Vatican Walking Tour - Museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter's


			Vatican Museums - Sistine Chapel - St Peter's Basilica

Choose this tour if you wish to:

Enjoy a professional guided tour of the Vatican City
Experience a tour in a small group
Culminate your visit in the magnificent Sistine Chapel

We begin our Vatican tour with the highlights of almost 2,000 rooms in the Vatican Museum. It is estimated that if you spend 60 seconds in front of every item, it would take approximately 12 years!

Included will be the Rooms of Raphael, the Belvedere Courtyard, Gallery of the Maps, Gallery of the Tapestries etc and culminating this amazing visit in the magnificent Sistine Chapel.

You will be given a full understanding of the work by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. Your guide will cover the 9 scenes of the Book of Genisis painted on the ceiling of the Chapel and the painting of the Last Judgement.

The tour will then continue with the history of the Vatican City State and the magnificence of Bernini’s colonnade before entering St Peter’s Basilica.

Highlights include Michelangelo's Pietà and the magnificent dome, the Baldacchino by Bernini, the Holy Alter as well as other monuments of artistic importance. Hear the story of the Popes and of the world’s largest Catholic Church.

You may see many sites in Rome, but none will leave you with such a feeling of awe as the majesty and grandeur of the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican.

NOTE: Payment for this tour is to be made in Euro cash on your tour date.

Cancellation Policy or No Show - Within 24 hours is 100% of tour cost

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Vatican Museum/Sistine Chapel Afternoon Walking tour

€55.00 pp Convert

3 hours

Morning Walking Tour

Vatican Museums - Sistine Chapel - St Peter's Basilica

Every day except Sundays and religious holidays

10.30am 1 April - 31 Oct and 11am 1 Nov - 31 March

Via Santamaura, 21 (see map below). Via Santamaura is just off Viale Vaticano, just steps from the Vatican Museum entrance. Detailed map will be provided with confirmation.

The tour ends in St Peter's Piazza

Entrance Tickets and guide service

A strict dress code applies at the Vatican: Knees and shoulders must be covered. No shorts, 3/4 pants or mini skirts allowed.