Vatican Papal Audience & Sistine Chapel: Skip-the-Line Vatican Museums Tour

Highlights

• Papal Audience
• Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
• Professional Guide

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   St. Peter's Square

   3h

   Enjoy an audience with Pope Leo XIV, and pray with him to receive the Apostolic Blessing on a full-day tour of the Vatican City. The weekly Papal Audience is a special event for Catholics and non-Catholics alike and lasts approximately 2 hours, during which there are speeches in Italian and other languages.

2. 2

   Vatican Museums

   1h 30min

   After the blessing and a break for lunch (not included), get back to our office by 1:30 pm to get prepared for your Vatican Museum guided tour. Let's get into the history and secrets of the Catholic Church and hear about the rivalry between the Renaissance artists.  Discover the treasures hosted by one of the largest and most-visited museums of the world enriched by a huge number of masterpieces collected through time. Admire the best of the ancient world visiting the Greek and Roman sculpture section. A collection of classical art masterpieces where admire the beauty of several sculpture groups, as for example the statue of Laocoön and His Sons that is one of the most famous ancient sculptures.

3. 3

   Stop 3

   10min

   Pass along the Chandelier Gallery, named by the several marble chandelier decorating this section.

4. 4

   Stop 4

   15min

   Be astonished by the elegant Tapestry gallery, wallpapered by the finest tapestry worldwide, realized by Raphael's disciples.

5. 5

   Stop 5

   15min

   Visit the Maps Gallery, a complete exhibition of maps representing Italy as it was seen by cartographer in 1581.

6. 6

   Sistine Chapel

   30min

   Admire the major representatives of Italian art such as Leonardo, Perugino, Beato Angelico, and many more Towards the end of this tour you will visit the beautiful Sistine Chapel to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece: The Last Judgement.

Before you go

Location