Rome Trip Overview
This tour offers an exclusive group bus tour of the Vatican Gardens and a private tour, with skip-the-line access tickets to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Travel in the Vatican Gardens on a comfortable minibus you will get an in-depth understanding of the history of these landmarks through your audio guide made available. Your tour will continue with a visit of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel with your private professional guide by your side.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 to 4 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Rome, Lazio, Italy
This tour offers an exclusive group bus tour of the Vatican Gardens and a private tour, with skip-the-line access tickets to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Travel in the Vatican Gardens on a comfortable minibus you will get an in-depth understanding of the history of these landmarks through your audio guide made available. Your tour will continue with a visit of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel with your private professional guide by your side.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Experience a personal tour of the Vatican’s collection with your own private, licensed guide at your side. Described as one of the best experiences in Rome, this tour takes you on a journey of discovery. Revere priceless masterpieces of the Renaissance together with sculptures and mosaics from antiquity. All in the papal collection. All waiting for you to discover them. Taking a private tour means you can customize your time in the Eternal City’s epicenter to include exactly what you want. The Sistine Chapel, Saint Peter’s Basilica, and the Vatican Museums ‘mind-blowing collection await you, but so too do Bernini’s stunning sculptures, the Raphael Rooms’ unforgettable frescoes, the stirringly beautiful Flemish artworks of the Gallery of Tapestries, and the hauntingly lifelike statues of the Gallery of the Candelabra
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Regarded as Michelangelo’s masterpiece, the Sistine Chapel is a jaw-dropping attraction you must see at least once in your lifetime. The Sistine Chapel is one of the greatest treasures of the Vatican City, of Rome and of the world in general. It is known as much for its decoration, as for being the temple in which popes are chosen and crowned. The construction of the building was between 1473 and 1481 during the mandate of Pope Sixtus IV, to whom it owes its current name. What grabs the attention in the Sistine are the frescoes that completely cover the walls and the ceiling. Some of the most important artists who worked in the chapel are Botticelli, Perugino, Luca and Michelangelo. It is located in the central part of the vault and represents the story from Genesis in which God gives life to Adam. Located over the high altar Michelangelo’s other masterpiece, The Final Judgment.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Gardens, Viale Vaticano presso Musei Vaticani, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The Vatican Gardens are rarely crowded due to their limited-entry policy. Within Rome’s papal state lies the Gardens of Vatican City or Giardini Vaticani. Spread over 57 acres, this area has a Renaissance layout, adorned with sculptures, fountains, monuments, botanicals and buildings that date as far back as the 6th Century. While these manicured grounds are the perfect place in the city to enjoy some peace, it is also the place where you can get some of the best views of the St Peter’s Basilica Dome the twin cities of Rome and Vatican City.
Duration: 1 hour
