2 Days in Rome including the Vatican Necropolis

Itinerary

Day 1: Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel small group tour, St.Peter's Basilica and Vatican Necropolis Small Group tour.

Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
An expert English speaking guide will take you on a journey to The Vatican City home possibly the most famous tourist destination in the world. The Vatican museums attract with its ancient Roman and Greek statuary collections of the Renaissance popes, Muse's rooms, Circular room with Hercules, the Gallery of Maps and the rooms of Raphael, millions of fervent religious supporters and interested visitors each year. Join us to see the fantastic art, history and architecture housed within the walls of this beautiful city's 7 km of galleries, chapels and rooms, overlooking the Vatican Gardens. Start your adventure with the main part of the tour seeing all of the very best parts of the museums like explained in detail by your professional private guide.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Citta del Vaticano 1, 00120 Vatican City Italy
Then you will move on to the Sistine Chapel and see the breathtaking Last Judgement of Michelangelo, a project which changed the course of Western art and is regarded as one of the major artistic accomplishments of human civilisation.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: St. Peter's Basilica, Piazza di San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
After this you will be left in St. Peters Basilica the greatest piece of Renaissance architecture as well as being the largest church in the world, to explore at your own leisure.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Vatican Necropolis, Piazza San Pietro Beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The incredible Vatican Necropolis, once being an ancient Pagan & Christian cemetery and burial ground from the 1st century, this is the presumed location of Saint Peter’s burial tomb. Saint Peter is famously one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and the first recognised leader and Pope of the Catholic Church. 

You will go down, through the Scavi (underground tunnels and galleries), into the lowest levels of St. Peter's Basilica. The Scavi tour goes down below the Grotto (the area just beneath St. Peter Basilica, where lie the monuments, chapels and tombs of past Popes), to the Necropolis area

This is perhaps the most sacred site within Vatican City, and amazingly you can now visit it with us on this exclusive experience!
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Best of Rome & Colosseum Skip-the-line tour

Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
On your tour, you will beat the crowd skipping the long ticket lines to venture deep inside the walls of the Colosseum discovering its many secrets and gory past. You will visit the ground floor and the second level giving you a great view inside of Colosseum. Join us and discover the secrets held within the walls of this incredible monument.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Città Metropolitana di Roma, Via Quattro Novembre, 119, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
You will meet your guide in our office and walk around the city. You will throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain and visit the Pantheon, one of the most amazing buildings in the world, still today having the largest dome in the world, made of cement! We will guide you to admire the Baroque treasures of Piazza Navona as well as the most important city attractions.
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.