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Vatican & St Peter's Basilica Tour: Unlock the Wonders
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Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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To visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, also St. Peter’s Basilica, your clothing must cover your shoulders, knees and neckline.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Fill your visit to the Vatican with extra meaning, history and interesting facts with an expert guide. Enjoy a comfortable group experience with a maximum of 15 guests. Step inside the most important galleries and rooms, such as the Gallery of the Maps, Pio-Clementino Museum to discover the world's most significant collection of art.
This tour lets you into the secrets of the art works, following the intriguing history of the state of the Holy See, revealing the background stories about its great treasures. Admission is included and will allow you to enter the Vatican without having to wait in a long line at the entrance.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Skip-the-line headsets pickup
Skip-the-line ticket to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
3 hours tour with an expert guide
Skip-the-line entrance to St. Peter's Basilica
Most group itinerary is set by the Vatican. We don't visit Raffael's Rooms in groups.
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Viale Vaticano, 100
Your guide will wait for you with the sign Emotion.club at the corner of Caffe Vaticano at Viale Vaticano 100 (or Via Tunisi 2 which is the same building) at the top of the steps. Across the street you will see the entrance of the Vatican Museums. The closest Metro stop is Ottaviano, Line A.
Return
Saint Peter's Square
Vatican & St Peter's Basilica Tour: Unlock the Wonders
(229) Reviews
Roma
About
Fill your visit to the Vatican with extra meaning, history and interesting facts with an expert guide. Enjoy a comfortable group experience with a maximum of 15 guests. Step inside the most important galleries and rooms, such as the Gallery of the Maps, Pio-Clementino Museum to discover the world's most significant collection of art.
This tour lets you into the secrets of the art works, following the intriguing history of the state of the Holy See, revealing the background stories about its great treasures. Admission is included and will allow you to enter the Vatican without having to wait in a long line at the entrance.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Skip-the-line headsets pickup
Skip-the-line ticket to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
3 hours tour with an expert guide
Skip-the-line entrance to St. Peter's Basilica
Most group itinerary is set by the Vatican. We don't visit Raffael's Rooms in groups.
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Viale Vaticano, 100
Your guide will wait for you with the sign Emotion.club at the corner of Caffe Vaticano at Viale Vaticano 100 (or Via Tunisi 2 which is the same building) at the top of the steps. Across the street you will see the entrance of the Vatican Museums. The closest Metro stop is Ottaviano, Line A.
Return
Saint Peter's Square
Itinerary
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Vatican Museums
The museum displays cover a good 5 miles / 7 kilometers however and it’s said that if you were to dedicate just one minute to each exhibit it would take 12 years to see the whole collection! Join our tour to follow a selective route covering the most significant events in the history of the Vatican and taking in key exhibits such as Sistine Chapel, the Gallery of the Maps, the Gallery of Tapestries, the Gallery of Candelabras, the Pinecone Courtyard and other.
Hear the fascinating story of the state of the Holy See, where the conclave is held to elect a new pope and the meaning of the name of the head of the Vatican.
Discover the history and distinguishing features of works by Italian geniuses Raphael, Pinturicchio, Perugino and Botticelli, among others; the meaning of the divine frescoes by Michelangelo "Separation of Light from Darkness", "Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants", "Separation of Land and Water” and "Creation of Fish and Birds".
2 hours
2
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo's celebrated masterpiece, and part of the cultural deposit for all mankind. The ceiling of the chapel portrays the creation of Adam and includes paintings of the Last Judgment while wall frescoes depict the life of Moses and Christ.
15 minutes
3
St. Peter's Basilica
You will visit the most majestic and sumptuous basilica of the Catholic Church and you will see Michelangelo’s Pieta’, one of the most beautiful sculptures in the history of art, and the sculptor’s only signed work.
