Duration: 4 Hours
Meet with your local expert guide at your hotel today, and together you’ll transfer over to the Vatican Museums. The Vatican Museums contain the extensive artistic heritage collected by all the Popes throughout the centuries: consisting of ancient art sculptures, to breathtaking works of the masters, to the galleries of Candelabra, Tapestry and Geographical Maps.
See the Papal Apartments of Pope Giulio II, with the famous ‘Raphael Rooms’ (rooms decorated by Raphael), and then admire the magnificent Sistine Chapel with its incomparable paintings by Michelangelo. & If open to the public you’ll visit the majestic St. Peter’s Basilica to view Michelangelo’s “Pietà” and its famous Piazza.
Optional: An Early Morning Entry to the Vatican Museums (8:30AM) with American Breakfast Included
Or
Vatican by Night (Does not allow for visiting St. Peters Basilica)
Please Note: If the Basilica is in use for a religious service, entry is not permitted. The Vatican does not advise in advance specific dates or times when religious services are scheduled.
Inclusions:
- Advanced reservations/Entry Tickets
- Private English-speaking local expert guide
[Transportation costs additional: We can arrange for a private transfer to/from hotel with guide, or have a private driver for entire tour, or you can pay for a taxi to take you and the guide to the start of the tour from the hotel]