Experience this special package which includes Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel (with reserved entrance with no queue); St. Peter Basilica and Tombs of the Popes (escorted tours) and the “Christian Rome” Open Bus (24 hour pass).
The Vatican Museums: Considered among the most important in the world, these museums are a must for anyone visiting 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 artifacts of the past. Works continue 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 to today.
The Vatican Gallery: Delight in masterpieces by some of the greatest artists in the history of Italian painting, including Giotto, Beato Angelico, Melozzo da Forli, Perugino, Rafael, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Veronese, Caravaggio, and Crespi.
The Sistine Chapel: “The frescoes that we are contemplating here introduce us into the world of the contents of the Revelation. The truths of our faith speak to us here from all sides. From them human genius took its inspiration undertaking to clothe them in forms of incomparable beauty” (Pope John Paul II, April 8, 1994). For many, the Sistine Chapel is linked to the name of the great artist Michelangelo, due to his famous ceiling painting, which depicts the story of the book of Genesis in the Bible, and his wall painting which depicts the Universal Judgment. Never in Western history had a work of such magnitude been created by a single artist.
St. Peter’s Basilica: Symbolic of the center of Christianity, this basilica houses the 2,000-year-old remains of Saint Peter himself. It is a place where faith, history, and art fuse together in a unique synthesis of majesty and beauty. Descend into the Vatican’s Sacred Grottos, where you’ll get an up-close view of the Confession of St. Peter, as well as of the tombs of many popes, loved and venerated by the Christian people, among whom rest Paul VI and John Paul II.
All visits include an audio guide in 10 languages.
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