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SMALL GROUP VATICAN TOURS featuring  in-depth tours of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums, and Saint Peters Basilica

Vatican & Sistine Chapel Tours Feature:  Sistine Chapel , Vatican Museums, Raphael Rooms, St. Peter's Basilica, Michelangelo's Pieta,  and stunning works by Bernini. Reservations to enter the Vatican & St. Peters without standing-in-line guaranteed!

On our 4-hour tours of the Vatican & Sistine Chapel, limited to a maximum of 12-people, as we tour the intimate private apartments of Julius II decorated by Rafael (not visited by big tour groups) we'll discuss the lives of the great artists who worked at the Vatican, and the rivalry that existed between Rafael & Michelangelo as they worked side-by-side to create their masterpieces.  

With the in-depth knowledge that our Rome Vatican tour guides possess, you'll be able to interpret together the great works of art on display at the Vatican. In the Sistine Chapel, where we will allow as much time as possible to admire Michelangelo's famous frescoes, you'll learn about the intense relationship between Pope Julius II and Michelangelo that drove the artist to create the greatest work of Art the world has ever known. You'll be able to appreciate how the paintings of the Sistine Chapel evolved and how Michelangelo's own character changed during this Herculean task, as the world around him was thrown into turmoil.

Throughout our Small Group Tours of the Vatican & the Sistine Chapel your expert Vatican Tour Guides will entertain you with anecdotes about the famous Popes; you'll learn about the conclave and the election of Popes, their love of art & their glamorous lifestyles during the Renaissance when St. Peters & the Vatican were refurbished to splendor and magnificence we see today.

Our tours of the Vatican & Sistine Chapel continues in the vast open spaces of St. Peters Basilica where a treasure of precious works of art await to be discovered. We'll discuss Michelangelo's stunning Pieta, that created the desire within Pope Julius II to contact the young artist for other more important works he had in mind. And while admiring Bernini's impressive Papal Canopy, a legacy left to the Basilica by the Barberini family we'll learn the justification behind a famous Roman saying "What the Barbarians didn't take, the Barberini did!

As you tour St. Peters Basilica as part of our Vatican Tours, designed by Michelangelo's great rival Bramante, you'll understand how the great architect rediscovered ancient roman building techniques to realize a colossal church of such unprecedented magnificence that was fine tuned by the genius of the Renaissance - Michelangelo. In St. Peters Square, your tour of the Vatican & the Sistine Chapel will conclude as you admire Michelangelo's Dome and the marvelous colonnades designed by Bernini that embrace the spectators who come to witness important Papal ceremonies. And listen to the life story of a simple fisherman who became the first Pope of Christianity - St. Peter.

VATICAN & SISTINE CHAPEL TOURS IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

SAINT PETER'S BASILICA MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO EXCEPTIONAL AND UNFORESEEN CLOSING , FOR WHICH AVVENTURE BELLISISME CAN NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. WE REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF FOUR PEOPLE BOOKED TO OPERATE THIS TOUR.

• TOUR DURATION: 4-hours
• STARTING FROM: EUR € 70view all prices
• INCLUDES: view inclusions
• VIEW TOUR SCHEDULE:view tour schedule
• MEETING POINT: view details
• BOOKING & CANCELLATION POLICYview booking conditions