Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, & Raphael Room Private Tour

This fast, private look at the Vatican gives a close feel with some of the most well-known art pieces ever.

With your skilled guide by your side, you can take in all details and ask any questions as you go through the art riches of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel.

Begin your visit as your private guide avoids the queues at the Vatican Museums, giving you more time inside to see a large museum and its artistic wonders.

As you go through 2000 years of art history in the papal collection see the Ancient statues kept in the Pio Clementino Museum.

Your special guide will expertly select for you only those most interesting works to view among which is the marvelous Lacoön statue.

Begin your journey to the Renaissance by gawking at the 75 meters long Gallery of the Tapestries and see a great feat in cartography marvel represented by maps.

What is even more amazing are Raphael's Rooms.

This is where one can find the stupendous frescoes executed by Raphael which put him on top during the High Renaissance.

As you continue gazing at these and many other wonders let your guide bewitch you with stories taken straight from the annals of history about art.

Move to the last and most valued place inside the Vatican Museums: the Sistine Chapel.

This holy chapel is still used for voting on popes and is known all over the world because of Michelangelo’s famous ceiling.

As you gaze up let yourself be caught by stunning beauty, lively colors, fine details and large size of the paintings that decorate not only the roof but also the walls too.

Listen carefully as your personal guide explains Michelangelo’s great achievement and long-lasting effect on the world of art.