Vatican City Trip Overview
The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works of which 20,000 are on display.
Some of the key highlights:
• Skip The Line Access
• Visit the Vatican Museums
• Visit the Raphael’s Rooms
• Visit the Sistine Chapel
• Guided Tour (If Guided Option is selected)
• Audio Guided Tour (If Audio Guide Option is selected)
• Private Guided Tour available
• Enjoy an Italian meal of cold cuts and cheese platter, fried, bread, pizza, tasting of two first courses, spelt and barley salad or rice salad, dessert, fruit, water, juices, prosecco or wine (If Option is selected)
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Vatican City, Vatican City
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works of which 20,000 are on display.
Some of the key highlights:
• Skip The Line Access
• Visit the Vatican Museums
• Visit the Raphael’s Rooms
• Visit the Sistine Chapel
• Guided Tour (If Guided Option is selected)
• Audio Guided Tour (If Audio Guide Option is selected)
• Private Guided Tour available
• Enjoy an Italian meal of cold cuts and cheese platter, fried, bread, pizza, tasting of two first courses, spelt and barley salad or rice salad, dessert, fruit, water, juices, prosecco or wine (If Option is selected)
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The Vatican Museums are open late at night, after official hours, on a select number of occasions each year. These dates must be reserved ahead of time due to limited availability. You’re in for a real treat if you get a spot on our Vatican Museums Night Tour.
If you have ever visited the Vatican Museums on a summer morning, stepping into its luxurious halls at night can be quite the opposite experience. Long gone are the stressful crowds and overheated rooms typical of daytime visits. In its place, a relaxing tour of all of the highlights the museum has to offer! You’ll enter the museum via our pre-booked, no-line entrance with an expert English-speaking guide who will play an instrumental role in making your visit an unforgettable one.
Finally, you’ll experience the Vatican Museum’s highlight, the Sistine Chapel, in the unique atmosphere of the evening. Few have the chance to stand beneath Michelangelo’s most important creation at this hour!
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, in Vatican City and the official residence of the pope. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who built it between 1473 and 1481.
Duration: 1 hour
