Vatican & Sistine Chapel Private Tour (for party of 1 to 8 people)

Description

TOUR ITINERARY
The Vatican Museums consist of 1,400 rooms – spanning 4 miles – filled with more than 70,000 works of art and 17,000 visitors every day – these are just some of the statistics of one of the major attractions in the world’s smallest sovereign country.
The added value? Early access to the Museum, a private dedicated guide leading your tour, and a luscious VIP breakfast served inside the Vatican Museums.
Meet your guide, an expert specialized in art and art history, enter the Museums with priority tickets, and get ready to enjoy an inspiring voyage through Catholicism. This guided tour offers you the ability to fully absorb some of the most magnificent art collections from Roman antiquity to the Renaissance period. The museum boasts some of the finest examples of Roman sculptures as well as masterpieces by Raphael, Caravaggio, and Leonardo da Vinci. Perhaps the most beautiful is the lovingly restored Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo’s famous frescoed ceiling.

Your guide will discuss what you will see prior to entering and you will have some time to take in the beauty of the Chapel before continuing on to the last stop on the tour. Saint Peter’s Basilica is the largest Christian church in the world and the center of the Catholic faith. Built over the site of Saint Peter’s tomb, many famous Italian architects and artists left their mark here over the 120 years that it took to construct it. While inside this architectural masterpiece, your guide will point out a number of highlights and history of it and many other works of art including “La Pietà”.

PLEASE NOTE

General Information:

• Purchase of the tickets is subject to receipt of the full names (as per ID card) of all participants
• Meet your guide outside the main entrance of the Vatican Museums located in Viale Vaticano, next to the huge historical door with statues on top. The guide will show a white sign “Towns of Italy”.
• Please let us know in advance any special need or impaired mobility of the clients and we will do our best to accomodate them.
• Entry to the Vatican Museums is based on strictly timed tickets. For this reason, late arrivals cannot be guaranteed access.
  The Vatican Museums imposes a mandatory dress code: knees and shoulders must be covered. otherwise you will not be able to enter.
• Please note it is prohibited to bring tripods, backpacks, camping or other bulky bags or luggage/trollies. You are allowed to enter with medium and small sized backpacks carried on a shoulder which must be checked by metal detectors and or opened and visually inspected by the Vatican authorities in the Vatican city.
• Please be prepared to show a photo ID (or photocopy) such as a passport, student ID or driver`s license upon entry at the Vatican as you may be asked for one. We will need to know the names and ages of those on your tour especially when they qualify for reduced fare tickets.

Cancellation policy:
For bookings from 1 to 8 pax: Cancellation/reschedule permitted within 8 days from the tour starting day.