Vatican Museums’s Key Master early entrance tour with Sistine Chapel

Overview

Join a once-in-a-lifetime tour that gives you access to the Vatican museums before dawn! Enter the empty Museum with the Key Master and enjoy with your small group 2 hours inside the Vatican Museums before crowds flood in. The highlight of your tour will be the opening of the Sistine Chapel, where you’ll enter completely alone and watch Michelangelo’s frescoes flicker to life. Accompanied by an official Vatican tour guide, you’ll get up close with some of the finest artworks in the world. While opening the Sistine Chapel is an unforgettable experience, there’s so much more to the Vatican Museums. The Raphael Rooms are a particular highlight. Often more crowded than the Sistine Chapel, they’re home to a collection of frescoes just as revered by art historians. Visiting alone, you’ll have the space to appreciate them in all their majesty. During your experience, you’ll walk the galleries featured on Vatican tours, like the historic Gallery of the Maps & Gallery of the Tapestries. Enter the still-closed Pinecone Courtyard and stay inside the Museums to explore more on your own, or head off for your next adventure, passing the crowds who are only now getting inside the doors. Sites Visited - Sistine Chapel - Raphael Rooms - Gallery of the Maps - Gallery of the Tapestries - Gallery of the Candelabra - Sobieski Room - Pinecone Courtyard

What's included

Fully guided tour of the Sistine Chapel

What's Not included

Where

Rome, Italy

Meeting point:

Please meet your guide 15 minutes prior to the start time in front of the Vatican Museums. There are two doors, one less noticeable tucked into the corner and one surrounded by white marble with a short flight of stairs. You will be entering via the door surrounded by marble and the guide will be waiting at those stairs

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What To Expect

Experience 2 hours inside the Vatican Museums completely alone with a small group of a maximum of 15 people
Join the Vatican’s Key Master to open the Sistine Chapel and admire all the other priceless artwork up close!
Walk through the historic Gallery of the Maps & Gallery of the Tapestries

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