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On this 6-hour private tour of the world-famous Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, you'll explore these iconic landmarks with a professional guide. You'll be picked up from your hotel in an accessible vehicle and will tour the Vatican gardens and several rooms within the Vatican.You'll appreciate its art collections, luxurious marble candelabra, and sixteenth-century frescoes by Botticelli, Rosselli, and Michelangelo. There are several accessible bathrooms at the Vatican and a cafe with step-free access.The Sistine Chapel will be your next stop. It used to be private to the pope and is now a famous landmark visited by people worldwide that can be accessed by elevator. Once inside, be sure to look up and marvel at the ceiling: it holds Michelangelo's spectacular "The Last Judgement" fresco, painted between 1535 and 1541.The tour finishes with a visit to the monumental Basilica of Saint Peter, the largest church in the world. Please note: There is no direct access from the museums to St. Peter’s Basilica for wheelchair users.You'll later be returned to your hotel on an accessible van.

00120, Vatican City

Vatican Museums

Sistine Chapel

Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City

Basilica of Saint Peter

Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City

Saint Peter's Square

Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel guided tour

A person in a wheelchair in a corridor of the Vatican Museums, with many frescoes lining the walls

A view of the Dome of Saint Peter's Basilica from a terrace in the Vatican Museums

A person in a wheelchair posing in front of a fresco in the Vatican Museums

A wheelchair user and another person on a terrace of the Vatican Museums

A person in a wheelchair on a terrace, with a view of the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica in the background

A person in a wheelchair in the gardens of the Vatican Museums

A person in a wheelchair in a corridor of the Vatican Museums, with globes visible in cases in the background

A corridor of the Vatican Museums, with decorated walls and ceilings and many visitors admiring the artwork

Saint Peter's Basilica, seen from Saint Peter's Square

A person in a wheelchair posing for a photo in front of Saint Peter's Basilica

A group of people including a person in a wheelchair posing for a photo in front of Saint Peter's Basilica

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Appreciate the museum's art collections, luxurious marble candelabra, and sixteenth-century frescoes by Botticelli, Rosselli, and Michelangelo. There are several accessible bathrooms at the Vatican and a cafe with step-free access.

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A corridor in the Vatican Museums, which slopes gently upwards

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A person in a wheelchair in a corridor of the Vatican Museums, with goblets visible in cases in the background

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Used to be private to the pope and is now a famous landmark visited by people worldwide that can be accessed by elevator. Once inside, be sure to look up and marvel at the ceiling: it holds Michelangelo's spectacular "The Last Judgement" fresco, painted between 1535 and 1541.