Vatican City: the Treasures Box
Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter Basilica and Square: the widest art collection in the world, discover its major masterpieces.
Probably it doesn’t exist on earth a museum as amazing as the Vatican Museums. One of the most important Art collection in the world for its richness and variety! During the visit you can see statues and objects that will recount of the ancient Greece and Rome but also Baroque and Renaissance arazzi together with frescoes and paintings, bas-relief and trompe l’Oeil. All of these masterpieces are displayed in long galleries with richly decorated ceilings and pavements, courtyards and staircases twist and turn inside the Popes’ Palace. The Museum’s heart is Michelangelo genius’ masterwork: the Sistine Chapel. Its beauty, its magnificence and its timeless charm does not show its age – 500 hundreds years old – and amazes now as then. At the conclusion of the Vatican Museums visit you will access Saint Peter’s Basilica, the biggest church in the world! A real marble jewel filled with artworks, the deserved end for such fascinating tour.
Details
SKIP THE LINE. Our tours include the skip the line tickets.
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese.
KIDS FRIENDLY. The children are welcome. Please write me if there are kids in your family group.
DISABLE FRIENDLY. The tour is disabled friendly. Please contact me if you need a wheelchair.
DRESS CODE: Low cut or sleeveless clothing, shorts, miniskirts and hats are not allowed. Only small bags/backpacks are permitted (size 40x35x15).
Destination
Meeting point
at the entrance of Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, on the white staircase or at your accommodation (on request)Start Time
From 8:30 am to 4:00 pmDuration
3 hoursPrice
€ 250,00 base price + € 40,00 / per person (admission fee and skip the line ticket for each sites) + € 20,00 per person under 18 (admission fee and skip the line ticket for each sites)Included
Admission TicketsGuiding ServicesPrivate TourSkip the line TicketsNot Included
Food and drinksPersonal ExpensesPrivate driverPrivate luxury carPublic Transportation TicketsSouvenirsTaxi
Vatican Museums:
- Courtyard Pigna
- Museo Chiaramonti
- Courtyard Ottagono
- Room of Animals
- Room of Muses
- Room Rotonda
- Gallery of Candelabra
- Gallery of Tapestry
- Gallery of Maps
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter Basilica
St. Peter Square
Tour Location
Meeting Point Options:
- at the entrance of Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, on the white staircase.
- at your accommodation (on request): the pick up from your hotel/b&b is available if it is in the centre of Rome and the cost of the taxi is on you.
Meeting Point Option 1
Madeline D.
Everyone in our family, adults and children alike, really enjoyed our two tours with Romebylocals. Chiara brought the Coliseum and Forum to life for us all, with interesting pictures to show us what each area used to look like. Stephania gave us a great tour of the Vatican, pointing out things we would definitely have missed otherwise. Highly recommend.Veronica R.