• Rome: Skip-the-Line to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Vatican Museums SkipTheLine in Small Group
  • Rome: Skip-the-Line to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Vatican Museums SkipTheLine in Small Group
  • Rome: Skip-the-Line to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Vatican Museums SkipTheLine in Small Group
  • Rome: Skip-the-Line to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Vatican Museums SkipTheLine in Small Group
  • Rome: Skip-the-Line to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Vatican Museums SkipTheLine in Small Group
  • Rome: Skip-the-Line to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Vatican Museums SkipTheLine in Small Group
  • Rome: Skip-the-Line to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Vatican Museums SkipTheLine in Small Group

Rome: Skip-the-Line to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Vatican Museums SkipTheLine in Small Group

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ID: GYG400647-727802
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Country: Italy

Duration: 03:00 hours


Description

Follow your guide on walking a tour of the Vatican Museums, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. Save time with skip-the-line tickets to this popular attraction.
Navigate through a vast complex of rooms, artwork, and history with a licensed guide on this walking tour of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, and St. Peter's Square.
Meet your tour guide in front the Vatican Museums entrance. Begin your tour of the Vatican museums. Admire collections like the Maps Room and the Tapestries Hall. Appreciate masterpieces like Raphael’s 'Transfiguration' and 'The School of Athens.'
Listen as your guide tells you tales of Vatican intrigue as you pass through spaces like the Courtyard of Pigna, the Octagonal Courtyard, the Pio Clementino Museum, the Gallery of Animals, and the Gallery of Muses.
Spend times contemplating the statues in the Candelabra Gallery or the masterpieces in the Raphael Rooms. Make your way to the the frescos that decorate the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Stop at the 'The Last Judgment' by Michelangelo.
Hear about the history of this chapel before heading to St Peter's Basilica. Marvel at this renowned work of Renaissance architecture by masters like Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini,
Finish your tour with a stroll through St. Peter's Square and snap some pictures of the 284 columns and 88 pilasters that flank the square in a colonnade of four rows. Look up above the columns to see 140 statues of saints which were created in 1670 by the disciples of Bernini.

Highlights

  • Gaze up at Michelangelo's masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
  • Make the most of your time with skip-the-line tickets to this popular attraction
  • Get around these vast collections quickly and easily with a licensed guide
  • See works like 'Transfiguration' and 'The School of Athens' in the Raphael rooms
  • Admire the stunning architecture in St Peter's Basilica and St. Peter's Square

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
•St. Peter's Basilica could be subject to last-minute closures during special celebrations/festivities and on Wednesdays due to the weekly Papal Audience
•If St. Peter's Basilica is closed, the tour will spend more time inside the Vatican Museums (as this is out of the tour supplier's control, no refunds or discounts are issued when this occurs)
You are required to bring and wear a mask
• STARTING POINT: Tour Guide, with a sign with our company's name "ItalyBestExcursions" on, in front the Vatican Museums Entrance, close by the BAR "Caffè Vaticano", on "Viale Vaticano" road ( Google PlusCode: WF43+R8 Rome ). Final Point: St. Peter's Square, Città del Vaticano, Vatican City. • Please meet Tour Guide approximately at least 15 minutes in advance. Entrance is strictly limited so you must arrive early. If you will arrive late cannot be accommodated, so no refunds or discounts will be issued.
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When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.