Vatican Museums

Overview

We invite you to discover with us Rome and its treasures. Our itinerary includes San Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel.

Tour details

• ATTENTION: Entrance tickets to Vatican Museums are NOT INCLUDED; they must be purchased directly at museum making the regular line, together with the guide.
• IMPORTANT: From September 1st 2005, Basilica di San Pietro will request the use of whispers for guided tours of groups over 6 persons. They will be rented by the tour operator when necessary and their cost will be charged to the client at the moment of the visit.
• You can choose the language you prefer...we have 5 different languages available!
• Throughout the tour, you will be guided by an expert in History or Art history, Archeology or Architecture, who will help you to discover our Rome.
• You can choose the language you prefer...we have 5 different languages available!
• Tour departs from obelisk in Saint Peter's Basilica Square.
• It is a 3 hours long tour with a private guide
• Tour is available from Monday to Saturday at 10:00 and 11:00
• Tour must be reserved with 2 weeks in advance

Details

Saint Peter's Cathedral was consacrated on Nov. 18, 1626. It is the world's largest church, with a floor area of 21,477 m2. The external perimeter is 1,778 meters, it is 186.35 meters long and 97.50 meters wide. The main nave is 40 meters high, and the dome 132.50 meters. There are 44 altars, 11 domes, 778 columns, 395 statues, 135 mosaic panels. From Saint Peter's portico you enter the main entrance hall, with its five doors. On the right you can see the Holy Door, which is opened only every 25 years, in Jubilee or Holy years.

The largest, richest, most compelling and perhaps most exhausting museum complex in the world. Much booty from the city's history has ended up here, from both classical and later times, and many of the Renaissance's finest artists were in the employ of the pope.

As its name suggests, the Vatican Palace actually holds a collection of museums on very diverse subjects, displays of classical statuary, Renaissance painting, Etruscan relics, Egyptian artifacts, not to mention the furnishings and decoration of the palace itself. The Vatican Museums are the Egyptian Museum, Chiaramonti Museum, Museum Of Popes Clement Xiv And Pius Vi, Gregorian Museum Of Etruscan Art, Antiquarium Romanum, Vase Collection, The Biga Room, Gallery Of The Candelabra, Gallery Of The Tapestries, Gallery Of The Maps, Apartment Of St.Pius V, Sobieski Room, Room Of The Immaculate Conception, Raphael's Rooms And Loggias, Collection Of Modern Religious Art, Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Library, Vatican Picture Gallery, Gregorian Museum Of Profane Art, Christian Museum, Missionary Museum Of Ethnology and the Carriage Pavilion.

Deservedly one of the most famous places in the world, the Sistine Chapel is the site where the conclave for the election of the popes and other solemn pontifical ceremonies are held. Built to the design of Baccio Pontelli by Giovannino de Dolci between 1475 and 1481, the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who commissioned it. It is a large rectangle with a barrel-vaulted ceiling and it is divided into two unequal parts by a marble screen. The screen and the transenna were built by Mino da Fiesole and other artists.

Prices

Prices: (for group)

• 1 to 20 persons : € 224.66

ATTENTION: Admission to museums indicated NOT included.