A day at the Museum

We will start our Vatican adventure just some steps away from Piazza San Pietro with a quick introduction about the area around Vatican City. The Vatican is a must see for every visitor coming to Rome: The City of Vatican is the holy see where the head of The Catholic Church resides, is the smallest state in the world, has the biggest church and one of the largest museums in the world. As you pass the famed Pontifical Swiss Guard, The Pope’s Security Force since 1505, you’ll enter perhaps the most recognizable piazza in the western world: St. Peter’s Square. From there we will bybass the long waiting lines to enter the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Inside the Vatican you have more than 7 kilometers of galleries,wich makes Vatican Museums some of the largest museums in the world. Walking throught Raphael Rooms, Gallery of Maps, Gallery of Tapesteries, you will have the priviledge to admire the great mastepieces of painting and sculpture from all time periods. After the museums, you will visit Sistine Chapel with Michelangelos's Last Judgement. The Last Judgement is thought to be the largest body of painting executed solely by one artist, considered the greatest masterpiece of western art. Our last stop is going to be jaw-dropping St.Peter's Basilica,where you will enter the heart of Catholicism.This vast and awe-inspiring church is rich in decoration, history, and magnificent art. Among its many treasures are the moving Pietà by Michelangelo, Bernini's enormous bronze altar and much more...