Visit Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museum, skipping the line

Vatican City Tour € 50

st peter's squareThe Piaza is  like a symbolic embrace to Christianity, an enormous concave circle which has welcomed the faithful for centuries with the same emphasis carried out by the Popes of the Baroque.

angels and cherubini in vatican museums -

Chigi family coat of arm in Minerva squareChigi is a Roman princely family of Sienese extraction descended from the counts which possessed castles in southern Tuscany. The Roman branch of the family was founded by Mariano in the 16th century, a banker of the popes, the other branch was started by his brother, Benedetto, but the most famous member of this family was Agostino Chigi ho became a extremely rich banker. He commissionated buildings and gardens to the best artists of the time such as Raphael. the family had also a Pope Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII and its nephew was created by emperor Leopold I prince of the Holy Roman Empire.The family become more and more powerful thanks to some political marriages, whith Borghese family first and with Albani family later.

Internal court of The Vatican Museums: Cortile della Pigna.To enter inside this court you might Enter inside the Vatican Museums.There you'd enjoy this view while your guide introducing you inside one of the best museums of the world.The spheric sculpture in the middle is by the famous italian artist Arnaldo Pomodoro and it's called "Sphere Within Sphere".

Vatican Museums - The Gallery of the MapsThis gallery shows a collection of 40 topographical maps of the whole of Italy, painted on the walls by friar Ignazio Danti of Perugia, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585). This gallery is situated at the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard. It is 120 m long.  This gallery astonish not only for the maps themselves, but also for the marvellous decorations of the vaulted vaulted ceiling,  created by a group of Mannerist artists (such as Cesare Nebbia and Girolamo Muziano). Let our tour guides tell you aout the tecniques to create such fine work.

Vatican City Tour € 50

The tour covers:

VATICAN MUSEUMS-SISTINE CHAPEL-ST. PETER'S BASILICA/SQUARE

Every day except:
SUNDAYS/1 Jan/11 Feb./19 Mar./13 Apr/1-21 May/11-29 Jun./15 Aug./8-25-26 Dec

Do not miss the best!

This tour will introduce to you one of the most important museums complexes in the world containing masterpieces by greatest artists, which were collected by the Popes through the centuries.

Let us led you in a place where History, Christianity, piece of arts will totally surround you .

Enter with us inside the Vatican Museums and the Basilica, discover the Gallery of Tapestries, the Gallery of Chandeliers and Geographical Maps, the astonishing Sistine Chapel with the vault and the “Last Judgment “.
Our tour guides will led you through the curiosities and legends making your tour unforgettable. Discover the largest Basilica of the world, with its marvellous marble statues, the Pieta by Michelangelo and the Altar of St. Peter’s. At last you’ll admire the Square with its colonnade designed by Bernini to “embrace” people from all over the world.

WHY CHOOSING OUR TOUR?

We provide you a professional service, the fee includes entrance tickets without queue up.

All our tour guides are italians, english speaking.

The Vatican City Tour lasts 3,5 hours, so you will enjoy a real and complete tour.

Our tour includes the visit to St. Peter's Basilica.

MEETING POINT:

We'll meet in Piazza del Risorgimento at the green SNACK BAR in the middle of the Square.(Octagonal shaped)
Come to meet us 15 minutes before departure time.
Remember to dress properly, no shorts or skirts over the knee, no sleaveless, keep the shoulders covered.

Departure: 2.00 p.m
Duration: 3,5 hrs approx.

Price per person: €50

Price includes:

- ENTRANCE TICKETS TO THE VATICAN MUSEUMS & SISTINE CHAPEL

- PRIVILEGED ENTRANCE

- 3,5 hours GUIDED TOUR

- ENGLISH SPEAKING TOUR GUIDE

- ST PETER'S BASILICA INCLUDED!!!!

Children from 6 to 18 pay €30 only

HOW TO REACH THE MEETING POINT:

BY BUS:

Departure from Stazione termini (Railways Central Station) walk 50 metres go to stop TERMINI (MA-MB-FS) take Line No 40 (P.ZA PIA/CASTEL S. ANGELO) to 7 stops get off at stop TRASPONTINA/CONCILIAZIONE take Line No 23 (CLODIO) to 3 stops 23 get off at stop BASTIONI DI MICHELANGELO walk 150 metres to Piazza del Risorgimento distance covered (metres) 5300 metres

BY METRO:

Departure from Stazione termini (Central Railways Station) walk 100 metres go to stop Termini take METRO A (BATTISTINI) to 6 stops METRO A get off at stop Ottaviano-S. Pietro walk 450 metres to Piazza del Risorgimento (Ottaviano street ends in Piazza del Risorgimento) distance covered (metres) 4700