Rome in 1 Day: Vatican Museums & Underground Rome Skip the Line
Supplied by: Carrani Tours
Not only the complex of the Vatican Museums makes up the
largest museum in the world, but it is also one of the world’s
most visited, with more than 6 million people accessing it in
2018. In such a place, queues can be pretty long and touring can become stressful, that’s why choosing one of the
Vatican Museums’ official tour operator partners makes a
big difference. After meeting your professional guide at our
meeting point, you’ll be given a headset and you’ll reach the
Vatican Museum’s entrance, in a group of no more than 25
people.
Rome’s churches are among the most beautiful and ancient in
the Western world: spend an afternoon discovering some of
them on this guided tour. Wait us at your centrally located hotel and our driver will pick you up. You’ll reach our professional guide who’ll provide you with a convenient audio receiver
and earphones, to make sure you won’t miss a single word.
We’ll visit Saint Mary Major, an ancient, stunning basilica.
What's included
- Transport
- Entrance tickets
- Professional guide
- Headsets
- Lunch (drinks not included)
- Personal expenses
Highlights
- Enjoy the Vatican museum
- Learn about the Raphael Rooms and their exceptional frescoes
- Visit to Saint Mary Major, an ancient, stunning basilica
- Explore the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, the underground burial places
Overview
This less stress guided tour will grant you a real skipthe-line, faster access through the exclusive official partners’
entrance, saving you the hassle of waiting in line for several hours. You’ll tour the gallery, visiting all those main spots
you’ve heard about like the Gallery of Maps, the Gallery of
Tapestries, the Borgia Apartments. The guide will tell you
everything about the Raphael Rooms and their exceptional
frescoes, including The School of Athens, and will bring you
to the Sistine Chapel, whose ceiling is one of the cornerstone works of High Renaissance art. The tour couldn’t be
complete without a visit to St. Peter’s, the Basilica that isn’t
only the largest church in the world, but that contains several
pieces of fine art: think the canopy designed by Gian Lorenzo
Bernini or the Pietà by Michelangelo. And to top it off, gaze
the majestic St. Peter’s Square, the open space which lies
before the Basilica, redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and
being itself an architectural masterpiece of the Baroque age.
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was built on the summit of the Esquiline Hill: its original architecture was classical, maybe to convey the idea the place represented the ancient Imperial as well as the Christian Rome.
Despite several additional construction projects and damages,
the basilica retains the core of its original 442 AD structure.
Even more ancient, Saint John Lateran Basilica: the oldest
public church in Rome as well as the highest-ranked papal
major basilica. It stands over the remains of a military Roman
imperial fort established in AD 193 that was later converted
into a place of worship and suffered several damages due to
earthquakes and fires: the stunning façade as it appears today
was completed in 1.735. In the nearby, the Scala Sancta (the
Holy Stairs): white marble steps encased in wooden ones.
According to Catholic tradition, they formed the staircase
leading up to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem on
which Jesus stepped during his Passion. And talking ancient,
the Catacombs of St. Callixtus deserve a visit: these underground burial places, outside the walls of the city, were carved
through tuff, a soft volcanic rock. More than fifty martyrs and
early Popes were buried in this huge graveyard.
Cancellation policy
Refundable