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Vatican
Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica make Rome a bright highlight to your visit to Italy and indeed Europe. Our headline and most popular tour unlocks the secrets of grandiose Papal Palaces as we retrace the footsteps of Michelangelo, Raphael and Bernini and the Popes they served.
Become our Royal Guest as, winding through palatial halls, we encounter their fabulous Renaissance & Baroque masterpieces, each step exploring the hidden meaning and secrets of three Millenia of art and culture contained in the Vatican Museums.
Meeting Point
St. Peter’s Square (left colonnade)
2:00 pm Daily - Except Sundays!
Our English Speaking Guides will enthrall you with a storytelling tour designed to entertain and inform. On our way to the spectacular Sistine Chapel, we lift modern veils to bring you into the time of Warrior Popes, Superstar Artists and courtly intrigues. Stories of bloody invasions, Swiss Guards and political power struggles will become your key to understanding, and thouroughly enjoying this unique time capsule from when America was but a first name and the Church was still whole.
Other InformationDuration: Approx. 3 hours
Dress Code: Strict! Ladies cover from shoulders to below knees. Gentlemen to below ankles!
Entry tickets: €14, €8 (6-18 y.o., Students to 26 y.o. with Student I.D.), Free for under 6 y.o.
Group Size: up to 15 adults
After a short break you will delve into the unparalleled vastness of St. Peter’s Basilica. Here gold and marble, brick and bronze and perhaps above all, light and incense, combine to thrill the senses of every visitor.
In the world’s largest church, almost two centuries of uninterrupted architectural genius and papal ambitions have joined forces to strike awe into the hearts of countless pilgrims and visitors since the time of Christopher Columbus.
Without having seen the Sistine Chapel,
it’s not possible to have an idea
of what one man is capable of doing
Johann Wolfgang von Göthe (1749-1832).
Vatican Tour itinerary includes: St. Peter’s Square, Vatican Garden panorama, Pine-Cone Courtyard, Greek & Roman Sculpture Collections, Gallery of the Maps & Tapestries, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, Michelangelo’s Pietà and much more.
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