Rome: Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel Guided Tour and Ticket

Your experience

Highlights

• Journey through the past to Renaissance Italy and witness creations from the grand masters.
• Discover how the ancient Greeks and Romans infused marble statues with life.
• Let the narrative of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel enthrall you.

Full description

Your tour guide awaits at the activity provider's office for your check-in and pre-tour facilities. This is where you can make use of the restroom or Wi-Fi before starting your journey towards the Vatican Museums by passing through the entrance security gate.Discover the masterpieces of Vatican Museum with a help of a guide who can assist you during this vast space navigation: more than 70,000 exhibits are hosted in an area of 42,000 meters. Let us admire how Renaissance art and cartography combined scientific details with aesthetic beauty while standing at the Gallery of Maps after walking up spiral staircase and visiting Raphael Rooms, as well as seeing Greek sculptures and Roman sculptures in Pio-Clementine Museum. Experience the excitement that comes upon entering Sistine Chapel and coming face-to-face with its vibrant frescoes — take a moment to look up at the nine central panels which tell stories from the Book of Genesis, painted by Renaissance master Michelangelo. The awe-inspiring place is rich in history, beauty and significance: see it with your own eyes and listen to your guide narrating the interesting story about how this masterpiece came into being.

Includes

• Help provided at rendezvous
• Wireless connection at meeting point
• Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel admission costs

Not includes

• Transportation

What to bring

• Passport
• Passport or ID card for children is not a problem.

Not allowed

• Intoxication
• Bikes

Know before you go

• To enter the Vatican, you must pass through security checks which can take up to 20 minutes.
• Although April-June and September-October are high seasons for tourists, the Vatican is busy at any time of year.
• The meeting time is not fixed, however if there is any change in schedule then you will be informed by the activity provider before hand.