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If you cancel less than 48 hours before the beginning of your experience, the total cost of your booking will be due.

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This accessible private, guided tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel will introduce you to some of Rome's most famous works of art!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, and a stroll through the iconic St. Peter's Square.Accessible bathrooms can be found in the Vatican Museums, and mobility aids such as lifts on the flights of stairs. There is also a cafe, accessible via a ramp, where you can stop for refreshments. Your guide will be available throughout the tour to answer your questions and assist you if necessary.

00120, Vatican City

Vatican Museums

Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City

Saint Peter's Square

Vatican Museums Tour (6 hours)

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

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 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 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

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Seats can be removed from the inside of the van to accommodate wheelchairs.

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A person in a wheelchair inside a van parked on a street in Rome.

Transfer in van

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A larger ticket barrier in the museum lobby, suitable for wheelchairs

A corridor in the Vatican Museums, which slopes gently upwards

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Coffe shop onsite where you can buy refreshments

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

Corridor in the Vatican Museums

A person in a wheelchair turning the corner of a corridor in the Vatican Museums