Why choose this Rome tour ?
With this guided tour to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with Skip-the-line entrance, you will have one of our guides at your disposal, who will take you on a beautiful journey through the world’s most famous works of art: a true space-time journey, during which you will immerse yourself in a sea of history and culture. Groups consist of no more than 20 people, so that you can fully enjoy the explanation of our certified and Vatican State-licensed guide. It will be the guide who will take you on a journey that plunges through priceless artistic treasures. Once you have finished the visit inside the Sistine Chapel, you can go directly to St. Peter’s Basilica where you will then have free time to visit it on your own. However, we would like to remind you that the passage leading to the Basilica is normally open, but that the opening and closing of this passage is always at the discretion of the Vatican
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What makes Guided Tour Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel with Basilica Access a unique experience ?
The Courtyard of the Pine Cone in the Vatican Museums. If you have never been to the Vatican Museums, consider not only the Sistine Chapel but also other spaces, such as the Courtyard of the Pine Cone. It is one of the first stops you will make on your visit, a large open space of 300 square metres adjacent to the corridors and halls of the museum. If the weather is fine, enjoy the whole extent of the courtyard at leisure and pay attention to the various works of art here.
Commissioned by Popes Clement XIV (1769-1774) and Pius VI (1775-1799), this museum was intended to house Greek and Roman masterpieces from the Vatican.
In the centre of the museum is the octagonal courtyard with the most famous statues: the Apollo of the Belvedere, a 2nd century A.D. Roman copy of the Greek bronze original, located in the Agora in Athens, the famous Laocoon group, a 1st century A.D. Roman copy, Perseus with the head of Medusa, by Canova (early 19th century), the Hermes Pius-Clementine, a copy of a 4th century B.C. Greek statue.
One of the most beautiful and impressive parts of the Vatican Museums is certainly the long corridor, 120 metres long and six metres wide, leading to the Sistine Chapel adorned with maps.
The Gallery of Maps, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII, was created between 1580 and 1585. The frescoes were painted by Italian and Flemish artists under the direction of Ignazio Danti, mathematician, astronomer and cosmographer.
The walls of the gallery are covered with forty maps of the various Italian regions, with maps of the main cities. On the ceiling adjacent to each region are representations of the main religious events that took place there.
The Sistine Chapel is located inside the Vatican Museums in Rome and is visited by millions of tourists from all over the world every year. The Sistine Chapel is decorated by Michelangelo’s splendid frescoes. His splendid works cover the vault and the back wall (with the Last Judgement) above the altar. Inside the Chapel, the conclave, baptism and other official ceremonies of the Pope are held.
From the Sistine Chapel there is direct access to St Peter’s Basilica where visitors will then have free time to visit on their own
Tour Description & Additional Info:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Guided Tour Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel with Basilica Access Inclusions:
Included with Your Ticket
- Groups of maximum 20 persons
- Skip the line entrance
- Use of toilets at our meeting point
- Radio headphone sets
- Licensed and certified guide with language explanation
- Free Wi-Fi at the meeting point
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Special Instructions:
- This Tour is Provided by Saints Tours.
- Tour Timezone & Starts at Europe/Rome.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted.
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- This Tour is Rated 4 Stars based on 268 valid reviews on VIATOR.
- Minimum 1 Travelers is required to book.
- Maximum 15 Travelers is accepted for booking.
We would like to inform you that the arrival at the meeting point for this experience is strictly fixed at 30 minutes before the starting time. Once you arrived, the tour guide do a check list and then brings the group directly inside the Vatican Museum where he gives the ticket to all the customers. Remember that free wi-fi and toilet facilities are available at the meeting point.
