VATICAN AND SISTINE CHAPEL TOUR

ITINERARY :

This is the itinerary of the standard 3 hours tour, but if you wish we can customize it to make it longer or shorter !

• HOUR 1

  After we meet we go straight to entrance hall of the museums where we can drop our bags, umbrellas at the checkroom and we can also use the clean free toilettes. Then, we start our visit of one of the largest and most precious collections of Art in the world. The first rooms we see contain thousands of Ancient Roman Statues, brought to the Vatican from every corner of the city of Rome when the Popes where ruling over the entire region.

  I will take you to the most famous and significant sculptures including the Apollo of the Belvedere, the Laocoon, the Torso, the busts of Hadrian and his lover Antinous. In the same section we will see the sarcophagi of Helen and Constance, the mother and the daughter of Emperor Constantine.

• HOUR 2

  Our tour continues in the Gallery of Candelabra. We stop in front of the exotic statue of Ephesian Artemis and the colorful mosaics depicting some rich food the Ancient Romans were eating. Then, we visit the Gallery of Tapestries, the Sobieski Hall, and the Rooms of Raphael. These rooms formed the Apartment of Pope Julius II and are considered the true masterpiece of Raphael.

• HOUR 3

  Next, we reach the Sistine Chapel, that is Italy’s most visited site. You will see, the Last Judgment, the Stories of Moses and Jesus, and Michelangelo’s famous Creation of Adam with your own eyes. The chapel is also the location of the Conclaves that are the Popes’ elections.

  From the museums we will go directly to Saint Peter’s Basilica, the grandest church on Earth. There, you will see another one of Michelangelo’s masterpieces, La Pietà. Our Vatican Experience will end in the magnificent Saint Peter’s Square, the great work of architect Bernini with plenty of symbols, saints and more than 200 columns.