Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica with transport- Skip the line

General information

Destination	Category
Rome, Italy	Attractions/Entertainment

Program details

Discover the wonder that is the Vatican City, one of the most important religious places in the world, and enjoy art and refinement.


HIGHLIGHTS:


* Skip the line access to the Vatican Museums

* Explore the Sistine Chapel

* Guided tour of St Peter’s Basilica


In this half day tour you will get the opportunity to beat the queues and discover the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel with no hassle. When you arrive, your guide will take you straight though into the museums where you will visit one of the most important collections of art in the world. Admire the famous spiral staircase, the Gallery of Tapestries and the Gallery of Maps before arriving at the Sistine Chapel and the unforgettable Basilica of Saint Peter. Explore one of the world’s most important religious sites with this Tour of the Vatican City.

Walk around the Vatican Museums with more than 2,000 rooms and nine miles of the largest art collection in the world. Decorated with exquisite taste and full of works of art, the museum is packed with treasure and history. Discover all the secrets contained in the walls of the museums, originally meant only for the Pope’s eyes. See Michelangelo’s creation of Adam with your own eyes as you explore the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms.

After visiting the Museum you will be taken on a guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica, where you will find another of Michelangelo’s masterpieces, La Pietà. The tour ends at the magnificent St. Peter’s Square.

From 1/04 the tour will also include a visit to Raphael's Rooms. The four Stanze di Raffaello (‘Raphael's Rooms’) in the Palace of the Vatican form a suite of reception rooms, the public part of the papal apartments. They are famous for their frescoes, painted by Raphael and his workshop. Together with Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, they are the grand fresco sequences that mark the High Renaissance in Rome.


Meeting/ Pick up point: Via Vittorio Emanuele Orlando 95.
Duration: Approx. 4 hours.