Vatican Museums: Fast Track Guided Tour

Greet your professional leader at the gate of the Vatican Museum for fast entry to what is seen by many as one of the most highly rated art shares in the world.

Your guide, knowing all the particulars of the museums, will adroitly lead you through over 1,200 works of art with a special accent on the Raphael Rooms, classical Greek and Roman sculptures in the Belvedere Courtyard, and the Gallery of Maps-with keeping an eye on the main highlight: the Sistine Chapel.

A tour through the former papal residences will highlight essential pieces of Ancient Greek and Roman art.

An explanation shall be given on how these classical works influenced the great standard for art during Renaissance Italy.

This tour focuses on the fabulous Sistine Chapel from its original commission up to the last touches that were added by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Travelers learn the true story of this great yet tortured artist who thought of himself as a sculptor and not a painter but spent years painting frescoes on a ceiling 44 feet above his head.

The guide helps separate myth from history, and Hollywood versions regarding this most famous work of art gets inside the physical and psychological pain that the project caused.