Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica Semi-Private Tour

 

Your visit to the Vatican Museums deserves a special approach. With Skip-the-Line Access into both the Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica after the Sistine Chapel, you’ll explore the treasures in a relaxing manner with less than 12 people and an art historian guide who will turn you into a Renaissance expert in just 3 hours. Highlights - Follow your guide on an ideal itinerary through the Vatican Museums - Admire the papal frescoes of the Raphael Rooms - Gaze up at Michelangelo’s artworks in the Sistine Chapel From the moment you meet our expert, English-speaking guide at our entrance to when you say goodbye to them 3 hours later in St. Peter’s Square, the story of the Vatican will come to life. You’ll forget about lines and crowds as you follow a perfectly planned route through the Vatican treasures. As your group is so small, they’ll be more flexible with your needs, so have your questions ready With 9 miles of art, over 2000 rooms and countless individual pieces, many visitors spin out of here in a blur and the collection overwhelms them. We take our time. You’ll leave with a picture of the Vatican that is more than its artworks. You’ll explore the human story of the Vatican. You’ll discover the popes and the artists, the struggles and conflicts between them and the messages they were trying to express. By the time you get to the Sistine Chapel, we guarantee you’ll know enough about Renaissance art that you’ll be able to identify Michelangelo’s artworks on your own. As guides are not allowed to talk in the chapel, they’ll already have briefed you on what to look for, so this is a real individual experience for many. There is no such limit in St. Peter’s Basilica although you will be able to skip the line and avoid the crowds again. A guide is essential in here as there are so many different architectural, religious and artistic treasures beneath its vaulted dome. With Bernini’s bronze altar, Michelangelo’s Pietá and the tomb of St. Peter, this is the most important church in the Christian world. When you exit into St. Peter’s Square, you’ll have absorbed a lifetime of knowledge, 3 hours of Vatican splendor and hundreds of years of Renaissance artworks. Important Information This service ends outside Sistine Chapel.