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Discover the Vatican Galleries, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica and two exclusive areas of the Museum!
Skip the line to enjoy the wonders of the Vatican. Learn its history and admire the masterpieces housed within. Admire the wondrous Sistine Chapel frescoes painted by Michelangelo and step inside St. Peter’s Basilica to view Bernini’s Baldachin, Michelangelo’s Pietà and many more priceless masterpieces that will leave you breathless!
Visit the off-limits double-helix staircase of the Pio Clementine Museum designed by Donato Bramante and learn why it was developed.
Step inside the Niccoline Chapel, usually forbidden to visitors, to admire the frescoes of Beato Angelico (also known as Fra Angelico).
Come discover the Off-Limits areas of the Vatican with us!
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Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Discover the Vatican Galleries, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica and two exclusive areas of the Museum!
Skip the line to enjoy the wonders of the Vatican. Learn its history and admire the masterpieces housed within. Admire the wondrous Sistine Chapel frescoes painted by Michelangelo and step inside St. Peter’s Basilica to view Bernini’s Baldachin, Michelangelo’s Pietà and many more priceless masterpieces that will leave you breathless!
Visit the off-limits double-helix staircase of the Pio Clementine Museum designed by Donato Bramante and learn why it was developed.
Step inside the Niccoline Chapel, usually forbidden to visitors, to admire the frescoes of Beato Angelico (also known as Fra Angelico).
Come discover the Off-Limits areas of the Vatican with us!
Itinerary
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Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Your tour in the Vatican Museums will start from one of the special off-limits area, which can be visited only with a special permit of access, of the Vatican Museums: the Bramante Staircase. This is a double helix Bramante staircase that was built to permit Pope Julius II to enter directly with his carriage into his apartments.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Stanze di Raffaello, Viale Vaticano, Vatican City Italy
After, you will arrive in the rooms that a young Raphael painted under the commission of Pope Julius II. Among the many paintings that fill the room, you will admire the “School of Athens”, that Raphael painted while Michelangelo was working on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In his work, Raphael also represented himself in the “School of Athens”, together with some of his contemporaries, such as Bramante and Michelangelo. The two paintings Dispute over the Sacrament and the Parnassus are conserved in these rooms too.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
You will then proceed to the Sistine Chapel, where you will have the chance to admire the amazing Michelangelo’s frescoes depicting the Last Judgement and the Creation of the World with stories of the life of Noah.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Finally, you will arrive in the most important Basilica in the world: St. Peter’s Basilica. Once inside, you will have the opportunity to admire very famous artists’ works of art, such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Baldacchino and Michelangelo’s Pietà.
Duration: 30 minutes
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