3 h

About this activity

Your guide will stride into the Vatican Museums ahead of the madding crowds and fast track you into the most spectacular art collection in the world! Masterpieces by luminaries such as Raphael, Giotto, Perugino, Titian, Da Vinci and Michelangelo await your arrival in rooms which have stood for centuries, decorated to the highest imaginable standard with frescos which will bewilder and amaze, where tricks of the eye, of the light and of the mind will reveal hidden signs and secrets.
Wander through the rich heritage of Hellenic sculpture, Roman Baroque and High Renaissance art, culminating in the omnipotent Sistine Chapel, a place which truly defines the relationship between man, art, and God.
Having had your fill of ancient and historic creations, realized by the most astonishingly capable humans ever to have respired on this earth, we proceed to the vast Basilica of St. Peter, the point at which the influence of Christian faith can consume, a near grand finale to this most inspiring of Vatican tours.
Papal sarcophagi lie beneath the basilica floor, and here you may pay your respects to popes passed. We conclude affairs on St. Peter's Square, relating how such incredible beauty came into being.