Sistine Chapel official Tour | St Peter’s Tomb | Papal Grottoes |3-Hour Tour
Vatican Guided Tours | Official Sistine Chapel Tour | Imagine visiting the Sistine Chapel in the morning and not worrying about long lines and the Italian summer heat. Also, visit the Papal Grottoes and see St Peter’s Tomb.
Vatican City | Sistine Chapel official Tour a 3-hour tour that covers the essentials!
The Sistine Chapel Official tour is a perfect tour for those who wish to start their day early and avoid the crowd and heat of the day.
Inclusions:
- Vatican Museum
- Sistine Chapel
- Gallery of Maps
- Gallery of Tapestries
- Papal Grottoes
- St Peter’s Tomb
- St Peter’s Basilica
Itinerary
Sistine Chapel official Tour With Early Access and Private Express Tour of St Peter’s Basilica
3 hrs. | Start: 7.20 a.m. | Participants : Max 12| Headsets provided
Meeting Point: communicated at the time of the booking.
The Vatican Museums will open at 8.00 a.m., and you will be walking past the magnificent galleries to reach the Sistine Chapel. Your experienced tour guide is extremely passionate about art and history and will share details of the beautiful artworks, frescos, sculptors, and artefacts you will come across on this tour. As this is an English-speaking tour, your guide will also be able to offer a personalized experience as the maximum number of participants is limited to 12.
On request, the tour can also be organized in other languages.
You will meet your guide at 7.20 a.m. and be handed out headsets. Set them up so that you are ready to listen clearly to your tour guide once you are inside. The Vatican Museums normally open at 9.00 a.m. to the general public, but with this special tour, you will start an hour early.
Vatican Museums
You will walk through some of the most astounding galleries such as the Gallery of Maps, Tapestry Gallery and the Candelabra Gallery. You will learn more about who commissioned the works of art that are exhibited and decorate all the rooms and galleries of the Vatican Museums.
Sistine Chapel
Vatican Guided Tours | Entering the Sistine Chapel in the early morning is a magical experience. The paintings in this Chapel are centuries old but invoke strong feelings on visitors when they view the masterpieces. Michelangelo played a big in drawing in millions of visitors each year. Commissioned by Pope Julius II, Michelangelo was in his thirties when he started work on the creation of the World’. It took him four years to complete it, the frescos of the volta which mostly depicted stories from the Book of Genesis. It was not easy for Michelangelo, during that period of Renaissance art, to be able to obtain jobs, as he had the competition of other talented artists such as Bramante and Raphael who were the favourites of the Popes.
Two decades later, Michelangelo made his return to the Sistine Chapel and painted ‘Last Judgement.’ It is a very moving piece that shows God’s dilemma in choosing who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. Your guide will point out to you interesting hidden meanings and stories behind the frescos. You will realize the significance of this masterpiece, and its lasting impact on visitors.
It is not allowed to take inside the Sistine Chapel. Please abide by the rules. You will have some free time in the Sistine Chapel to explore on your own and take in the breathtaking paintings and frescos.
Your access to St Peter’s Basilica will be through a skip the line door. You will see the beautiful dome of the Basilica and more artwork by artists of that time in both the Baroque and Renaissance style. When Michelangelo was a teenager, he sculpted what was to become one of the most recognizable symbols in the Christian world, the Pieta. It is a sculpture of Mary holding Jesus in her arms after his crucifixion. You will also see the beautiful bronze Baroque’ Baldacchino’. Right beneath it lie the Papal Grottoes where you will visit the Tomb of St. Peter’s and other ancient Popes.
Vatican Guided Tours | Experience the Sistine Chapel and visit the Papal Grottoes!
Important Reminder – Sistine Chapel Official Tour With Early Access and Private Express Tour of St Peter’s Basilica
- This tour is not available for visitors who used wheelchairs as well as visitors with hearing disabilities. We are more than happy to organize private tours for wheelchair and hearing disabled visitors. Please contact us.
- Please wear comfortable shoes as there is a fair bit of walking.
- There is a dress code to the Vatican which applies to children too. Shoulders and knees must be covered.
- When St Peter’s Basilica is closed for a religious function at short notice as it is a working church, you will be spending more time in the Vatican galleries with your private guide.
- The Vatican Museums get rather busy during summer and after a bank holiday.
- This tour is not available on Wednesdays and Sundays.
- Private tours in Rome
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