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If you go to Rome and do nothing else but visit the Vatican Museums, your trip would be worthwhile. The Vatican Museums, are one of the most popular museums in the world with three million annual visitors.
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Vatican Museums has six virtual tours- Gregorian Egyptian Museum, Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s Rooms, Pinacoteca and the Ethnological Missionary Museum.
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The world-renowned collections of the Vatican Museums include ancient sculpture, medieval and Renaissance art.
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Although officially closed at night, the Vatican is allowing exclusive tours for small groups. They’re run by Helen Donegan, an Irishwoman who has lived in Italy for 30 years.
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The night tours take around three hours. It’s the time when there is a kind of glowing silence, something sacred in the polished empty rooms that are still full of beauty. You can almost hear the long-ago whispered scheming in the inlaid corridors, the flurry of a cloak fleeing around a corner.
At night the images of Western civilization seem to be undisturbed, glowing and breathing of their own accord.
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The maximum number in any group size is 20, with one guide for each 10 people and the cost is $341 per person. Breathtaking and awe-inspiring, a visit to the Vatican Museums is sure to be one of the most memorable experiences of your Roman holiday.
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