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Explore the various galleries of the Vatican on this 3.5-hour, in depth tour. See stunning works of art, antique sculptures and more and learn all about their history from your private guide. Finish your tour by exploring the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter’s Basilica.
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Duration: 210 to 270 minutes
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Explore the various galleries of the Vatican on this 3.5-hour, in depth tour. See stunning works of art, antique sculptures and more and learn all about their history from your private guide. Finish your tour by exploring the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter’s Basilica.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Meet your guide at the entrance to the Vatican Museums where you will enter with skip the line tickets. Your guide will offer detailed commentary as you explore the museums with their numerous galleries. Visit the Octagonal Courtyard, which houses an extraordinary collection of antique sculptures collected by Pope Julius II, such as the Apollo of Belvedere, the Torso of Belvedere, and the Lacoon.
Continue on to the Gallery of the Candelabra, which contains Roman copies of Hellenistic originals from the 2nd to the 3rd century BC and great 2nd century candelabras. Then proceed to the Gallery of Maps, where the walls and ceilings are frescoed with a series of topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti. You will also see the amazing Borgia Apartments and Raphael’s rooms, famous for their frescoes.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Your private tour will noe lead you to the most famous Chapel of Vatican Museums: Sistine Chapel. here you will admire for 30 minutes the Michelangelos’ frescos. The most important parts of the chapel are: Lest Judgment and Creation of the World
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Your private guide will take you to one of the biggest church you can visit in Rome, but the most important one for sure: St. Peter’s Basilica. You will enter the Basilica and have the chance to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece La Pietà and Bernini’s Baldacchino
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
If you wish to visit also the Pinacoteca (painting gallery) and see artworks of the italian masters Raffaello, Caravaggio and Leonardo Da Vinci, choose to upgrade your tour with an hour extra private guide!
Duration: 1 hour
