DURATION
3 hrs
STARTING TIME
From Monday to Saturday at 7:30
HIGHLIGHTS
Avoid the crowd, Skip the line
Waking up with Michelangelo (3 hrs)
MEETING POINT: In front of the entrance to the Vatican Museums; on the steps in front of a big gate framed with white marble.
SIGHTS VISITED: Antiquity collections, Gallery of Tapestries, Gallery of Geographical Maps, Raphaels's rooms, Sistine Chapel, the Pieta by Michelangelo in the Basilica of St. Peter.
TOUR INCLUDES: Skip the line tickets, headsets for 6 or more people.
TIPS: Comfortable shoes, bottle of water. Dress code is required in the holy places: knees and shoulders covered in the Sistine Chapel and the Basilica of St. Peter. For further Tips and suggestions, please have a look at the Contacts & Info page.
OVERVIEW: The Vatican is a museum inside a museum and with this early entrance tour you will enjoy its stunning collections before the standard entrance timing. The halls as well are part of the masterpieces in this unique place in the world. The meeting with the work of arts become intimate and long-lasting.
Additional info:
This tour doesn't run on the following days: Jan 1st and 6th, Feb 11th, 22th, May 1st, Mar 19th, June 29th, Aug 15th, Dec 8th, 24th, 25th, 26th
On Wednesdays morning the Basilica of St. Peter is closed because the Papal Audience, therefore the tour will be leading and be ending in the Vatican museums.
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