Skip the Line Small Group Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel & Borghese Gallery tour

Itinerary
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Pass By: Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy

You will beat the crowd skipping the long ticket lines and join us on an emotional experience through the Vatican City, home to some of the most famous tourist destinations in the world. The global centre of the Catholic religion attracts millions of fervent religious supporters and interested visitors each year. As you pass the famed Pontifical Swiss Guard, the Pope’s security force since 1505, you’ll enter perhaps the most recognizable plaza in the Western world: St. Peter’s Square. Attractions like the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel regularly have long lines for entrance, and papal addresses are heard by thousands of people beneath the window of the Apostolic Palace.

Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy

Throughout history, wealthy and famous visitors have presented the Popes with some of the most important works of art in Western history. These include multiple sculpture museums with special galleries dedicated to statues, busts, and masks. Even more impressive is the collection of paintings with works by Da Vinci, Bellini, Titian, and a suite of rooms dedicated to the frescoes of Raphael.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Citta del Vaticano 1, 00120 Vatican City Italy

The Sistine Chapel has drawn admirers from around the world for over five hundred years, ever since the completion of Michelangelo’s great Sistine Chapel ceiling. The magnificent frescoes that makeup Michelangelo’s famous ceiling include The Creation of Adam, an iconic depiction of a Biblical scene; only Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa matches its artistic significance. To be admired in silence, the Sistine Chapel provokes awe amongst its visitors with breath-taking art and architecture in all directions. In order to prepare you for the grandeur of the Chapel’s interior, our guides will offer a helpful history of the art inside and provide orientation to better direct your exploration.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: St. Peter's Basilica, Piazza di San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy

After this, you will be escorted in St. Peters Basilica from a priority access to explore it at your own leisure. Our Ultimate Small group Vatican & Sistine chapel tour paves the way for you to visit the Vatican Museums, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Sistine Chapel in all its beauty.

Stop At: Galleria Borghese, Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5, 00197 Rome Italy

With a small group of max 15 people or fewer, you’ll explore this private residence, in the company of an expert art historian tour guide, you will see paintings by Caravaggio, Canova, Titian or Raphael, you will admire the masterpieces of the famous sculpture Gian Lorenzo Bernini, including David, Apollo and Daphne, the Rape of Proserpine, and much more.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Villa Borghese Gardens, Piazzale Napoleone I, 00197 Rome Italy

The Borghese Gallery Tour takes you inside one of the most spell-binding art museums in the world, where your guide will show you also the marvelous gardens that surround the private residence.

Duration: 30 minutes