Visita guiada a la Capilla Sixtina y el Vaticano
Descripción
Con entrada sin colas y los servicios de un guía muy bien informado, este es un excelente recorrido de medio día por el Vaticano para ver no solo los lugares más destacados, sino mucho más. Visitarás los Museos Vaticanos, la Capilla Sixtina y la Basílica de San Pedro y verás en el camino las numerosas estatuas griegas y romanas antiguas, las habitaciones de Rafael y las Galerías de Tapices y Mapas, por nombrar algunas. Este es un súper tour por el Vaticano, ¡imperdible!
Opciones de la excursión
Itinerario
reunirse con su guía a la entrada de los museos, pasar a los turistas en las largas colas y dirigirse a los guardarropas. Comenzando en el Museo Pio-Clementino se ven las maravillosas estatuas romanas y griegas antiguas. Su guía le contará todo sobre las maravillosas obras de arte a su paso por la miríada de salas y galerías; la visita continúa a la Sala de los Animales y la Galería de Candelabro; hay mucho que ver. A continuación están las Galerías de Tapices y Mapas y la Sala Sobieski con su vasto lienzo, el más grande del Vaticano. Finalmente al sitio más visitado de toda Italia la Capilla Sixtina. Su guía dará vida a los frescos. La capilla guarda muchos secretos y su guía les dirá algunos datos interesantes sobre el cónclave que se celebra para elegir un nuevo Papa.
Finalmente, al sitio más visitado de toda Italia, la Capilla Sixtina. Es interesante aprender sobre los famosos frescos pintados por Miguel Ángel, Botticelli, Perugino y otros artistas del Renacimiento. Qué buscar cuando entras a la capilla y ves el Juicio Final, la creación de Adán, el Génesis y las historias de Moisés y Jesús. Su guía le dará vida a los frescos. La capilla guarda muchos secretos y su guía le contará algunos datos interesantes sobre el cónclave que se celebra para elegir un nuevo Papa.
Luego es hora de un recorrido por la Basílica de San Pedro donde explorará las numerosas capillas laterales con sus criptas ocultas. Verás la Pietà de Miguel Ángel y tu guía te explicará por qué es la única obra que firmó. Obtendrá una apreciación de la maestría que invirtió en la creación del retablo de Bernini y aprenderá cómo Miguel Ángel triunfó sobre sus contemporáneos por el honor de pintar la magnífica cúpula de San Pedro. Aún hay más por ver, aunque por debajo del nivel del suelo. Tu guía te llevará bajo tierra a la cripta papal donde, a lo largo de los siglos, muchos de los Papas han sido enterrados. Este lugar especial es un lugar de peregrinación para muchos católicos.
Termina su recorrido en la Plaza de San Pedro, donde su guía lo dejará con algunos datos curiosos sobre las estatuas de Bernini que rodean esta gran plaza. No se olvide de mirar al balcón donde el humo blanco habla de un nuevo Papa y tomar una foto de los coloridos guardias suizos.
Lo más destacado
Qué incluye
Valoraciones de viajeros
Información importante
- Hay opciones de transporte público disponibles en las cercanías
- Hay asientos o sillas infantiles disponibles
- Adecuado para todos los niveles de aptitud física
- Se requiere un código de vestimenta para ingresar a los lugares de culto y museos seleccionados. No se permiten shorts ni tops sin mangas. Las rodillas y los hombros DEBEN estar cubiertos tanto para hombres como para mujeres. Puede arriesgarse a la entrada rechazada si no cumple con estos requisitos de vestimenta
- LEA CUIDADOSAMENTE: Debido a la creciente popularidad del actual Papa Francisco y su intensa actividad en la organización de eventos masivos en el Vaticano, algunas áreas podrían cerrarse en el último minuto sin previo aviso. Esto ya sucedió este año y puede volver a suceder durante su recorrido por el Vaticano: la capilla Sixtina y / o la Basílica de San Pedro podrían no ser accesibles. En caso de tales eventos, nuestro guía turístico le proporcionará una alternativa valiosa enfocando el recorrido dentro de los museos del Vaticano.
- TENGA EN CUENTA: Debido al Jubileo, la Basílica podría no ser accesible como parte del tour. Lamentablemente, lo sabemos a última hora. En cualquier caso, puede ir allí después del recorrido, haciendo cola.
Opiniones(25)
Our Skip-the-Line Sistine Chapel & Vatican Highlights Guided Tour was a true highlight of our trip to Rome — and that’s entirely thanks to our guide, Francesco. He was personable, incredibly knowledgeable, and had a great sense of humor that kept our group of 8 engaged and entertained throughout the entire experience. Francesco didn’t just know the facts — he brought the history, art, and architecture of the Vatican to life with passion and clarity. Every stop had purpose, every story had depth, and he made even the most crowded areas feel accessible and special. As a wheelchair user, I especially appreciated how thoughtful and accommodating he was. He made sure our group stayed together and navigated the route smoothly, never making me feel like an afterthought. His care and professionalism meant the world to me. If you’re considering this tour, do yourself a favor and request Francesco by name. You’ll laugh, learn, and walk away with unforgettable memories. He’s truly one of the best guides we’ve ever had.
Our Skip-the-Line Sistine Chapel & Vatican Highlights Guided Tour was a true highlight of our trip to Rome — and that’s entirely thanks to our guide, Francesco. He was personable, incredibly knowledgeable, and had a great sense of humor that kept our group of 8 engaged and entertained throughout the entire experience. Francesco didn’t just know the facts — he brought the history, art, and architecture of the Vatican to life with passion and clarity. Every stop had purpose, every story had depth, and he made even the most crowded areas feel accessible and special. As a wheelchair user, I especially appreciated how thoughtful and accommodating he was. He made sure our group stayed together and navigated the route smoothly, never making me feel like an afterthought. His care and professionalism meant the world to me. If you’re considering this tour, do yourself a favor and request Francesco by name. You’ll laugh, learn, and walk away with unforgettable memories. He’s truly one of the best guides we’ve ever had.
Our guide sara was very wonderful. However, I was very disappointed that we were not informed that the sustained chapels that we purchased was closed, and so was saint.Peter's basilica. I understand things like this happen with the Pope passing. However, we were not informed at all and all. We got to see was the Vatican museum. That is not what we paid for.
We had an amazing tour with Francesco. He was knowledgeable, kind and great with our children. This was a highlight of our trip and we would highly recommend this tour!
Francesco was our guide and he was excellent. He has over 10 years experience as a guide and it showed. He started with an explanation of the Sistine Chapel, as no talking or photos are allowed inside the chapel, so he spoke about it and used an excellent photo book to describe what and why to look for when there. The tour then begins with the Vatican Museums/Galleries, moves to Sistine Chapel and ends in St Peter’s Basilica. Being a private tour, it’s easy to hear everything, ask questions but also get a personal touch. Our families being of Italian origin, when in the gallery of maps, Francesco pointed out the paintings of our ancestors regions and we were able to look for the towns they came from. That personal touch and the knowledge made this tour one of the highlights of our trip for me and would highly recommend.
Sara’s knowledge was great. We knew what to look for and how to identify the art in Sistine Chapel where she is not allowed to talk. The whole tour experience was well worth the cost - skipped the line, just the 4 of us in our private group. Sara was an excellent guide.
Francesco is a great tour guide. He was very knowledgeable about the Vatican museum, the Sistine Chapel and all the art and artifacts within. We are so grateful for this guided tour. It made our visit much more pleasurable to be able to learn and understand that great works of art and their history.
I highly recommend a private tour. Our guide, Julia was fantastic. She gave us a high level background of the Vatican before starting our tour which was very helpful. Being able to skip the line was key as the line to get in was enormous.
Really enjoyable experience. Our tour guide Alessandra was very knowledgeable and was always enthusiastic to explain anything we asked. A wonderful experience due to her being the guide. Thanks again.
Tomas was AMAZING. He tailored our tour of the Vatican to interest our teen-age sons (who are normally bored by museums). They are two very different people but he "read" them very well and made the tour interesting and fun for both of them. We (parents) had fun too. Highly, highly recommend Tomas.
