Vatican City Trip Overview
This tour is designed for those who want to explore the Vatican Museums, admiring the works collected by the Popes for more than five centuries, including outstanding Roman statues which inspired Michelangelo, like the celebrated Laocoon Group and the powerful Belvedere Torso.
Walking through the Gallery of Candelabra, Tapestries and Maps get inside the spectacular Raphael’s Rooms, once part of the private Papal Apartments, fully covered with frescoes by the Divine Raphael and his workshop. Discover the stories and anecdotes behind the Heliodorus, the School of Athens and the Fire of Borgo frescoes.
Passing through the Borgia’s Apartments, where the Scandalous Pope Alexander VI lived, now housing the Vatican Collection of Modern Religious Art, reach and be amazed by the world famous Sistine Chapel, entirely covered with the most celebrated Michelangelo’s frescoes: the Ceiling and the Last Judgement… no words are enough to describe this masterpiece!
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Vatican City, Vatican City
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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This tour is designed for those who want to explore the Vatican Museums, admiring the works collected by the Popes for more than five centuries, including outstanding Roman statues which inspired Michelangelo, like the celebrated Laocoon Group and the powerful Belvedere Torso.
Walking through the Gallery of Candelabra, Tapestries and Maps get inside the spectacular Raphael’s Rooms, once part of the private Papal Apartments, fully covered with frescoes by the Divine Raphael and his workshop. Discover the stories and anecdotes behind the Heliodorus, the School of Athens and the Fire of Borgo frescoes.
Passing through the Borgia’s Apartments, where the Scandalous Pope Alexander VI lived, now housing the Vatican Collection of Modern Religious Art, reach and be amazed by the world famous Sistine Chapel, entirely covered with the most celebrated Michelangelo’s frescoes: the Ceiling and the Last Judgement… no words are enough to describe this masterpiece!
Itinerary
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Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Meet our guide in front of the Vatican Museums ready to start the tour inside one of the most famous museums in the world!
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Stop At: Cortile della Pigna, Vatican City Italy
The courtyard was originally part of the Cortile del Belvedere, designed by Donato Bramante to connect the palace of Pope Innocent VIII with the Sistine Chapel. When Bramante died, architect Pirro Ligorio finished the project and added the wall and niche to close the courtyard.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: B&B Laocoonte, Via Francesco Caracciolo, 10, 00192 Roma RM, Italy
The Octagonal Court used to be known as the Cortile delle Statue. It was home to the first nucleus of antique classical statues in the pontifical collections when Pope Julius II della Rovere (1503-1513) displayed his own collection of antique sculpture. Among them the world famous Laocoön group.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Stanze di Raffaello, Viale Vaticano, Vatican City Italy
The four rooms known as the Stanze of Raphael formed part of the apartment situated on the second floor of the Pontifical Palace that was chosen by Pope Julius II as his own residence and used also by his successors. The pictorial decoration was executed by Raphael and his school between 1508 and 1524.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
The Sistine Chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere. The 15th century decoration of the walls includes: the Stories of Moses and of Christ. It was executed by a team of painters made up initially of Perugino, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio and Rosselli.
Michelangelo painted the Ceiling, nine central panels showing the Stories of Genesis and the Last Judgement on the altar wall.
Duration: 20 minutes
