Begeterre’s vastness is almost cathedral-like. And while it’s a homage to Rome, its culinary offerings are akin to Jules ...

Attractions encompass the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums, making this city-state so immense (and notoriously crowded) that guided Vatican tours are highly recommended.

By Elisabetta Povoledo and Alex Marshall The chief restorer of the Vatican Museums, he led the cleaning of the Sistine Chapel, a 14-year effort that revealed a new vision of Michelangelo’s ...

To see the Sistine Chapel without bumping elbows with tons of fellow visitors, you have two options: go early or go late. The ...

Prepare to experience the wonder, awe, and breathtaking beauty of Michelangelo’s renowned ceiling frescoes from the Vatican’s ...

Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel $25 $500+ ...

A new attraction at The Mountain Mile promises to let people get an up-close look at the frescoes that adorn the Sistine ...

More than six million people visit the Sistine Chapel each year - making it the third most-visited museum in the world. This puts a strain on the health of the famous frescos. So the Vatican ...

Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.