Vatican Museums and Sisitine Chapel tour with private guide

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TWO-HOUR TOUR OF THE VATICAN MUSEUMS AND THE SISTINE CHAPEL IN ROME - Italy

Michelangelo's Pietà in the
Vatican Museums

Map with the route of the Tour

Entrance of the Vatican Museums

Map of Venice in the Gallery of Maps

Bust in the Gallery of maps

The Sistine Chapel

2-HOUR TOUR OF THE VATICAN MUSEUMS AND THE SISTINE CHAPEL IN ROME

DURATION:	2 hours
PRICE:	Based on the number of participants
AVAILABILITY:	All-year-round
ï¿½ INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:	Local English-speaking Guide for the 2-hour visit of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel in Rome THE ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED
ENTRANCE FEES:	ADMISSION FOR THE VATICAN MUSEUMS: Single ticket Full price: ï¿½ 15.00 Reduced: ï¿½ 8.00 () We suggest You to reserve Your ticket in advance and then You can enjoy the visit without queue. Booking charge is ï¿½ 4.00 per ticket. Free of charge:* On the last Sunday of each month; World Tourism Day (September 27) Directors of museums, ministries or governmental organizations assigned to archaeological, artistic, artistic heritage preservation Disabled (with 100% invalidity) and one companion each Journalists authorized by the Direction of the Museums after clearance from the ï¿½Sala Stampa della Santa Sedeï¿½, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the Foreign Press Association and the "Ordine Nazionale Italiano dei Giornalisti" Holders of valid ICOM ( International Council of Museums) and ICOMONS (International Council of Monuments and Sites) membership cards Donors of works and patrons: Patrons and Friends of the Vatican Museums Children under 6 years of age () Reductions:* Visits organized by schools, academies or other educational establishments may be requested in writing on the institute's stationery letterhead and addressed to the Direction of the Museums Pilgrimages organized by diocesis or parish churches by presenting a written request, authorized by the local diocese and addressed to the Direction of the Museums Students under 26 years of age in possession of a valid student card or other document proving their status in the institute for the current year Children under 14 years of age. Access to the Museums is permitted only to visitors with proper attire! The admission ticket to the Vatican Museums is valid for visiting the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel only on the date of purchase. Tickets arenï¿½t refundable. ADMISSION FOR DISABLES: Wheelchairs can be reserved in advance or upon request at the ï¿½Special Permitsï¿½ window in the entrance hall. Routes and toilettes for disabled visitors are also available. The opening hours are detailed below

Meeting with our Tour guide in the Meeting-point, which can be arranged according to guestï¿½s requirements:

In this tour You will explore the most important cultural and religious places in the Vatican Museums within the Pio Clementino Museum, the Galleria delle Carte Geografiche (Gallery of maps), the Galleria degli Arazzi (tapestries, partly based on designs of Italian artists)., the Raphaelï¿½s rooms and finally Michelangeloï¿½s masterpiece, the Sistine Chapel.

The Vatican Museums are very important thanks to the prestige and richness of its masterpieces as well as for their sumptuous setting. The Museums consist of a group of huge buildings and numerous rooms, galleries, salons, libraries, museums, corridors, chapels, gardens and courtyards with countless art treasures. The Museums are interesting not only for its exhibits but also for its premises. They were created because of the art ambitions of the popes who, collected antiquities and artworks since 1506 starting with Julius II.

Between 1475 and 1483, Giovanni deï¿½ Dolci got commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV to built the Sistine Chapel. In the Chapel is located the greatest masterpiece of the Vatican Museums: The frescoes of the vault, which was painted by Michelangelo from 1508 to 1512. The most famous is the scene of the Creation of Adam.

The Rooms, four former papal living rooms, which Raphael imagined for Pope Giulio II and which has been finished by Raphaelï¿½s pupils after his death, are the most famous works of the artist. There is the Room of the Signature (1508-1511) that served as library, the room of Eliodoro (1512-1514) that served as waiting hall, the fire room (1514-1517) that served as dining room and the fourth room, the room of Constantine, where have been completed many of Raphaelï¿½s frescoes by his pupils after his death.

The Sistine Chapel and the rooms of Raphael are the furthest away from the entrance. Two ways lead there, which have both interesting things to offer. Our way leads through the Gallery of the tapestries with magnificent tapestries and the Gallery of maps, whose walls have been decorated in 1580-1583 with wonderful painted maps of the provinces of the former Vatican state, which lasted over large parts of Italy.

OPENING HOURS OF THE VATICAN MUSEUMS AND THE SISTINE CHAPEL:

Monday to Saturday: Entrance from 09.00 to 16.00; Closing time is 18:00
Sunday (the last Sunday of each month): Entrance from 09.00 to 12.30; Closing time is 14.00

Closed: Sundays, except for the last Sunday of each month, unless it falls at Easter, on June 29 (St. Peter and Paul), or on December 25 and 26 (Christmas Holiday)

Other holidays: January 1, January 6, February 11, March 19, April 08 ï¿½ 09 (Easter), May 1, June 29, August 15 & 16, December 8 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception), December 25 & 26 (Christmas)

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2-HOUR TOUR OF THE VATICAN MUSEUMS AND THE SISTINE CHAPEL IN ROME