What You Will Do
This small group tour is ideal for those who want a more personal experience of the Vatican Museums.
With no more than 20 people per tour group it is easy to interact with your local guide.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to explore the Vatican when it is near-empty: a limited number of people are able to visit each day, which means you can feel secure in your visit.
Enjoy the Vatican art collection and its best masterpieces you’ve waited a lifetime to see, including paintings, statues and frescoes.
Walk through the Raphael Rooms and admire the astonishing Sistine Chapel.
All of this with all the benefits of a relaxed small group tour and an expert guide.
The Sistine Chapel with its ceiling decorated by Michelangelo and the “Stanze di Raffaello” decorated by Raphael are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums.
Find out more with our expert guide, who is ready to share with you facts and stories about these places and answer all your questions.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
The meeting point is inside the office at the indicated address. Please arrive 20 minutes before the start time to ensure a smooth and timely departure.
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Vatican Museums
2 hours
The Vatican museums host some of the finest and largest art collections in the world.
The museums were established by Pope Julius II at the beginning of the 1500'. Since then, thousands of artworks were gathered a in different art collections.
Here you can find some of the best statues and artworks from the Classical times all the way up to the Renaissance era.
Frescoes, paintings, mosaics, sculptures and statues were collected over the centuries, making the greatest art collection in the world.
Some of the finest artists worked here over the centuries, including Giotto, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio.
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Sistine Chapel
30 minutes
The Sistine Chapel is the greatest artwork here at the Vatican. The chapel is part of the Apostolic Palace. Its name is due to Pope Sixtus IV, who commissioned its construction.
The project begun at the end of the 1400, with the frescoes of some of the finest artists of the time.
The Chapel though, is worldwide famous for the frescoes of Michelangelo Buonarroti, who worked at the Sistine Chapel from 1508 to 1512, representing famous scenes from the Old and New Testament.
The most famous section is probably the notorious "Creation of Adam", from the book of Genesis.
Michelangelo then worked again at the Sistine Chapel under Pope Clement VII, who commissioned the artist to paint the Universal Judgment.
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