It is possible to organize the following Guided Tours:

Individual visitors

Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel (duration of the tour is approximately 2 hours)

The reservation allows individual visitors to be part of a Vatican Group Tour conducted by an official Vatican Tour Guide. The tour takes the visitor through the most significant cultural and religious areas of the Vatican Museums. The tour follows an itinerary which includes: the Pio Clementino Museum (classical antiquity), the Gallery of the Candelabras, the Gallery of the Geographical Maps and the Tapestry Gallery (Renaissance Art), the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel.

The ticket includes: admission to the Museums, guided tour and rental of audio-guides.

* Children aged between 6 years and 18 years and students aged not more than 26 years are able to purchase the reduced ticket directly at the cash desk on the day of the tour on presentation of a student identity card.

Vatican Gardens (duration of the tour is approximately 2 hours)

A tour of the Gardens allows the visitor to be part of a group tour conducted by an official Vatican Guide. The tour is unique, as it takes the visitor through 2000 years of history. Besides the natural beauty of the gardens, the Vatican City is rich in monument and precious works of art.

Open working days, except Wednesday and Sunday.

Vatican Museums and Saint Peter's Basilica - Art and Faith Itinerary (duration of the tour is 3 hours)

"The Museum truly displays a continuous interweaving between Christianity and culture, between faith and art, between the divine and the human". (From the Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Staff of the Vatican Museums, 23 November 2006).

The tour follows an itinerary which includes: the Pio-Christian Museum, the Picture Gallery (Pinacoteca), the Gallery of the Candelabras, the Gallery of the Tapestries (Renaissance art) and the Gallery of the Geographical Maps, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica*.

* The visit to Saint Peter's Basilica is made in accordance with the liturgical celebrations of the Holy Father or other events of Holy See or of the Vatican City State.

The ticket includes the guided tour of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter's Basilica.

Groups

Vatican Museurms and Sistine Chapel (duration of the tour is approximately 2 hours)

Open working days.

The ticket includes: admission to the Museums, guided tour and rental of audio guides.



Vatican Gardens (duration of the tour is approximately 2 hours)

Open working days, except Wednesday and Sunday.

The ticket enables the visitor to continue, on their own, a tour of the Vatican Museums.



Vatican Museums and Saint Peter's Basilica - Art and Faith Itinerary (duration of the tour is 3 hours)

"The Museum truly displays a continuous interweaving between Christianity and culture, between faith and art, between the divine and the human". (From the Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Staff of the Vatican Museums, 23 November 2006).

The tour follows an itinerary which includes: the Pio-Christian Museum, the Picture Gallery (Pinacoteca), the Gallery of the Candelabras, the Gallery of the Tapestries (Renaissance art) and the Gallery of the Geographical Maps, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica*.

* The visit to Saint Peter's Basilica is made in accordance with the liturgical celebrations of the Holy Father or other events of Holy See or of the Vatican City State.

The ticket includes the guided tour of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter's Basilica.

With exclusive guide

Upon request, during the opening hours the following visits may be organized. For individual visitors or a small group (max 15 persons) the cost of the guided tour is € 250,00 in addition to the full entry price ticket of € 19,00 per person or € 12,00 for the reduced ticket per person.

Private visits

Upon request, it is possible to organize a visit of the Museums after closing hours (e-mail: visitespeciali.musei@scv.va).

Archaelogical tours

Upon request (e-mail: visiteguidategruppi.musei@scv.va), visits for groups in the following archaelogical areas may be organized: Necropolis of the Via Triumphalis (S. Rosa)* and of the Car Park (Autoparco)* in the Vatican City, excavations of St. John Lateran, below the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
For informations: tel. + 39 06 69883145 - + 39 06 69884676

Tariffs	Price of a tour (all-in ticket for groups max 25 persons)	€ 150,00
	Price of a guide	€ 150,00

* The Santa Rosa Necropolis of the Via Triumphalis and the Necropolis of the "Autoparco" are closed for restoration at the moment.

For informations on guided tours:

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