Vatican Museums & St. Peter's Basilica with Official Guide

Take a walk through the art at the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St.

Peter’s Basilica.

See works like the Raphael Rooms and the Gallery of Tapestries on your way to Michelangelo’s world-famous Sistine Chapel.

Your tour begins at the Vatican Museums—you’ll stroll down the Gallery of Maps, a hallway covered with 40 painted maps showing 16th-century Italy.

Next up are the Raphael Rooms where you can find The School of Athens; it’s one of those really famous Renaissance pieces.

Take in the Gallery of Tapestries—on display is an intricate Flemish work from the 16th century that depicts scenes from the Bible.

Don’t forget to check out the Spiral Staircase! See the Pio-Clementine Museum where there is a great collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures, Laocoön and His Sons, and The Belvedere Torso.

Go then to the Sistine Chapel where you will see beautiful frescoes by Michelangelo-the Genesis ceiling-the Last Judgment-there is an impact that stays with you for long.

This is the very room wherein the papal conclave takes place; it has deep history and spiritual importance.

For those on special or long tours, find great things like the Gregorian Etruscan Museum with old Etruscan items, and the Vatican Pinacoteca where works by Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael are kept.

Also see the Borgia Rooms that are bright with Pinturicchio's paintings.

Your visit ends with a way to get into St.

Peter's Church from the Sistine Chapel.