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Small group max 15 people for a privileged experience!
Take in the magnificence of the artworks held at the Vatican with an art historian guiding you through its history and significance. Enjoy an exceptional journey in the comfort of a small group of only 10 people. You will be assured of having a more personalized experience versus the big group tours and taking advantage of the exclusive Skip-the-Line entrance!
On this tour, you’ll discover the treasures hosted by one of the largest and most-visited museums in the world, admiring the significant representatives of the Italian art such as Leonardo, Perugino, Beato Angelico, and incredible masterpieces like the “Last Judgment” by Michelangelo.
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Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Small group max 15 people for a privileged experience!
Take in the magnificence of the artworks held at the Vatican with an art historian guiding you through its history and significance. Enjoy an exceptional journey in the comfort of a small group of only 10 people. You will be assured of having a more personalized experience versus the big group tours and taking advantage of the exclusive Skip-the-Line entrance!
On this tour, you’ll discover the treasures hosted by one of the largest and most-visited museums in the world, admiring the significant representatives of the Italian art such as Leonardo, Perugino, Beato Angelico, and incredible masterpieces like the “Last Judgment” by Michelangelo.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Vatican City, Vatican City, Lazio
While entering the Museum. As a 50-hectare enclave of Rome, Vatican City is near the Tiber River on the north of the Janiculum Hill and extends over part of the Montes Vaticani. It was constructed on the burial site of Saint Peter the Apostle.
While walls enclose most of the territory occupied by Vatican City, the axis of the Basilica is open to the exterior. The spatial organisation of the ensemble includes long perspective views and a regular layout of buildings, squares and gardens.
Religious and civic monuments, including masterpieces of the Renaissance and Baroque art, make up the small site. Two of these buildings, charged with symbols of history, are particularly prominent. Vatican Palace, the papal residence since the return from Avignon, was improved, in terms of its defence features, by Pope Nicholas V. Saint Peter’s Basilica was constructed, on the site of the basilica built by Constantine, as a result of the initiative of Pope Julius II.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Discover the treasures hosted by one of the largest and most-visited museums of the world enriched by a huge number of masterpieces collected through time. A spectacular big spiral staircase will introduce you to the impressive greatness of the Vatican Museum.
Admire the best of the ancient world visiting the Greek and Roman sculpture section. A collection of classical art masterpieces where admire the beauty of several sculpture groups, as for example the statue of Laocoön and His Sons that is one of the most famous ancient sculptures.
Visit the Maps Gallery, a complete exhibition of maps representing Italy as it was seen by cartographers in 1581.
You will be guided through the history and secrets of the Catholic Church and you will hear about the rivalry between the Renaissance artists.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Gallery of Tapestries, VA, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City
Be astonished by the elegant Tapestry gallery, wallpapered by the finest tapestry worldwide, realized by Raphael’s disciples.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Galleria dei Candelabri, 00120, Vatican City
Pass along the Chandelier Gallery, named by the several marble chandelier decorating this section.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Vatican Gardens, Viale Vaticano presso Musei Vaticani, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Enjoy a spectacular panoramic view of the Vatican Garden
and much more …
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Admire the major representatives of Italian art such as Leonardo, Perugino, Beato Angelico, and many more
Towards the end of this tour, you will visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece: The Last Judgement.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Stanze di Raffaello, Viale Vaticano, Vatican City Italy
The four rooms known as the Stanze of Raphael formed part of the apartment situated on the second floor of the Pontifical Palace that was chosen by Julius II Della Rovere (pontiff from 1503 to 1513) as his own residence and used also by his successors. The pictorial decoration was executed by Raphael and his school between 1508 and 1524.
Hall of Constantine – Room of Heliodorus – Room of the Segnatura – Room of the Fire in the Borgo
Duration: 20 minutes
