through the Gardens and admire the Vatican Radio, the Academy of Sciences, the Pope’s old Summer Residence, the Pope’s House of Honor, the Vatican Government Palace, a piece of the original Berlin Wall and the Fountain of the Kites and many other fountains and gardens from renaissance and baroque period decorated with amazing ancient statues.
Admire St. Peter’s Dome and the Vatican Museums from a unique perspective. You can take some photos in the beautiful Vatican Gardens and explore one of the largest gardens in the world.
After your visit in the green of the Vatican Gardens, your guide will escort you to admire one of the most beautiful wonders of the world: the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo’s frescoes are magnificent works that change the course of art forever, just open your eyes to enjoy the spectacular scenery.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Get ready to join our small group for a 3 hours tour of the Vatican Gardens and Sistine Chapel!
Walk through the Gardens and admire the Vatican Radio, the Academy of Sciences, the Pope’s old Summer Residence, the Pope’s House of Honor, the Vatican Government Palace, a piece of the original Berlin Wall and the Fountain of the Kites and many other fountains and gardens from renaissance and baroque period decorated with amazing ancient statues.
Admire St. Peter’s Dome and the Vatican Museums from a unique perspective. You can take some photos in the beautiful Vatican Gardens and explore one of the largest gardens in the world.
After your visit in the green of the Vatican Gardens, your guide will escort you to admire one of the most beautiful wonders of the world: the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo’s frescoes are magnificent works that change the course of art forever, just open your eyes to enjoy the spectacular scenery.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Vatican Gardens, Viale Vaticano presso Musei Vaticani, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Gardens
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Stanze di Raffaello, Viale Vaticano, Vatican City Italy
Then, you will move to the Raphael Rooms, which were part of the apartment of Pope Julius II. Here you will see also the Parnassus, the Dispute over the Sacrament, and the Room of Signatura painted by Raphael. When the artist was painting here, his rival Michelangelo was working of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Your tour will start in the Vatican Museums and Upper Galleries. These include one of the Maps, one of the Tapestries, and one of Candelabra. The galleries are connecting the north section of the Vatican Palace with the Sistine Chapel and the Basilica of St. Peter’s. The rooms preserved many Roman statues discovered during the excavations and many spectacular painted rooms.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Finally, you will reach the modern and contemporary art galleries. These galleries exist thanks to the numerous donations made for Pope Paul VI, who called back to the Church the modern and contemporary artists recreating the link between art and church during a speech in the Sistine Chapel. Among the many famous artworks, you will admire Matisse’s, Chagall’s, Dalì’s, and Bacon ‘s ones.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Then, you will enter Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel with the Frescoes painted in the 1500s for the Pope Julius II and Paul III; Michelangelo first painted the Ceiling where he represented the Creation of the World, from the Genesis book, and stories of Noah’s life. The Renaissance “Genius” when he was 61 years old he will come back to paint in five years only Last Judgement on the wall behind the altar.
Duration: 30 minutes
