Rome Trip Overview
Half day private tour of the Vatican Museums and St. Peter Basilica, one of the world’s largest museum complexes, skip the long line and enjoy your experience. Learn about the pieces in the world’s largest private art collection, once intended exclusively for the pope, some of which is now on display in some 2,000 rooms that stretch for nearly 9 miles (15 km) inside Vatican City.
Through the Raphael’s Rooms, four interconnecting chambers adorned with paintings realized by Raphael and his pupils, you will reach the beautiful breathtaking Sistine Chapel, admire Michelangelo’s astounding frescoes. Then the visit continues inside the St Peter’s Basilica.
(If St. Peter’s Basilica is being used for a religious ceremony or function and entrance is prohibited, the tour will continue outside).
*The entrance to the basilica and Vatican Museums requires appropriate clothing: shorts, miniskirts and uncovered shoulders are not allowed.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Half day private tour of the Vatican Museums and St. Peter Basilica, one of the world’s largest museum complexes, skip the long line and enjoy your experience. Learn about the pieces in the world’s largest private art collection, once intended exclusively for the pope, some of which is now on display in some 2,000 rooms that stretch for nearly 9 miles (15 km) inside Vatican City.
Through the Raphael’s Rooms, four interconnecting chambers adorned with paintings realized by Raphael and his pupils, you will reach the beautiful breathtaking Sistine Chapel, admire Michelangelo’s astounding frescoes. Then the visit continues inside the St Peter’s Basilica.
(If St. Peter’s Basilica is being used for a religious ceremony or function and entrance is prohibited, the tour will continue outside).
*The entrance to the basilica and Vatican Museums requires appropriate clothing: shorts, miniskirts and uncovered shoulders are not allowed.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Welcome Italy – Day Tours, 101, Alberto Cadlolo Street Inside the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 00136 Rome Italy
pick up from the accomodation-hotel
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Get picked up in the afternoon and transferred to the Vatican Museums to begin the tour.
As your expert guide entertains you with tales of Vatican power and intrigue, you’ll feel the Renaissance works of art come to life
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Stanze di Raffaello, Viale Vaticano, Vatican City Italy
Raphael’s Rooms, the four interconnecting chambers adorned with paintings by Raphael and his pupils
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
the breathtakingly beautiful Sistine Chapel, which is considered the pope’s home chapel. Walk through this sacred Vatican site to see Michelangelo’s astounding frescoes, The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgment.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
visit St. Peter’s Basilica next door. Step inside to see why it’s so much more than just a church. Gaze in wonder at its awe-inspiring architecture and mosaics, including another Michelangelo masterpiece, La Pietà. Steeped in history, St. Peters Basilica is said to stand on the ground where St. Peter the Apostle was crucified and buried. The guide will explain the highlights of the basilica and its significance as the holiest place in Christendom.
(If St. Peter’s Basilica is being used for a religious ceremony or function and entrance is prohibited, the tour will continue outside).
Duration: 1 hour
