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VATICAN
CITY TOUR
The essential Rome sightseeing itineraries always include Rome tours that take you through the Vatican City. Our guide will lead you to experience the history, religious significance and vast collection of artistic achievements in the Vatican City.
In the Vatican museums await exhibits of Greek and Roman statues that influenced the Renaissance in Rome and the tapestries that adorned papal apartments and the Sistine Chapel. Bask in the magnificence of the recently restored Sistine Chapel. Witness the astounding sight of Michelangelo's ceiling and Michelangelo's Last Judgment on the altar wall in their original vibrant colors. See the wall frescoes telling the stories of Jesus and Moses by Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio and others. Experience the genius of Raphael's frescoes in the papal apartments of pope Julius II.
Our Rome tours of the Vatican City continue into the astonishing St. Peter's Basilica. Marvel at the Renaissance work of Michelangelo's Pieta: the Virgin Mary cradling the body of Jesus. Witness Raphael's Transfiguration of Christ in mosaic and Bernini's statues of the angels, saints and martyrs of the Christian faith. Learn of the martyrdom of the apostle Peter, his sepulcher under the Papal altar and of the ultimate construction of the greatest Christian cathedral in the world over the course of more than a century.
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On Wednesdays when the pope is in Rome, our group Rome tours of the Vatican first attend the general papal audience.
Dress code: no shorts. shoulders and knees must be covered.