Vatican Museums - Personalized Guided Walking Tour
The Vatican museums are a must see while in Rome. The key is to take a “skip the lines tour”. Don’t waste all your precious time waiting in long lines.
You can also sign up for a “Skip the Line Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica Half-Day Walking Tour” for about $40 not including the museum entrance fees. Since you ear going to all the expense of a European trip to Italy and Rome, you might as well go the little extra and take a tour with a guide that will explain what you seeing. Your experience will be enhanced beyond just the basic ‘ooh and ahs’ of looking at all the ornate surroundings.
Based upon the 561 reviews online, it is “definitely worth doing”. You’ll also want to check out the 43 photos taken by travelers to get an idea of what you’ll see on this tour. The morning or afternoon tour meets at the newspaper stand, outside the Ottaviano Line A metro stop and lasts about 3 hours until it ends at Piazza San Pietro.
This is a personalized small group walking tour with a maximum of 25 people escorted by an English-speaking guide. Of course the highlight of the tour is world famous Sistine Chapel. The chapels frescoes were started in 1508 by Michelangelo. The one you’ve come to see is “The Last Judgment” which covers an entire wall.
Make sure you skip the long lines into the Vatican Museums and take one of these types of tours.
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November 1st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
When in Rome you must see the Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica with Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment fresco. You must however locate a “Skip the Lines” tour in order to save valuable time. You will experience, religion fervor, art, history and architectures all in one place in a short but fulfilling 3 hour tour.
November 1st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Save Three Hours In Rome - Take Only Skip the Lines Tours
Do not waste your time in Rome. You can save yourself hours of waiting time by researching and finding only “Skip the Lines Tours”. You will see double the amount of churches, museums, palaces and art with this simple but invaluable travel tip. Wherever there are hordes of tourists you’ll want to find these secret time savers.