Francesca

Vatican Gems: skip the line guided tour including Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St.Peter Basilica.

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica Guided Tour

Francesca

Age: 45 Nationality:  Italy
Specialization: archaeology, history of art, home design, food&wine
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Overview

The tour starts with a visit to the Belevedere Palace, originally a 15th century Loggia later converted into the Pium-Clementinum Museum, housing some of the most important Roman marble statue preserved in the Vatican, as well as the Apoxyomenos, Apollo, Laocoon Group, Belvedere Torso, the Marble Zoo, and many others. Then, passing through a series of galleries, decorated with antique chandeliers and tapestries, and including the amazing Gallery of Maps, your guide will show you a part of the papal apartment with the beautiful rooms, decorated by the famous painter Raphael. They are considered one of the masterpieces of the so called Florentine Renaissance. After leaving the papal apartment it will be time to gape at the splendor of the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Known for being the place where the concleave and other official ceremonies take place, it’s decorated with frescoes More info

Sites included

  • Pium-Clementinum Museum Tapestries and Maps Gallery Raphael Rooms Sistine Chapel St.Peter Basilica Pieta by Michelangelo St. Peter Square
Entrance tickets are NOT included in the booking, unless it is made explicit in under the heading “Services included”. For some sites booking is obligatory. Consult Ticket Info for further information.

Languages

This tour is available in the folloewing langauges:
  • Italian
  • English

Duration of the tour

Tour estimated duration ist 3 hours, 30 minutes

Departure times

This tour is available to start at the following times:
  • 08:30
  • 09:00
  • 09:30
  • 10:00
  • 13:30
  • 14:00

Prices

  • From 1 to 6 people: €200.00
  • From 7 to 10 people: €230.00
  • From 11 to 15 people: €250.00

Meeting Point

Viale Vaticano, Roma, Italia
Meeting point next to Museums entrance, Francesca will be waiting for you holding a sign with your name

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