Vatican Museums & St Peter's Basilica Skip-the-Line Private Tour

Highlights

• Exclusive Private Tour
• Guaranteed Skip-the-Line Access
• Vatican Masterpieces

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Vatican City

   Pass by

   The Vatican City State, also known simply as the Vatican, became independent from Italy with the Lateran Treaty (1929), and it is a distinct territory under "full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction" of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state's temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence.With an area of 49 hectares and a population of about 825,it is the smallest state in the world by both area and population.

2. 2

   Vatican Museums

   1h 10min

   Vatican Museums and Upper Galleries, including the one of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra. The galleries are connecting the north section of the Vatican Palace with the Sistine Chapel. The rooms preserved many roman statues discovered during the excavations and many spectacular painted rooms.

3. 3

   Vatican Museums

   20min

   Panoramic Terrace with a view of the Basilica, the Gardens and the Dome

4. 4

   Sistine Chapel

   30min

   Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel with the Frescoes painted in the 1500s for the Pope Julius II and Paul III; Michelangelo first painted the Ceiling where he represented the Creation of the World, from the Genesis book, and stories of Noah’s life. The Renaissance “Genius” when he was 61 years old he will come back to paint in five years only Last Judgement on the wall behind the altar.

Before you go

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