Vatican City Pass

Guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica with dome entry and access to the Vatican Grottoes.

You meet your group in front of St. Peters Basilica and the air is filled with anticipation as the very familiar dome looms over you. Your guide introduces you and briefly takes you to the inside and the journey starts by a special rise that gradually opens Rome in your sight. The marble floors become smaller as one ascends until you reach the balcony. Here one looks down into the Basilica itself and out toward the roofs of the Eternal City, with an entirely new view of this historic site. You stop under the dome where you look at the mosaics that surround you. Their details and colors are life-like up close. Your guide tells you of the symbolism, the workmanship, the piety of each figure, and you can see that faith and art are united in every inch of the building. As you go on you come to the upper terrace, and here you have a panorama of Rome. Centuries old roofs, rolling hills, and sunlit domes are stretched in the distance. It is some silent, undisturbed moment which stops your breath not by people, but by beauty of a quiet environment.

Once you have descended you walk into the Basilica by an exclusive entrance without any long queues. The size and depth of the space envelops you inside. There are golden mosaics on the shine, the marble columns are emerging everywhere, and the feeling is both tremendous and very human. The Baldachin of Bernini is placed in the center of the church, and its pieces of bronze are full of movement and meaning. Your guide tells you about ambition, belief and artistic genius that made this great space. Close at hand, you are drawn by Michelangelo Pieta with its silent feeling and you spend time to internalize the gentleness cut into stone.

The route goes further underground into the Vatican Grottoes. Here, the mood shifts. Here in this quiet dark corner, popes lie in grave and remnants of the old basilica can be found. The silence is pregnant with history. When traveling through the grottoes, you get the feeling of the ongoing nature of faith and tradition that has characterized this location over centuries.

By the time you get back to the St. Peter Square, you feel complete. You have viewed the Basilica that way, and in its heart, and in its subterranean foundations. This is more than a visit. It is a trip through the strata of history, art and faith. Through The Vatican Visit, you are brought through St. Peter in Basilica in multiple different angles, bringing its tales and its ambiance with you even after you have left.

Fast-track admission to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, self-guided.

Bypass the queues and get into one of the most unbelievable artistic and spiritual experience in the world. The Vatican Visit includes the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel ticket which provides you with priority entry to centuries of beauty, history and inspiration. The moment you move in through the fast-track entrance, people disappear and in front of you is a world of stories.

When you visit Vatican Museums, you will take a walk around huge galleries with great treasures. The ancient sculptures are next to the Renaissance art pieces, tapestries, frescoes, and elaborate ceiling designs are present all around you. The Gallery of Maps is a painted time travel on the territory of Italy and the rooms with Raphael are so fascinating with the color, harmony, and artistic brilliance. You are interested in the heights of Renaissance creativity, or in the classical antiquity, you cannot help but wonder at every place you go.

This ticket will allow you to do whatever you want and at your own time. No set way and no hurry. You decide when to stop, consider and see all the intriguing details that make each room unique. You may hang about in the Cortile della Pigna and admire the harmony of architecture and open air there; and may pass slowly through the galleries, and leave the art to speak.

The best experience in your visit is the Sistine Chapel. The ceiling of Michelangelo is spread out before your eyes in gorgeous proportions. Genesis, Adam, the Creation, and the Last Judgment have scenes that envelop you with some very potent imagery and emotion. The silence helps the spectator to reflect, so this scene is not only intimate, but also memorable.

It is more than just an entry ticket, but this ticket is a comfortable and fulfilling experience of one of the greatest cultural treasures of the world. It doesn’t matter whether it is your first or second time, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel always have something new in store. When it comes to The Vatican Visit, it is easy, flowing, and even recollecting to unveil this heritage of all times.