Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square, Rome - Musei Vaticani, Viale Vaticano, 6 - Roma
Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square, Rome: € 67 per person.
This ticket allows you to enter one of the major museums on the planet without queuingat the entrance. A representative will be waiting for you. outside the entrance to the Vatican Museums and will make it easier for you the entry procedure. Enter through the reserved entrance skipping the long entry lines.
Then you join the guide and begin a semi-private tour of the Vatican Museums along a carefully designed route to admire the centuries-old art collections and the archaeological wonders of the various sections of the museum.
You visit the Gallery of Tapestries and the Gallery of Candelabra. Crossing the Gallery of Geographical Maps before reaching the Raphael's Rooms, where you can admire the famous School of Athens.
It ends with a visit to the Sistine Chapel to admire the sixteenth-century masterpieces including the Chapel and the Last Judgment by Michelangelo.
Finally, you will avoid the long queues to enter St. Peter's Basilica and admire the historical-architectural jewels inside. At the end of the tour you can remain in St. Peter's Basilica or exit into St. Peter's Square to admire the famous Bernini's Colonnade, the façade of the basilica and the Egyptian obelisk.
Times: Monday to Saturday (excluding holidays).
Rate Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square in Rome with entrance assistance
Price per person: € 67.
What does the guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square in Rome with entrance assistance include
– Enter through the reserved entrance with a Musement assistant, skip the long lines and start your experience straight away.
– Professional official guide.
– Guided tour of 3 hours and 30 minutes.
– Group of maximum 20 people.
– Earphones to listen to the guide's exposition.
Meeting point Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square in Rome with entrance assistance
– Bar L'Ottagona, center square, Piazza del Risorgimento - Rome
The guide will wear clothes or hold a sign with the pink "I Love Rome" logo in Piazza del Risorgimento, right in the center of the square at the Bar L'Ottagono. Please arrive at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the start time of the visit. The closest metro stop, "Ottaviano", is just 400 meters from the meeting point.
Duration of Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square in Rome with entrance assistance
– 3 hours and 30 minutes during the opening hours of the Vatican Museums and St. Peter's Basilica.
Languages Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square in Rome with entrance assistance
– Italian, English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese.
Times and days of the Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square in Rome with entrance assistance
Timetable: to be selected from the various available in the timetable of the Vatican Museums and St. Peter's Basilica.
Meeting time: 15 minutes before.
By presenting the voucher upon arrival – smartphone vouchers accepted – at the representative you can start the tour.
Cancellation terms Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square in Rome with entrance assistance
Reservation can be made be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours before the visit.
Accessibility and useful information for the Guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Square in Rome with entrance assistance
– Shoulders and knees must be covered. You will be denied entry if you do not follow the rules.
– Comfortable shoes recommended.
– Large bags or luggage are not permitted.
– Visitors must go through security checks. During high season the wait at security checks can take up to 30 minutes.
– Bags and suitcases larger than 40x35x15 cm, tripods, large umbrellas and potentially dangerous objects must be left in the cloakroom which is located 20 minutes walk from the end of the tour.
– No refunds will be issued in case of delay.
The Vatican Museums
A visit to the Vatican Museums is part of every trip to Rome. It is the most museum visited in Italy, even if it does not appear in the rankings as it is part of the Vatican State.
The Museums were created at the behest of Pope Julius II, Raphael's patron
and Michelangelo, artists who left a profound mark on the interior
of the Museum in the part of the papal residences.
The Vatican Museums in Rome today exhibit one of the largest museum collections
important on the planet.
We start with ancient art: canvases, statues, hieroglyphic inscriptions, bronzes
votives accompany the visitor on a dense and rich path that ends
in rooms that house precious Mesopotamian and Assyrian finds.
The visit to the Pinacoteca is important where,
in the space of some rooms, you can admire works by Perugino, Raphael, Leonardo, Bernini, Caravaggio.
We always end up with the famous Raphael Rooms where
condensed into 4 rooms, some of the undisputed masterpieces of the
master from Urbino including the School of Athens, a wall frescoed with
main exponents of Greek philosophy. Aself-portrait appears in the fresco
of Raphael, who looks towards the observer, and a portrait of Michelangelo, in the character of Heraclitus.
With a leap to the upper floor you arrive at the Sistine Chapel which is accessed through a small door.
Visit to the Vatican Museums
After the entrance you go up to the first floor with an escalator that leads to the entrance
directly to the Egyptian Section, full of finds belonging to everyone
the periods of Egyptian history. Steles, statues, hieroglyphic inscriptions, bronzes
votivesaccompany the visitor on a dense and rich path that ends
in rooms that house precious Mesopotamian and Assyrian finds. The art
Egyptian style strikes for the hieratic charm of the figures and the richness of the
objects and reliefs present in the Assyrian section are true masterpieces
sculptures that embellished the doors and palaces of the Assyrian lords and sovereigns
like Ashurbanipal.
 Pine cone from the Temple of Isis to the Campus Martius (2nd century AD) It is difficult to visit all the rooms that make up the museum itinerary
Vatican in a single day. Not to be missed is the Pinacoteca where,
in the space of some rooms, you can admire works by Perugino, Raphael, Leonardo and Bernini. A special mention to the great Caravaggio, maestro
undisputed example of the exaggerated artistic expressiveness of the baroque style.
It is also worth going down to the famous Cortile della Pigna and taking a walk
walk, if the day and the time available allow it.
Going up to the second floor you reach the famous Raphael Rooms where
condensed into 4 rooms, some of the undisputed masterpieces of the
master from Urbino including the School of Athens, a wall frescoed with
main exponents of Greek philosophy. Aself-portrait appears in the fresco
of Raphael, who looks towards the observer, and a portrait of Michelangelo, in the character of Heraclitus.
With a leap to the upper floor you arrive at the Sistine Chapel which is accessed through a small door. Nowthey can
take photosbut they are only allowed without the use of flash. The look
he is attracted to the vault where, in an impeccable composition, he loses himself
between the powerful figures of the Sibyls and the Prophets and the suggestions of the Universal Creation, the Creation of Man and the Expulsion from Eden.
The entire chapel then displays a notable series of on the side walls masterpieces depicting the Life of Christ signed by Rosselli, Perugino, Botticelli.
 The Stories of Genesis on the ceiling (Michelangelo Buonarroti)On the main wall is the Last Judgment by Michelangelo:
in a centrifugal structure which has Christ as its judge
origin, the figures of the resigned Virgin and the deities develop Saints of the Church. The figures are shocking in their expressive power
of the angels of the Apocalypse sounding the trumpets of judgment
they wake the dead from their sleep. On the left the figures rise
to the sky taking back their bodies, to the right thedemons drag
downwards the damnedwhere a Charon uses the oar to spur
those condemned by the Judgment of Christ.
As everyone knows, the work caused a scandal due to its exhibition
of naked bodies in the genital parts and for this he was commissioned Daniele da Volterra to cover the parts in question with his trousers.
Responsible for the decision was the Master of Ceremonies of
Vatican Biagio da Cesena, who for this outrage was depicted
in the figure of Minosby the great, ironic, Michelangelo.
The spiral staircase that leads out of the Vatican Museums is a joy
for the eye, the last jewel of an unforgettable visit.
The history of the Vatican Museums
 Detail of Michelangelo's Last Judgment The Museums were created at the behest of Pope Julius II, Raphael's patron
and Michelangelo, artists who left a profound mark on the interior
of the Museum in the part of the papal residences.
Other Popes followed one another
then with the intention of expanding the collection with new dedicated sections
to different cultures: Clement XIV (1769-1774) and Pius VI (1775-1799), Pius
VII (1800-1823) for the Classical finds, Gregory XVI (1831-1846) for the
Etruscan and Egyptian sections, Pius IX (1846-1878) for the Christian section. |
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