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Enjoy Vatican Museums , Sistine Chapel : guided tour
About This Tour
Enjoy a fascinating tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel. Don't miss any of the highlights of the massive Vatican Museums collection before admiring some of Michelangelo's masterpieces.
What's Included
✓ Included
- Headsets to hear the guide clearly
- Local guide
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines
✗ Not Included
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Access to basilica is subject to unexpected closures
- Entrance to Dome is not included
Itinerary
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Here, in the Museums of the Popes, built-up and enriched over five centuries, you will admire with the rich buzzing of great history and sacred art. Upon entering into the Vatican Museums you will be immersed in the glory of art and culture put in the service of faith.
The greatest artists of all time will welcome you: Raphael in the Stanze, Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, Giotto, Leonardo, and Caravaggio in the Pinacoteca, van Gogh, Matisse, and Moore in the area dedicated to Contemporary Art. You will see, with the Laocoön Group and the Apollo Belvedere, the greatest masterpieces of Classical Antiquity. You will encounter centuries and millennia as you enter the Etruscan and Egyptian Museums, along with non-European civilizations in the Ethnological Museum.
The greatest artists of all time will welcome you: Raphael in the Stanze, Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, Giotto, Leonardo, and Caravaggio in the Pinacoteca, van Gogh, Matisse, and Moore in the area dedicated to Contemporary Art. You will see, with the Laocoön Group and the Apollo Belvedere, the greatest masterpieces of Classical Antiquity. You will encounter centuries and millennia as you enter the Etruscan and Egyptian Museums, along with non-European civilizations in the Ethnological Museum.
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Admire Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, they are the grand fresco sequences that mark the High Renaissance in Rome
Good to Know
- 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 tour is NOT wheelchair accessible
- The passage between the Sistine Chapel and St.Peter's Basilica is closed on Wednesdays and subject to other unexpected closures. In that case we will instead spend the entirety of the the tour in the museums.
- Please arrive on time. Latecomers will neither be accommodated nor refunded.
- The Vatican Museums provide free entry for visitors who are (according to the requirements stated by the Vatican City) at least 74% disabled with the appropriate certification and provides free entry to caretakers: please inform the local partner when booking if you fit into these requirements