Papal Audience Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel group tours

Papal Audience Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel group tours – Start your day early at St. Peter’s Square, experience once in a lifetime the possibility to see Pope Francis I. The Papal Audience is mainly sequence of small readings, mostly in Italian, though there will be compliments in other languages. There is a reading of the Lord’s Prayer, in Latin, and the Audience includes the Pope’s Apostolic Blessing. Generally beginning at around 10.30 in the morning, there may be an earlier start in case of very hot weather. As the Pope spends the summer months in his summer residence, we do not offer this excursion during July and August.

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Stop At: Vatican City, Vatican City, Lazio

Papal Audience Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel group tours – Start your day early at St. Peter’s Square, experience once in a lifetime the possibility to see Pope Francis I. The Papal Audience is mainly sequence of small readings, mostly in Italian, though there will be compliments in other languages. There is a reading of the Lord’s Prayer, in Latin, and the Audience includes the Pope’s Apostolic Blessing. Generally beginning at around 10.30 in the morning, there may be an earlier start in case of very hot weather. As the Pope spends the summer months in his summer residence, we do not offer this excursion during July and August.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Sistine Chapel, 00120, Vatican City

At 1:00 pm you will join our highlight-tour through the Vatican City’s legendary museums, including one of the largest and most magnificent art exhibit in the World, including the ancient Roman and Greek statuary collection of the Renaissance popes, Belvedere courtyard, Muse’s rooms, Circular room with Hercules, Greek cross room with Constantine’s sarcophagus, the Gallery of Maps overlooking the Vatican Gardens, Raphael’s rooms and finally Michelangelo’s awe-inspiring Last Judgments in the Sistine Chapel. You will journey through the history and the secret enveloping the Catholic Church and hear the stories of rivalries of the Renaissance artists. Continuing on through the Basilica of St. Peter you’ll marvel at the masterpieces of the Baroque genius Bernini (his Canopy is the largest bronze object in the world) and at the breathtaking Pietà .

Duration: 2 hours