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Fast Track Entry to Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel & St' Basilica

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Visiting the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel is among most travellers top priorities for their trip to Rome.Before entering the Vatican city you’ll be asked to scan your voucher at the box office. At this point, the guards will look at your voucher to see if it’s genuine and you’ll be allowed in without waiting any longer. Once you’re inside, you can explore the vast rooms of the Vatican Museums and admire art from pre-Christian times including the Raphael Rooms.

Michelangelo’s masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: the frescoes of Moses and the Triumph of Religion. don’t have to visit the Vatican Museums without a guide – but hiring one is the most efficient way to see the art on show. A trained guide can help you make sense of the complex Papal collections and grand buildings that surround you, as well as Michelangelo’s famous frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.

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Fast Track Entry to Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel & St' Basilica

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Itinerary

Vatican Museums

The "Vatican Museum" not only contains the vast collections of art, archeology and ethno-anthropology that the Popes have accumulated over the centuries, but also contains some of the most extraordinary and artistically important rooms of the Apostolic Palace. History of Museum Collections. should rightly begin with the history of the rooms inhabited by popes throughout the ages, chosen as residences or private places of prayer and contemplation. First in chronological order are the Niccoline Chapel and the Borgia Apartment.

Sistine Chapel

The ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel are not only one of Michelangelo's most iconic achievements, but also icons of High Renaissance art. The Sistine Chapel was built in the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by the chapel's namesake, Pope Sixtus. Michelangelo commissioned Pope Julius to paint the ceiling, and other artists were involved, such as Botticelli and Domenico Ghirlandaio (Michelangelo's teacher). The Sistine Chapel was intended to illustrate the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, so the ceiling is decorated with nine passages from the book of Genesis.

St. Peter's Basilica

The history of the church of Saint Peter begins in the 4th century, when Emperor Constantine decided to build a basilica where the apostle was buried. In 329, the construction of the basilica was completed. The church was used for religious celebrations, as a covered cemetery and as a funeral hall. In the High Middle Ages, it was the most important place of pilgrimage in the West. Archaeological excavations, descriptions, drawings and ancient paintings under the current basilica give us an idea of ​​what the first basilica of the Vatican was like.

Inclusions

  • Fast-Track-Entry to St, Peter's Basilica
  • Fast-Track-Entry to Vatican Museum.
  • Fast-Track-Entry to Sistine Chapel
  • Breakfast
  • Dinner
  • Lunch
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Meet

Pickup and Dropoff

You will make your own way to the meeting points

Meeting / End Points

  • Go to the side of Via dei gracchi 17, Roma and look for a guide wearing a yellow hat. Traveler's can easily go to the meeting point through Google Maps or by hiring a taxi. If traveler's prefer metro then they may choose Ottaviano metro line A or they can easily arrive choosing bus stop 23.

Redeem

Ticket Redemption

Redeem your voucher at a different location

Go to the corner of Via Vespasian 65 rome , and look for a guide wearing a yellow hat or look for a yellow, red sign ticket exchanging booth. Visitors should arrive at the meeting location, Via dei Gracchi, 17, 00192 Roma RM at least 20-30 minutes before the adventure starts.

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AHMED MOHAMMED RUHAL