Vatican Museums, St Peter’s Basilica & Underground Rome Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Itinerary

You will be picked up from your hotel at the scheduled time in the morning for the tour.

Enjoy skip-the-line admission to one of the 5 most-visited art museums in the world, the Vatican Museums. Admire one of the greatest art collections in the world and see works by the likes of Caravaggio, Raphael and Giotto and enjoy the informative commentary of an expert guide. Explore the Gallery of the Maps and Gallery of Tapestries as you listen to tales of Vatican intrigue. Browse through the timeworn yet fascinating Italian maps, the sculptures and candelabras of the Gallery of Candelabras.

Enjoy a guided tour of the Sistine Chapel, the one part of the Vatican Museums that everyone wants to see. Stand beneath Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam, which cloaks the ceiling, and admire The Last Judgement, his colourful mural that adorns a wall. Located in the Apostolic Palace, the Sistine Chapel is probably one of the most famous chapels in the world.

Visit the St Peter’s Basilica, the symbolic heart of the Catholic Church. Explore the Italian Renaissance church with your guide, learn about its history and see more Vatican art including Michelangelo’s La Pietà. Admire the stunning altar, the sculptures of Michelangelo and the world’s most impressive dome!

See the major Christian Basilicas of Rome. See the Holy Staircase and visit the Basilica of St. John in Lateran - the Cathedral of Rome - and St. Mary Major; then proceed along the ancient Appian Way, passing the Chapel of Domine Quo Vadis before arriving at the Catacombs, the ancient underground cemeteries used by the Christian and Jewish communities to bury their dead and celebrate the funeral rites and the anniversaries of the martyrs.

The tour ends at any of the ‘I Love Rome’ bus stops of your choice.