Day 4: Rome

Enjoy the Vatican Museums’ immense art collection on this guided tour. Admire the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel and the masterpieces of St. Peter’s Basilica, and uncover the history behind each turn.

Tour Highlights

• Visit the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica
• Skip all the lines with priority entry to enjoy more time inside the sites
• Enjoy a small-group tour and listen to historical stories from your guide
• Explore the Vatican Galleries and the incredible Sistine Chapel
• Admire the masterpieces of St. Peter’s Basilica

Discover the Vatican Museums on this guided tour with skip-the-line guaranteed. Visit St. Peter’s Basilica and marvel at the works of Michelangelo and Bernini. Begin your guided walking tour at the Vatican Museums, with their immense collection built by the Popes throughout the centuries, and discover one of the world’s most remarkable art collections. See the Pio Clementino Hall, the Laocoon and Apollo Belvedere. Marvel at works by ancient cartographers in the Gallery of Maps and wander the Candelabra Gallery and the Gallery of Tapestries to see Flemish works by pupils of Raphael. Go inside the Sistine Chapel to see Michelangelo’s legendary frescoes. From the Museum, exit directly into St. Peter’s Basilica, the most important Christian church in the world, where you will admire, among others, Michelangelo’s masterpiece the Pietà and the impressive Baldachin Altar by Bernini. The tour ends in St. Peter’s Square, dominated by Michelangelo’s imposing Cupola and surrounded by the famous Bernini’s double Colonnade.

DETAILS

Start time: 10 am
Tour type: small group
Duration: 3 hours
Inclusions: 

• Roundtrip hotel private transfer
• Licensed Guide
• Skip-the-line entry to the Vatican Museums
• Skip-the-line entry to the Sistine Chapel
• Skip-the-line entry to St. Peter’s Basilica
• Sistine Chapel illustrated factsheet
• Official Vatican headsets
• Free Wi-Fi and charging station at the meeting point