In your first tourist trip to Rome, without a doubt a must-see is going to be the Vatican.
During this visit you will have the opportunity to appreciate the great magnitude of the main temple of the Catholic Church, as well as its incredible artistic wealth.
But if you are not going to be able to travel to Rome for now, or you want to have a first glimpse of what awaits you during your visit in advance, with a virtual visit to the Vatican.
Basic tip for your trip to Rome: sign up for a guided tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
Rome is a city with so much to see and visit, but to ensure your trip isn't just a "stroll" through these sites and to help you understand their history and significance, we recommend joining some guided tours, specifically those to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel.
- Here's the link where you can book the Guided tour of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel and the visit of St. Peter's Basilica with a 5% discount with code TRAVEL GUIDES5
La official website of the Vatican offers you the possibility of making a virtual tour of St. Paul's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.
During this virtual tour, which has excellent photographic and visual quality, you can get close to some of the most notable corners of the Vatican.
All the information in detail
How to take a virtual tour of the Vatican
To take a virtual tour of St. Peter's Basilica, once you click on the different areas of the temple, you must let the application load completely, which takes less than a minute.
You must also have the plugin loaded on your computer. Adobe Flash Player, whose possibility of execution must be enabled in the browser.
This way you can “navigate” through the Basilica and its central nave, the altar, or the Choir Chapel, as well as the famous sculpture of the Pieta of Michelangelo.
On the other hand, one of the great artistic jewels that you should visit on your tourist trip to Rome is the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican museums.
Possibly it is the most famous chapel in the world and, furthermore, the frescoes in its dome are the great masterpiece of Miguel Angel.
How to take a virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel
La Sistine Chapel It was built at the end of the 15th century by order of the Pope Sixtus IV, and in its decoration, in addition to Miguel Angel, prestigious artists from the Renacimiento.
You can enjoy it within the visit of the Vatican Museums, located next to the St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
When you access the excellent application of this virtual tour, you must let it load and once the image appears completely, by moving the mouse and using the zoom, you can have all the Panoramic views possible of the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, in 360 degrees, and move through the different corners of it.
In short, a great opportunity to enjoy its artistic beauty, and although it is obviously not the same as seeing it live, at least you can see it in detail without being completely surrounded by other visitors, as is usually the case.
Once the application is loaded, you can now use the mouse and press the tool zoom meeting to move 360 degrees through the visited area.
And you have to do the same when visiting the rest of the areas.
Virtual tour of St. Peter's Basilica
Below you have the direct link to each of the areas visited in this virtual tour of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Enjoy your visit.
- Virtual visit of the Apse
- Virtual visit of the Altar and the baldachin
- Virtual tour of the north transept
- Virtual tour of the south transept
- Virtual tour of the central nave
- Virtual tour of the Choir Chapel
- Virtual tour of Michelangelo's Pietà
- Virtual visit of the Altar of San Jerónimo
Are you sure it's free to enter St. Peter's Basilica?
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