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Full-Day Combo: Complete Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum Tour

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Our Complete Vatican Museums & Colosseum tour is perfect for those who want to pack their day with culture. Our expert art historian guide will take you through our reserved entrance and straight into the Vatican Museums. Save even more time in the afternoon with our access to the Ancient Roman sites. Explore the best of what Rome to offer.

  • Make the most of your vacation time: see everything Rome has to offer and save money by combining our two best-selling Rome tours into one exciting day!
  • Visit the most important attractions in the Eternal City: the beautiful Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica as well as the Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill.
  • With a small group and informative commentary from your expert, English-speaking guide, we can guarantee a day that you' ll never forget!

Your Vatican Museums & Colosseum Experience

What's Included

  • Reserved Access and tickets to the Vatican Museums
  • Access to the Sistine Chapel & St. Peter's Basilica
  • Access and tickets to the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
  • Audio headsets so you can always hear your guide at the Colosseum
  • Includes Colosseum Entry ticket (18€)
  • Expert, English-speaking tour guides
  • Gratuities

Sites Visited

  • Vatican Museums
  • Sistine Chapel
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • Colosseum
  • Roman Forum
  • Palatine Hill

This is the only one-day tour combining the two single-most important attractions in Rome – the Colosseum and the Vatican. Discover the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel,St. Peter Basilica,in the morning and then the Colosseum and the Roman Forum in the afternoon. Make the most of your vacation time with a local English-speaking expert guide.

Follow the Footsteps of the Popes

Your day starts with a carefully crafted itinerary through the Vatican Museums with your guide. You’ll look around the incredible and wide variety of galleries filled to the ceiling with ancient sculptures, medieval maps, pristine paintings, delicate tapestries, and precious relics.

In the Sistine Chapel, you’ll see the frescoes of Michelangelo that hold hidden secrets, including a personal message to the Pope. After exploring the Sistine Chapel, your guide will lead you to St. Peter’s Basilica. Here, Michelangelo will appear again beneath the vast dome he designed for the Basilica, with his name carved in his famed sculpture -- La Pietá. As you exit through St. Peter’s Square you will have free time to continue exploring the Basilica on your own.

Discover the Stories of Ancient Rome

In the early afternoon, once relaxed and well-fed, meet your expert art historian guide at the Colosseum, one of the world’s greatest wonders. Your local English-speaking guide is an expert in archaeology and history so they will take you back in time to the ancient Roman empire. As you stroll through the vast walls of the Colosseum your guide will recount the gruesome spectacles, battles, and politics that played out here.

You will go even further back in time to Palatine Hill where Rome was founded by the wolf-raised Romulus. To get there you will pass through the deserted temples of the Roman Forum, the political and economic heart of the ancient empire.

It is an experience like no other in the Eternal City, and only City Wonders can provide it on an incredible one-day excursion.

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