Vatican City – Shared Tour
Shared Walking Tour: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
Our tour starts from the center of the Christian Religion and residence of the Holy Father, St. peter Square. It is a colossal architectural work surrounded by a colonnade composed of 284 columns and 88 pillars. At the top of the colonnades there are 140 statues 3.20 meters high, depicting saints, martyrs and popes.
The largest church in the world
Then, the tour goes on acceding St Peter Basilica, one of the largest churches in the world. Designed by Bernini and Carlo Maderno, it is the burial site of its namesake Saint Peter and it is the most notable building in the Vatican City State, overlooking Rome’s skyline from its impressive Dome.
Sistine Chapel
The more exciting and impressive room of the Vatican Museums is without a doubt the Sistine Chapel. Its majestic frescoes, depicting the Last Judgement and the creation of Adam, is a masterpiece you have absolutely to see at least once in your lifetime. Today it is the site of the Papal conclave, the process by which a new Pope is selected.
Special about this Walking Tour of the Vatican City
The Royal Staircase, which links St. Peter Square to the Vatican Palaces is an optical illusion conceived by Bernini. Although it measures 60 meters, it narrows upwards and thanks to this perspective illusion, it seems much more elevated.
The name Vatican City was first used in the Lateran Treaty, signed on 11 February 1929, which established the modern city-state named after Vatican Hill, the geographic location of the state within the city of Rome. “Vatican” is derived from the name of an Etruscan settlement, Vatica or Vaticum, located in the general area the Romans called Ager Vaticanus, Vatican territory. The Italian name of the city is Città del Vaticano or, more formally, Stato della Città del Vaticano, meaning ‘Vatican City State’. Its Latin name is Status Civitatis Vaticanae; this is used in official documents by the Holy See, the Church and the Pope.
This situation was resolved on 11 February 1929, when the Lateran Treaty between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Italy was signed by Prime Minister and Head of Government Benito Mussolini on behalf of King Victor Emmanuel III and by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri for Pope Pius XI. The treaty, which became effective on 7 June 1929, established the independent state of Vatican City and reaffirmed the special status of Catholic Christianity in Italy.
Book your Vatican Museums Private Tour Here
- A modern and affordable way to tour Italy
- Get to know new places and new people
- Create a group or share an already open one
- Save money sharing this experience with few other people
- Each participant has to pay his amount of the tour individually
Why choose a Sharing Tour?
Please read this information carefully: The tours and their itineraries can not be changed. As these are sharing tours, we provide them as reported on our website (unless everyone in the group agrees to a change). We recommend our guests to always be on time and to follow our drivers’ suggestions about timing. In this way you will have a fantastic tour and we will be completely sure that there won’t be any complaints or problems. Once you have joined a tour already open, or after the creation of a new group, your personal data(name, mobile phone, email address) will be shared with the other guests joining your tour. Every time a new guest will join or cancel the tour, you will receive a new automatic voucher, with the guests’ information, the number of participants and the new price you'll pay per person.
The group creator will receive a 10€ discount.
Tour Details
- Duration: 3 Hours
- Start: The starting time is influence by our tickets availability
- Pick Up Location: Vatican Museum Entrance under the white door in marble
- Skip The Line: Included
- Official Tour Guide: Included
- Ticket: Included
- Trasportation: Not Included
- Wheelchair Users: Allowed
- Level of Activity (Day Trip): Low
Tour Locations
- St Peter's Square
- St Peter's Basilica
- Sistine Chapel
- Vatican Museums
St Peter's Square
St. Peter's Square, Città del Vaticano, Ciudad del Vaticano
St Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica, Città del Vaticano, Ciudad del Vaticano
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel, Città del Vaticano, Ciudad del Vaticano
Vatican Museums
Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, Roma, RM, Italia