Vatican Museums Sistine Chapel: Skip-The-Line Guided Tour – Lazio, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

With this guided tour, you will be able to admire some of the most famous works of art renown all over the world: we are offering a journey into time and space, into history and culture, but, most of all, a fast-starting journey, where no exhausting waits in queue are involved.

Our groups are all accompanied by certified Vatican tour guides, who will take you through the priceless artistic treasures enshrined in the seven different museums that make up the very heart of the Vatican Museum complex. In a relaxed and informal atmosphere, your guide will tell you stories and curiosities that will help you to understand the historical, artistic and cultural context that has molded the masterpieces hosted in the Hall of the Muses, in the Pio-Clementine Museum, in the Gallery of Maps, in the Gallery of Tapestries, in the Raphael Rooms and in the magnificent Courtyard of the Pinecone that opens in the heart of Vatican City.

The tour of the Vatican Museums will culminate with the visit to the Sistine Chapel; since it is forbidden to speak aloud inside, your guide will deliver explanations and directions outside, using the special panels provided by the Museums. Once inside, you can admire the paintings that truly represent the highest peak of Italian Renaissance art, from the precious frescoes by Botticelli, Perugino, Pinturicchio, Ghirlandaio, Luca Signorelli and Piero di Cosimo, to the extraordinary vault cycle and the Last Judgement by Michelangelo.

At the end of this incredible experience, your guide will briefly tell you about the history of the Vatican and the majestic St Peter’s Basilica.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

The Courtyard of the Pine Cone
Museo Pio Clementino
Gallery of Maps
Sistine Chapel

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