12 People Guided Tour: Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica

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Accompany us on this exceptional journey in a 12 people group and enter to the astoundingly beautiful Vatican City, home to some of the most famous collections of art & architecture in the world.

Be lead by your professional guide who will bring to life the fantastic art, history and architecture housed within the walls of this beautiful city’s 7 km of galleries, chapels and rooms.

On your tour, you will beat the crowd skipping the long ticket lines and join us on an emotional experience through the incredible collections of the Vatican Museums and then move on to the Sistine Chapel and see Michelangelo painted ceiling described in detail by your professional tour guide in a small semi-private experience.

After this, you will be escorted in St. Peters Basilica from a priority access to explore it at your own leisure.

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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours



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Accompany us on this exceptional journey in a 12 people group and enter to the astoundingly beautiful Vatican City, home to some of the most famous collections of art & architecture in the world.

Be lead by your professional guide who will bring to life the fantastic art, history and architecture housed within the walls of this beautiful city’s 7 km of galleries, chapels and rooms.

On your tour, you will beat the crowd skipping the long ticket lines and join us on an emotional experience through the incredible collections of the Vatican Museums and then move on to the Sistine Chapel and see Michelangelo painted ceiling described in detail by your professional tour guide in a small semi-private experience.

After this, you will be escorted in St. Peters Basilica from a priority access to explore it at your own leisure.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Via Leone IV, 10, 00192 Roma RM, Italy

You will meet your guide at Via Leone IV nr 10.

The office is just 200 m (660 ft) from Vatican Museum main entrance.

Duration: 10 minutes

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

The 110 acres that comprise the Vatican City are home to some of the most famous tourist destinations in the world. The global centre of the Catholic religion attracts millions of fervent religious supporters and interested visitors each year. As you pass the famed Pontifical Swiss Guard, the Pope’s security force since 1505, you’ll enter perhaps the most recognizable plaza in the Western world: St. Peter’s Square.

Duration: 2 hours

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

The Sistine Chapel has drawn admirers from around the world for over five hundred years, ever since the completion of Michelangelo’s great Sistine Chapel ceiling. The magnificent frescoes that makeup Michelangelo’s famous ceiling include The Creation of Adam, an iconic depiction of a Biblical scene; only Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa matches its artistic significance. To be admired in silence, the Sistine Chapel provokes awe among its visitors with breath-taking art and architecture in all directions. In order to prepare you for the grandeur of the Chapel’s interior, our guides will offer a helpful history of the art inside and provide orientation to better direct your exploration.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy

After this you will be escorted, through a priority entrance, in St. Peters Basilica, the greatest piece of Renaissance architecture as well as being the largest church in the world, to explore at your own leisure.



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