Roma Trip Overview
Thousands of travellers visit the Vatican daily to see the largest art collections in the world. Best way to explore the Vatican to the fullest is by entering the premises before general opening time. As it offers hassle-free access to the museums before the place gets crowded. Make use of your time by skipping the lines and staying ahead.
Enter top attractions of the Vatican through reserved entrances. Accompanied by an English speaking expert guide during the entire tour will help you to understand the essential parts of the Papal State. Be mesmerized by the masterpieces of artists including Michelangelo, Benini, Raphael and many more.
• Beat the crowds to enter the Vatican before its opening schedule
• Allocated group entrances to Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s
• Be one of the few people to enter Sistine Chapel before opening
• Complete the tour with narrations of an expert guide
• Guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica – the world’s most magnificent Catholic church
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Thousands of travellers visit the Vatican daily to see the largest art collections in the world. Best way to explore the Vatican to the fullest is by entering the premises before general opening time. As it offers hassle-free access to the museums before the place gets crowded. Make use of your time by skipping the lines and staying ahead.
Enter top attractions of the Vatican through reserved entrances. Accompanied by an English speaking expert guide during the entire tour will help you to understand the essential parts of the Papal State. Be mesmerized by the masterpieces of artists including Michelangelo, Benini, Raphael and many more.
• Beat the crowds to enter the Vatican before its opening schedule
• Allocated group entrances to Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s
• Be one of the few people to enter Sistine Chapel before opening
• Complete the tour with narrations of an expert guide
• Guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica – the world’s most magnificent Catholic church
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
“Start with the most highly preserved treasures of the Vatican, its Museums. Enjoy the panoramic galleries such as Gallery of Candelabra, 500 years old Gallery of the Tapestries and the most special one, Gallery of the Maps. These frescoes display the geography of the Italian peninsula around 1580.
Explore the multiple frescoed rooms designed by Raphael in a rivalry with Michelangelo. Along with other masterpieces, see his most popular painting ‘The School of Athens’. This painting displays all the greatest philosophers, mathematicians and scientists of that time in one frame. It is an early version of what we now call a ‘selfie’. Cause Raphael included himself in the painting as well.
Wander around the rich and colourful frescoes on the upper walls and ceilings, painted by Pinturicchio inside the Borgia Apartments. The arts represent of lives of saints, the resurrection of Christ along with remarkable events and characters from the days of Pope Alexander VI and the Borgia family. After the expedition of the world’s most ravishing collections of artwork, your guide will lead you to discover the other parts of the Vatican.”
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Enter Sistine Chapel just after unlocking to enjoy the greatest arts by Michelangelo. See the “Creation of Adam” and many more famous frescoes drawn on the ceiling to understand why it is one of the most appreciated arts of Italian Renaissance. Since photography is not allowed inside Sistine Chapel, only the visitors can observe how breathtakingly beautiful these artworks truly are.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Skip the lines to get inside St Peter’s Basilica, one of the most famous attractions in the world. Built for over 120 years under the supervision of 18 popes. It is the most gigantic catholic church in the world and extraordinary from inside. Get ready to marvel at the masterpieces including Baldacchino, St Peter’s statue and the only work ever signed by Michelangelo, La Pieta. An expert guide providing an in-depth understanding of this exceptional gigantic monument will take the experience to a whole new level.
Duration: 40 minutes
