Rome: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with RiverBoat Ride

About this activity

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  • time-forward_15911935 Duration

    3 hours
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Highlights

  • Admire the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Rooms, and the Gallery of the Maps
  • See the Last Judgment and the Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel
  • Enjoy a hop-on hop-off riverboat ride on the Tiber River in Rome
  • Explore the Vatican Museums with an audio guide at your own pace
  • Visit the Pio Clementino Museum and the Gallery of the Candelabras

Your experience

Take your time at the Vatican Museum with an audio guide, leading you straight to the Sistine Chapel where Michelangelo's famous frescoes, The Last Judgment include.

Walk through the extraordinary Vatican Museums collection — acquired by the Popes over much of history — was to have come conceptual and masterpiece absolutely essential to the time of need.

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Afterward, take a riverboat ride on the Tiber with a hop-on-hop-off ticket.

This Chapel is in Vatican City; it is one of the parts of the Vatican Museums and is famous mostly for its ceiling painted by Michelangelo.

In this poorly lit room, sacred and small, one's gaze falls at once on the vast frescoes telling stories from Genesis, famously including the "Creation of Adam," showing God reaching out to Adam with His finger in a moment shared between them.

The walls of the Sistine Chapel are covered with important frescoes by other Renaissance masters —Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio— that teach us scenes from the lives of Moses and Jesus.

Compelling and humbling all at once, it can be found dominating altar wall front within chapel: Michelangelo's powerful "Last Judgment" souls experiencing ultimate destiny.

Whether before or after you go to the Basilica, the hop-on, hop-off riverboat ticket—valid for 24 hours from first use—lets you easily see the city.

Passengers can get on or off the boat at any of four piers so that it goes slowly through the old center, far from noise made by cars.

Boats on the Tiber give a calm way to travel, offering a different view of Rome and time to take great photos.

The River Cruise Hop on Hop Off ticket is good for 24 hours from when you first get on.

Riverboats run every day, every 30 minutes, between 10 a.m.

and 6 p.m.

To start your trip go to either Piazza di Ponte Sant'Angelo or Isola Tiberina.

For the cruise board at S.Angelo Bridge Pier (Piazza di Ponte Sant'Angelo).

Go down the steps to the dock and show your voucher to the workers.

After about 45 to 60 minutes of sailing, you will get to the Isola Tiberina dock or the other way around.

What's Included
  • Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Tickets
  • Host at the meeting point and escort to the entrance
  • Audio Guide for the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
  • Audio Guide Available languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese.
  • Hop-on, hop-off river boat ticket valid for 24 hours
  • Access to the Sistine Chapel
What's Excluded
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • Skip the line entrance for the security
  • Entrance to the Dome
  • Entrance to the Necropolis and the Treasury Museum
  • Guide on board the riverboat
  • St. Peter's Basilica

Itinerary

Starting location:

Bar L'Ottagona

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Vatican Museums

Visit, Self-guided tour (1.5 hours)

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Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museums

Visit, Self-guided tour (15 minutes)

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Sistine Chapel

Visit, Self-guided tour (20 minutes)

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Ponte Sant'Angelo

Photo stop, Boat cruise, Sightseeing, Scenic views on the way

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Castel Sant'Angelo

Boat cruise, Scenic views on the way

Tiber Island

Boat cruise, Scenic views on the way

Meeting Point

To Remember

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Camera
  • Water
  • Passport or ID card for children

Not allowed

  • Pets
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Flash photography
  • Backpacks
  • Alcohol and drugs
  • Alcoholic drinks in the vehicle

Know before you go

  • The Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel are sacred places, and appropriate attire is required. Visitors must cover their knees and shoulders.
  • The riverboat operates every 30 minutes between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
  • You can embark or disembark the boat at any of the 4 piers.
  • The river cruise ticket is valid for 24 hours from the first embarkation.
  • Audio Guide Available languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese.
  • You must leave an identity document (no passport), which will be returned to you when the device is returned.
  • If the cruise is canceled due to adverse weather and the Basilica is closed for religious events, it will be rescheduled. You will get a refund if you cannot change the date of one or both services.