Early Access to Sistine Chapel St Peter Basilica and Papal Grottoes Semi Private

We offer a Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica tour with an Early entrance in the Vatican museums about 1 hour before the general opening of the public. This is suitable for those that in about two hours want to visit the Vatican Museums must-see sites in a short time focusing on the Sistine Chapel and Basilica of St. Peters’ without missing the most beautiful artworks of the Vatican that you will see along the Vatican galleries leading the to the Sistine chapel. You will be in a group up to 12 people guided by an enthusiastic licensed Vatican guide. After an explanation of the Sistine Chapel you will be lead through the main gallery to reach the Sistine Chapel and have some free time to enjoy the beauty of Michelangelo’s works: Last Judgement and the Creation ceiling.

After visiting Sistine Chapel, do not miss the chance to discover Popes' Tombs, the so - called Vatican Grottoes. Located just under the central nave od St. Peter Basilica, Vatican Grottoes were part of the ancient Basilica built at the behest of Emperor Constantine the Great. Among the Tombs you will find here, St. Peter's and Pope John Paul II's are for sure the highlights. You will find St. Peter Tomb located just under the level of the altar, along with many other Pope Tombs belonging to past centuries in the underground ares nearby.

You will access right after the Basilica of St. Peter’s through a special door that will give access to the Basilica without doing any line and entered the beautiful Basilica before it is becoming very crowded.