Vatican Museums Sistine Chapel and St Peter Basilica Private Tour Discount Tickets

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Overview

Take a journey through Vatican City’s highlights with your private and expert guide. Begin this excursion into the Vatican’s art and architecture at the Vatican Museums, which house the world’s most important ancient art collection. From the Egyptian Museum to the Etruscan Museum, the Greek-Roman section to the Collections of Renaissance Art, there is something for everyone. Follow your guide to the best galleries and see frescoes, statues, tapestries, and historical maps. Find the Borgia Apartment with rooms painted by Raffaello, La Pinacoteca Vaticana, the Gallery of Maps, the Courtyard of the Pine Cone, and more. Continue to the Sistine Chapel to admire masterpieces by Michelangelo, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Pinturicchio, and Perugino. Gazing up at Michelangelo’s ceiling is an experience you’ll remember for the rest of your life. Finish your journey inside the majestic St. Peter's Basilica, admiring Michelangelo's Pieta.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Please report at the Touristation Sistina Office, Viale Vaticano 95 to meet your guide

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

French-GUIDE

Spanish-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Vatican Museums
They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries: Vatican museums has more than 20,000 artifacts in display, from the glories of ancient Greece and Egypt to Middle ages Renaissance works. Admire pine cone courtyard, Egypt and Etruscan collections, glorious tapestries, Gallery of Maps, painted ceilings and large scale frescoes by Raphael.
Duration: 105 mins
2. Sistine Chapel
The most visited chapel in the world, seat of the conclave and a fascinating place to admire Michelangelo's frescoes
Duration: 15 mins
3. St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City. Catholic tradition holds that the basilica is the burial site of Saint Peter, chief among Jesus's apostles and also the first Bishop of Rome (Pope). Saint Peter's tomb is directly below the high altar of the basilica, also known as the Altar of the Confession. For this reason, many popes, cardinals and bishops have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period.
Duration: 60 mins

Inclusion

Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel skip-the-line tickets

Private guide service (3 hours)

St. Peter's Basilica (please note the entrance is free)

Exclusion

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Food and drinks

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

  • 0% refund if cancelled 0+ days before the start date

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

The Vatican Museums reserve the right to close any section, including the Sistine Chapel, due to unforeseen circumstances. The closure of any museum section does not entitle visitors to any refund.

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