Vatican, Bramante Staircase & Nicolica Chapel with Restricted Areas Private Tour

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

Your tour in the Vatican Museums will start from one of the special off-limits area, which can be visited only with a special permit of access, of the Vatican Museums: the Bramante Staircase. This is a double helix Bramante staircase that was built to permit Pope Julius II to enter directly with his carriage into his apartments.

Duration: 20 minutes

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

Then, you will proceed to very important rooms, starting from the Octagonal Courtyard, where you will be able to admire the Apollo of Belvedere and the Laocoon marble group. Then, you will move to the Room of the Animals and the Room of the Muses. In the first one, beautiful statues recreate a marble zoo; in the second one, you will see the statue of Apollo playing a Lira and the Torso in the center. Finally, you will arrive in the Round Room, where you will see Nero’s bathtub, encircled by many important huge Roman statues.

Duration: 1 hour

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

During your tour you will have the opportunity to stop in the panoramic terrace, from where you will have a beautiful view of the St. Peter’s Basilica and of its amazing Dome, partially designed by Michelangelo and of a part of the Vatican Gardens. After that, you will move to the Sistine Chapel, passing by the amazing rooms and galleries of the Vatican Museums.

Duration: 40 minutes

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

Moving on, you will reach the Upper Galleries, which are in the space once dedicated to the Pope’s apartments. The Upper Galleries include the Gallery of the Maps, the one of the Tapestries, and the last one of Candelabra.

Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Stanze di Raffaello, Viale Vaticano, Vatican City Italy

After, you will arrive in the rooms that a young Raphael painted under the commission of Pope Julius II. Among the many paintings that fill the room, you will admire the “School of Athens”, that Raphael painted while Michelangelo was working on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In his work, Raphael also represented himself in the “School of Athens”, together with some of his contemporaries, such as Bramante and Michelangelo. The two paintings Dispute over the Sacrament and the Parnassus are conserved in these rooms too.

Duration: 40 minutes

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

Then, you will arrive at another restricted area of the Vatican Museums that you will have the opportunity to visit: the Nicholas Chapel. The Dominican Monk Fra Angelico painted this very small chapel in 1448 for the Pope Nicholas V and it is now considered one of the artistic treasures of the early Renaissance. Here, the scenes of St. Steven’s and St. Lawrence’s lives are depicted with the use of brilliant colors.

Duration: 30 minutes

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

You will then proceed to the Sistine Chapel, where you will have the chance to admire the amazing Michelangelo’s frescoes depicting the Last Judgement and the Creation of the World with stories of the life of Noah.

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Finally, you will arrive in the most important Basilica in the world: St. Peter’s Basilica. Once inside, you will have the opportunity to admire very famous artists’ works of art, such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Baldacchino and Michelangelo’s Pietà.

Duration: 30 minutes

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