Treasures of Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
During the tour, an expert guide will tell you about a collection of eastern antiquities of Assyria and Egypt, Etruscan artifacts, art objects of the period of Greco-Roman antiquity, early Christian relics of the III-XIV centuries, masterpieces of the Renaissance, Vatican Pinacoteca (Art Gallery) and Sistine Chapel — Michelangelo’s celebrated masterpiece.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe said: “Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving.”
The pearls of the Vatican are masterpieces of Michelangelo Buonarotti, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pietro Perugino, and Cosimo Rosselli, and the tapestries were created by Raphael. The two most famous works of art in the world Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling and the Last Judgment are located in the Sistine Chapel, and they are the main attractions of the Museums
You will also know the history of St Peter’s Basilica and can send postcards from the Vatican Post office.
It takes 3 hours with an English-speaking guide.
Vatican Museums: Gallery of Maps, Gallery of Tapestries, Raphael’s Rooms, Sistine Chapel
Metro station Ottaviano San Pietro