Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and Basilica Guided Tour

Step inside the heart of the Vatican and journey through art, faith, and history with a guide to take you around the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel then allow you privileged entry to St.

Peter's Basilica so you can skip hours of queues to explore the church at your own pace.

Begin your tour inside the Vatican Museums, home to one of the greatest collections of art in the world.

Walk with your licensed, professional guide through some of its most famous galleries- the Gallery of Maps, Gallery of Tapestries, and Gallery of the Candelabra.

As you walk, your guide will share with you interesting stories about how these works came to be who created them who commissioned them what secrets their artistry holds.

Discuss how, over the centuries, popes used the Vatican as a place to store cultural treasures with works by Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, and many others.

Take a walk through history with every gallery-everything from ancient sculpture to Renaissance genius on display.

At the Chapel, famous for its incredible art by Michelangelo and being one of the most sacred places in human history, before going inside, hear from your guide about what those paintings mean so you can look at their beauty with respectful silence once inside.

Look up to see scenes from the Book of Genesis on the ceiling and be struck by the powerful Last Judgment-all created by Michelangelo himself.

After your tour of the Sistine Chapel, be escorted personally by your guide to the entrance of St.

Peter's Basilica where you will bypass the long normal lines with special direct access.

Once inside, take a self-guided tour at leisure without a guide so that you may discover in silence and reflection all its great beauty.

See Michelangelo's Pietà, Bernini's Baldachin, and the grandeur of what is indeed the most important church in all Christendom built over the tomb of Saint Peter.

This tour gives the perfect balance between guided narration inside the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel plus time to wander about St.

Peter's Basilica on your own with seamless, skip-the-line entry and a deep cultural experience.

We welcome you to take a trip that goes through centuries of artwork and devotion, where every hall, picture, and statue shares a story that has greatly shaped the globe.