Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Skip-The-Line Fast Access 3 hours Guided Tour

Meeting the guide at the entrance of The Vatican Museum, in Viale Vaticano, In the Vatican Museums you will find the Sistine Chapel, one of the most famous tourist attractions in the world. The Museums hold many priceless works of art including the "Raphael Rooms" and many galleries of sculpture, tapestries and frescos. The church of S. Peter's Basilica is considered the most important for all Christianity and it is full of historical treasures, where artists like Michelangelo and Bernini worked. Tour Details visiting: - Courtyard of Pigna; Octagonal Courtyard ; Pio Clementino Museum - Gallery of Animals; Gallery of Muses; Rotonda Gallery - Candelabra Gallery; Tapestry Museum - Gallery of the Maps - Rooms of Raffaello - Sistine Chapel - St. Peter's Basilica with St. Peter's Square In the Vatican Museums you will find the Sistine Chapel, one of the most famous tourist attractions in the world. The Museums hold many priceless works of art including the "Raphael Rooms" and many galleries of sculpture, tapestries and frescos. St. Peter's Basilica is open year-round, but it's a working church so it closes regularly for mass and special religious services. Crowds are at their thickest during summer and holidays such as Easter and Christmas, as well as during public papal addresses, given most Wednesdays in the square. If the Guided visits are not allowed inside St. Peter's on afternoon tours due to religious functions. In this case guides provide full commentary from the Basilica's porch, and guests can visit the interior at their own pace without the guide

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art.