Rome Vatican Museums tour (with city coach tour)

 
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Time difference
GMT + 1 hour
Nearest Airport(s)
Ciampino (12 km), Fiumicino (35 Km)
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About Rome Vatican Museums tour (with city coach tour)

Vatican Museums - Sistine Chapel - Gallery of the Tapestries
Every morning (except Sundays and Religious holidays)
Approx: 3 hours

The Vatican Museums are considered among the most important in the world and a visit to them is a must for anyone traveling to Rome. Here, over the years, the Popes have gathered and preserved for future generations some of the greatest masterpieces of all time, and some of the most precious artefacts of the past. Initially, the Popes placed the art collections found in their palaces at the disposition of the public, for the good of culture. At the beginning of the 1500s, Julius II was the first to expose, in the Octagonal Courtyard, a selection of valuable ancient sculptures. At the end of the eighteenth century, at Clement XIV and Pius VI's initiative, the first organised artistic collection was opened to the public. From that time onwards, works continued to be added, resulting in a collection that covers a vast period of time in history, and a wide geographical scope, stretching from the world of ancient Egypt until today.

The tour begins by passing through Piazza della Repubblica with the Fountain of the Nayads and following the ancient Aurelian Walls which once surrounded the ancient city. En route you will see the famous Villa Borghese park and the northern gate of the ancient city leading into Piazza del Popolo, where you will see an Egyptian obelisk dating back to the time of Ramses II. Finally, on arrival at the Vatican Walls, your guide will then lead you around the Vatican Museums* with a detailed tour and description of the history of this famous building. You will take the beautiful spiral staircase and continue through the Gallery of the Tapestries and the Gallery of the Geographical Maps before arriving in the famous Sistine Chapel with its magnificent fresco of the Last Judgement by Michelangelo.

* Please note, entrance to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel requires appropriate attire. No shorts, miniskirts or uncovered shoulders.

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