Vatican and Basilicas of Rome full day tour

Price per person US$200 including transport, lunch and guide service
Available every day excluding Sundays and religious holidays

Duration : Approximately 9 hours including lunch time. Lunch Break in a typical restaurant ( drinks are not included )
Includes : Hotel Pickup, Transport by deluxe coach, lunch (drinks excluded), and guide service
Departure Time : From January 1st - December 31st- Hotel Pickup - between 7.45am and 8.15am. We apologize for eventual delays due to traffic conditions. Pickup from Hotels within the greater Rome area only

We recommend you wear comfortable shoes as there is some walking involved. No shorts or sleeveless shirts allowed.

Sistine Chapel

Basilica St Mary Major

St.John in Lateran

Catacombs St Callixtus

You will be picked up from your Hotel in Rome staring from 7.30 Am depending on the location of your hotel there will be delays according to traffic conditions, we suggest to book a centrally located hotel.
The purpose of this tour is the visit of the Vatican Museums. Leaving the Piazza San Bernardo, adorned by Moses’ Fountain, we will head to Piazza della Repubblica, with the Fountain of Naiadi in the middle. Then the itinerary will continue, passing by Via Bissolati, Via Veneto and the Villa Borghese. After this ample view of an important part of the city, we will visit the Vatican Museums and the Vatican Galleries (lines possible at the entrance). You will then admire the modern entrance built for the Jubilee 2000, the Galeries of the Chandeliers, of the Tapestries and of the Geographical Maps, the Sobiesky Hall and the Immaculate Conception Hall. We will then stop to admire the Sistine Chapel, seat of the Conclave, frescoed by Michelangelo to end up in the Ancient Vatican Library. We will stop at a characteristic restaurant for lunch please note that drinks are excluded.
Leaving from Piazza San Bernardo, crossing Piazza della Repubblica, we will run along Via Nazionale to end up visiting the Basilica of St.Mary Major, built on the Esquiline Hill in 352 A.D. The tour will then continue visiting the Basilica of St.John in Lateran, cathedral of Rome and of the world. Hence, we will go to the Holy Stairs, climbed by Jesus Christ to reach Pilate’s Palace. From here the tour will start again by coach, crossing Piazza San Giovanni and Via Latina. Skirting along the Mura Latine, the tour will pass through the Porta di San Sebastiano to arrive on the Ancient Appian Way, where we will find the Chapel of “Domine Quo Vadis”. We arrive finally at the Catacombs of St.Callixtus, where the visit will take about 45 minutes (on Wednesdays the visit will be at the Catacombs of St.Domitilla). On the way back, from the coach you will have a view of the Caracalla Baths.
 

 

Booking Information

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Please note that we sell on first come basis and we accept reservations until 15 days prior to the selected departure date, we are unable to accept reservations less than 14 days prior to the selected departure date.