Rome: Vatican Museums Private Tour – Rome, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

Marvel at masterpieces of art by Raphael, Michelangelo, Bernini and many others on a private tour of the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica, and see statues from Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and other great civilizations.

Skip the notorious lines to enter the Vatican Museums, and enjoy a personal narrative once inside. Your guide will treat you to a customized tour, bringing the magnificent works of art to life with an interactive and imaginative commentary. Uncover the legends and mysteries behind works from the Renaissance and other art eras, and hear about the papal patrons.

Marvel at sculptures, carvings, frescoes, paintings, tapestries and maps. Go to the Belvedere Courtyard, and stroll through the most interesting galleries in the museum complex.

Contemplate Michelangelo’s frescoes in the magnificent Sistine Chapel and admire paintings from the main artist of the Renaissance period. Then, enter St. Peter’s Church to experience the majestic architecture of the Catholic cathedral. See Bernini’s exquisite “Baldachin” and other sacred works of art. End on St. Peter’s Square, where you can admire the Egyptian obelisk that witnessed the martyrdom of St. Peter and was central to Bernini’s design.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Marvel at masterpieces of art from the papal collections
Admire the famous statue of Laocoön, and see the Belvedere Torso
Discover maps of the world by ancient cartographers
Look a Michelangelo’s miraculous frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
Enter the most famous Roman Catholic church in the world

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