Wonder at the magnificence of the Vatican City, the smallest independent state in the world with the Pope as the head. Home to the impressive St Peter's Basilica crowned with Michelangelo's dome; Bernini's St Peter's Square laid out in the late 1500's; the Vatican Museums and probably the most famous site in Rome, the Sistine Chapel legendary for Michelangelo's frescoes, a true jewel of the High Renaissance.

Available: Mondays to Fridays. Please note: to enter churches in Rome, men must have their legs fully covered and women must have their knees and shoulders covered.

Your Rome tour guide will meet you at your hotel and accompany you by taxi to the Vatican (taxi not included in the price). This tour ends at the Vatican.