Vatican City Trip Overview
A once-in-a-lifetime experience to enter the Vatican Museums ahead of the opening to the general public with this 3-hour private tour!
Allow yourself to be immersed in the beauty of the Vatican Collection in a more intimate, privileged setting! Explore the Galleries as well as the breathtaking Raphael Rooms, step into the Borgia Apartments to discover the Vatican’s scandalous Borgia Pope. Admire the magnificence of the Sistine Chapel frescoes, renowned worldwide for Michelangelo’s ceiling and altar masterpieces!
Enjoy the access to the restricted area of the Cabinet of the Masks and discover the beautiful mosaics from Tivoli.
Choose the itinerary with Museums and Sistine Chapel only to spend more time in the Vatican Museums and see plenty of its highlights.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Vatican City, Vatican City
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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A once-in-a-lifetime experience to enter the Vatican Museums ahead of the opening to the general public with this 3-hour private tour!
Allow yourself to be immersed in the beauty of the Vatican Collection in a more intimate, privileged setting! Explore the Galleries as well as the breathtaking Raphael Rooms, step into the Borgia Apartments to discover the Vatican’s scandalous Borgia Pope. Admire the magnificence of the Sistine Chapel frescoes, renowned worldwide for Michelangelo’s ceiling and altar masterpieces!
Enjoy the access to the restricted area of the Cabinet of the Masks and discover the beautiful mosaics from Tivoli.
Choose the itinerary with Museums and Sistine Chapel only to spend more time in the Vatican Museums and see plenty of its highlights.
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Pass By: Vatican City, Vatican City, Lazio
The Vatican City State, also known simply as the Vatican, became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty (1929), and it is a distinct territory under “full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction” of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state’s temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence.With an area of 49 hectares and a population of about 825,it is the smallest state in the world by both area and population.
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Vatican Museums and Upper Galleries, including the one of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra. The galleries are connecting the north section of the Vatican Palace with the Sistine Chapel. The rooms preserved many roman statues discovered during the excavations and many spectacular painted rooms.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Restricted area of Cabinet of the Masks
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Apollo of Belvedere, Laocoon, Nero’s Bathtub
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel with the Frescoes painted in the 1500s for the Pope Julius II and Paul III; Michelangelo first painted the Ceiling where he represented the Creation of the World, from the Genesis book, and stories of Noah’s life. The Renaissance “Genius” when he was 61 years old he will come back to paint in five years only Last Judgement on the wall behind the altar.
Duration: 30 minutes
