Rome: Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Group Tour – Rome, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

Met your guide at the meeting point and start your experience discovering the Vatican. Thanks to this skip-the-line option, you will avoid any queue. Moreover, this small group tour will give you the chance to enjoy at best your visit, avoiding the stressful crowded groups, so you can start exploring the vast collections right away. 

You will be taken into the museum by a spectacular big spiral staircase. Inside, you will find many masterpieces from different periods of time, from classical Greek art to Renaissance masterpieces of Michelangelo. For example, admire the statue of Laocoön and his sons that is one of the most famous ancient sculptures. Admire the major representatives of Italian art such as Leonardo, Perugino, Beato Angelico and many more. Enjoy a view over the Vatican Gardens. You will be guided through the history and secrets of the Catholic church and you will hear about the rivalry between the Renaissance artists. Towards the end of this tour, you will visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel. 

At the end of the tour, your guide will escort you to have a privileged entrance for St. Peter’s Basilica. You will visit the basilica at your leisure without the guide. Inside, admire some Baroque masterpieces and the breathtaking Pietà by Michelangelo. You can also enjoy a moment of reflection in the Vatican caves where many popes are buried, including Pope John Paul II. Tour highlights will include the following: introduction of the Vatican City and Vatican history, Chandelier Gallery, Tapestry Gallery, Maps Gallery, apartment of San Pio V, Sistine Chapel and many more along the way.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Enjoy skip-the-line entrance to Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica
Admire the major representatives of Italian art such as Leonardo, Perugino, Beato Angelico and many more
Visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece “The Last Judgement”

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