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Prepare to walk beneath the world’s most famous ceiling on this 3.5 hour private tour of the Vatican Museums. Your engaging guide will take your on a tour through some of the 54 galleries to learn about the most important works in this museum, including a visit to St. Peter’s Basilica, all while skipping the lengthy lines.
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Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Prepare to walk beneath the world’s most famous ceiling on this 3.5 hour private tour of the Vatican Museums. Your engaging guide will take your on a tour through some of the 54 galleries to learn about the most important works in this museum, including a visit to St. Peter’s Basilica, all while skipping the lengthy lines.
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Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
After exploring the 54 galleries of the Vatican Museum which display works from the immense collection gathered by popes throughout the centuries, including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world, you will then make your way to the Sistine Chapel.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
The next stop of your tour will be the Sistine Chapel, a papal chapel in the Vatican Palace that was built between 1473-81 for Pope Sixtus IV. Here you will see Michelangelo’s famous Renaissance frescoes on the ceiling of the chapel, a work of art that is considered to have changed the course of Western art. Commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508, their incredible complexity continue to attract a multitude of visitors and art critics and are considered one of the top works of the history of painting.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Our final stop of the tour will be St Peter’s Basilica, one of the world’s holiest catholic shrines. Built upon the tomb of St Peter, the Basilica is visited by thousands of pilgrims and tourists every month and is a magnificent must-see for anyone visiting Rome.
Duration: 1 hour
