Vatican for Kids Tour Fast Access Sistine Chapel

You meet your private guide near Vatican City and with your reserved tickets you go directly into the Vatican Museums.  No need to carry anything around the Vatican as you can store your belongings in the cloakroom. On this tour you will see the amazing Greek and Roman Sculptures and the sarcophagi of the Empresses Helena and Constantine, mother and daughter of Constantine the Great.  To keep the kids entertained there will be lots of games and the opportunity to win prizes – they will learn a lot about the artwork but in a fun way!  The tour takes you to the Gallery of the Candelabra, the Gallery of Tapestries, the super Gallery of Maps, the Sobieski Room and the wonderful Raphael’s Rooms.

The four Raphael Rooms (Italian: Stanze di Raffaello) form a suite of reception rooms, now part of the Vatican Museums in Vatican City. They are famous for their frescoes, painted by Raphael and his workshop. Together with Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, they are the grand fresco sequences that mark the High Renaissance in Rome. The Stanze, as they are commonly called, were originally intended as a suite of apartments for Pope Julius II.

Then on to the Sistine Chapel which is still used today for the election of new Popes.  Children will be amazed by Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes depicting The Last Judgment.  Your guide will also regale them with Bible stories including the creation of Adam as well as other interesting facts and anecdotes.

It is then time for a tour of St. Peter’s Basilica where you will explore the numerous side chapels with their hidden crypts. You will see Michelangelo’s Pietà and your guide will explain why this is the only work that he signed. You will gain an appreciation of the mastery that went into the creation of Bernini’s altarpiece and learn how Michelangelo triumphed over his contemporaries for the honour to paint St. Peter’s magnificent dome.

The tour will end in Saint Peter's Square