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Vatican Discovery
Vatican Museums – Sistine Chapel – St Peter
private walking sightseeing tour of Vatican City’s popular
sights
covering the Vatican most visited collections
not reccommended for children under 12
dress code: no shorts – no uncovered knees and shoulders
group size: the size of your party
2 to 3 hours tour through Vatican palaces, the
Sistine Chapel, St Peter.
See the Pinecone Courtyard. Visit the Candelabras Gallery with its many
sculptures of roman and greek times and the 16th and17th centuries exhibits in
the Tapestries Gallery and Geographical Maps Gallery with its spectacular
ceiling and wall paintings. See the Sobieski Room with 19th century paintings
and the Immaculate Conception hall with imposing frescoed walls. Admire
Michelangelo’s monumental masterpieces in the Sistine Chapel: the amazing
ceiling with the “Creation” and dramatic “Judgement’s Day” above the altar wall.
Enjoy the “Stories of Moses and Christ” by the great masters of 1400, Perugino,
Pinturicchio, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio and Rosselli, magnificently decorating the
side walls of the Sistine chapel contributing to its unique atmosphere. Visit St
Peter’s Vatican basilica and see Michelangelo’s Pieta and Bernini’s spectacular
baroque monuments. At the end of your tour see spectacular St Peter’s Square,
overlooked by Michelangelo’s imposing dome and embraced by Bernini’s 284 pillars
elegant colonnade.
private walking sightseeing tour of Vatican City’s major sights:
1 to 4: € 120,00
additional person: € 30,00
admissions to Vatican Museums: € 12.00 p.p.
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