Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica Small Group Tour

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This tour allows you to enjoy an infinite number of masterpieces like Michelangelo’s “Pietà” and “Last Judgment”, gorgeous works by Bernini, Raphael, Botticelli, Perugino and other treasures all incredibly united under the roof of the world renowned Vatican museums. 

Join our exclusive small group tour of maximum 10 people with VIP entrance tickets that will guarantee to skip all lines!

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Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Literary, Art & Music Tours



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This tour allows you to enjoy an infinite number of masterpieces like Michelangelo’s “Pietà” and “Last Judgment”, gorgeous works by Bernini, Raphael, Botticelli, Perugino and other treasures all incredibly united under the roof of the world renowned Vatican museums. 

Join our exclusive small group tour of maximum 10 people with VIP entrance tickets that will guarantee to skip all lines!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy

After meeting with your tour guide, you will reach the usually packed museum entrance, where, skipping the check-in line, you will enter the museums through a panoramic terrace. You will enjoy a stunning view of St. Peter’s dome overlooking the Vatican gardens; the perfect spot to take a great picture! The guide will then walk you through all the highlights of the museums which include masterpieces and artefacts from different cultures and civilizations. You will enter the Pio Clementine museum, famous for its unique Greek/Roman ancient statues such as the Laocoon group, you will gasp at the length of the enormous Tapestry Hall, then through the Hall of the Painted Maps, you will enter the Sistine Chapel whose impact in history, religion and visual arts has no equal in the world. All of this in a small and intimate group of maximum 10 people since we don’t want to make our clients feel uncomfortable in big groups.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy

Inside the world renowned Sistine Chapel, you will admire Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling, considered by many art historians, as one of the greatest masterpieces in history.

“Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving.”

Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1787)

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy

You will be lead also to St. Peter’s Square where you will be told about the Basilica from the outside, the largest Christian Basilica in the world.

The tour ends in St. Peter’s square, where you will admire Bernini’s colonnade and the stunning façade of the basilica.

At last, for those interested in purchasing religious articles or official Vatican products, the tour guide will take you to the official Vatican gift shop and eventually show you the nearest taxi station or subway.

Duration: 45 minutes



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