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Discover the highlights of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica with an expert tour guide. Get a priority access by avoiding the stressful long queues to the museums and Sistine Chapel
Marvel at the museums’ awe-inspiring art collection. At 75 meters long, the Gallery of the Tapestries is named after the elaborate Flemish tapestries that drape its walls. The Gallery of the Maps, painted between 1580 and 1585, takes its name from the 40 maps frescoed on the walls, representing each of the Italian regions and papal properties at the time of Pope Gregory XIII.
Be mesmerized by the beauty contained in the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo’s undisputed masterpiece.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Literary, Art & Music Tours
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Discover the highlights of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica with an expert tour guide. Get a priority access by avoiding the stressful long queues to the museums and Sistine Chapel
Marvel at the museums’ awe-inspiring art collection. At 75 meters long, the Gallery of the Tapestries is named after the elaborate Flemish tapestries that drape its walls. The Gallery of the Maps, painted between 1580 and 1585, takes its name from the 40 maps frescoed on the walls, representing each of the Italian regions and papal properties at the time of Pope Gregory XIII.
Be mesmerized by the beauty contained in the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo’s undisputed masterpiece.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Marvel at the museums’ awe-inspiring art collection, world-renowned frescoes inside the Sistine Chapel, and the Renaissance era paintings in the Raphael Room with an advantage of avoiding the stressful long queue and get escorted inside the Vatican Museums through the priority access.
After a regular security check, we will head towards the most important galleries and breathtaking masterpieces collection of art. At 75 meters long, the Gallery of the Tapestries is named after the elaborate Flemish tapestries that drape its walls. The Gallery of the Maps, painted between 1580 and 1585, takes its name from the 40 maps frescoed on the walls, representing each of the Italian regions and papal properties at the time of Pope Gregory XIII.
Be mesmerized by the beauty contained in the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo’s undisputed masterpiece.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
You will hear details about the election process called Conclave which ends up with white smoke from the chimney installed in the Chapel. See original “Last Judgement” and try to find Michaelangelo’s face in between more than 300 painted characters.
Duration: 30 minutes
