Sistine Chapel
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The Sistine Chapel is best known for its 12,000 square foot ceiling painted by Michaelangelo to depict the expulsion of Adam and Eve, Noah's Flood, the Creation of Adam, and the Last Judgment. The chapel also features frescos by other Renaissance artists like Botticelli, Perugino and Pinturicchio and today, is the site of the Papal Conclave.
How to get there
By metro: A to Ottaviano for St. Peter’s Square and Cipro Musei Vaticani. By bus: 49, 23, 81, 492, 990.
Opening daysMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Opening hoursAll year round except holidays - Monday to Saturday 09:00-18:00, Last Sunday of every month 09:00-14:00
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Explore one of world's most fascinating Meccas on the Vatican City Tour. Stroll the Vatican Museums. Experience Michelangelo's famous Creation of Adam with your own eyes as you explore the Sistine Chapel and wander Raphael's Rooms.
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Duration: 3 hours
Departs from: Rome, Italy
Type: Tours in Rome
Available: Monday Thursday Saturday at 09:15
Explore one of world's most fascinating Meccas on the Vatican City Tour. Stroll the Vatican Museums. Experience Michelangelo's famous Creation of Adam with your own eyes as you explore the Sistine Chapel and wander Raphael's Rooms.
More »$417.82
Duration: 3 hours
Departs from: Rome, Italy
Type: Tours in Rome
Available: daily except Sunday at 10:00
Visit the Vatican, the smallest country in the world. Visit the Porta Pinciana, Aurelian Walls, the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, the Bernini Staircase of the XVI century and the largest church in the world, St.
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Duration: 4 hours
Departs from: Rome, Italy
Type: Day Tours in Rome
Available: daily except Sunday at 07:30
