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Fast Access Vatican Raphael Rooms Sistine Chapel & St Peter Basilica guided Tour

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Join this visit to see the highlights of the Vatican: Raphael’s Rooms;  the Gallery of Maps; the Gallery of Tapestries; collections of Ancient Roman and Greek statues and of course the famous Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo frescos. This is a wonderful, comprehensive half-day tour with a top-rated and very knowledgeable guide.
  • Local guide
  • Professional art historian guide
  • Guaranteed to skip the long lines
  • Local taxes
  • Gratuities
Departure Point

viale, Viale Vaticano, 100, 00192 Roma RM, Italy At the stairs outside the Vatican museums (street address is viale Vaticano ), under the big white monumental door topped with statues. Your guide will have a sign with your name.

Return Details

viale, Viale Vaticano, 100, 00192 Roma RM, Italy At the stairs outside the Vatican museums (street address is viale Vaticano ), under the big white monumental door topped with statues. Your guide will have a sign with your name.

  • Stanze di Raffaello, Vatican City, Italy
    Your tour starts at the entrance to the Vatican Museums where you meet your guide and with skip-the-line entry bypass the waiting crowds, leave your belongings in the Vatican cloakrooms, make use of the free and very clean toilet facilities and follow your guide on a journey of discovery! The first ports of call on the tour are the rooms where you can see Ancient Greek and Roman art. When the Popes ruled Central Italy these artworks were collected from various excavation sites in the city of Rome and brought to the Vatican. Your guide will point out the most notable of these masterpieces including the Belvedere Apollo, the Torso, busts of Claudius and Hadrian and the sarcophagi of Helen and Constance, the mother and daughter of the Emperor Constantine. The tour continues with visits to the Room of Animals and the Gallery of Candelabra.A short walk takes you to the Gallery of Tapestries, the Sobieski Rooms and the Rooms of Raphael.
    60 minutes
  • Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Italy
    We then reach the famous Sistine Chapel, the most visited site in the whole of Italy and known throughout the world as the place where new Popes are elected. Talking is prohibited in the Chapel so your guide will explain about the wonders you will see once inside and also tell you some interesting facts and anecdotes about this magical place. See Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling depicting the Last Judgment, the Creation of Adam and the Genesis and the Stories of Moses and Jesus painted on the Chapel walls by Botticelli, Perugino and other famous Renaissance artists.
    60 minutes
  • Porta Santa, Vatican City, Italy
    is traditionally an entrance portal located within the Papal major basilicas in Rome. The doors are normally sealed by mortar and cement from the inside so that they cannot be opened. They are ceremoniously opened during Jubilee years designated by the Pope, for pilgrims who enter through those doors may piously gain the plenary indulgences attached with the Jubilee year celebrations.
    30 minutes
  • St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Italy
    You will also learn something of the architecture of this magnificent edifice and the symbols and rituals that make this church so special. Your guide will bid you a farewell in Saint Peter’s Square but not before telling you some of the secrets and curious facts about Bernini’s famous square. You will also see the balcony where the crowds await the white smoke signifying the election of a new Pope. What a marvelous end to this wonderful Vatican tour!
    30 minutes
  • St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy
    Then it is into Saint Peter’s Basilica, the most important Roman Catholic Church in the world. Here you will see another of Michelangelo’s masterpieces, the Pieta. You will go to the crypt and see the tombs of past Popes, including those of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II.
    30 minutes
  • La Pieta, Vatican City, Italy
    is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture.
    30 minutes
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
    margaretjones899
    30 Sep 2022
    Francesco is the best guide we've ever had! My kids loved the tour and would do it again! Thank you very much!
    loiusep
    16 Sep 2022
    Our guide was amazing! Thank you so much, I always dreamed about the Sistine chapel and we realized my dream this year! Book this tour and ask for Francesco! He is the best!
    mval451
    06 Jun 2022
    This tour was cancelled just hours before it was scheduled to begin. We had already left our hotel to travel to Vatican City. After waiting at the meeting spot for 30 minutes, a very kind tour guide from another company called this company to ask where they were. It was then that we were told it was cancelled. They did not offer any alternatives.
    This tour in is organized by Tours of the Vatican with Francesco & hi

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