Bramante Staircase Tour
Inside the vatican museums a vast number of art pieces and amazing architectures can be admired belonging to different persiods cultures and countries from all over the world.

Bramante staircase tour. The modern bramante s staircase is however entirely open to the public. The bramante staircase scala del bramante designed by donato bramante in 1505 is an innovative double helix spiral lined with doric columns that connects the vatican s belvedere palace to the city of rome below. Vatican private tour with bramante staircase and niccoline chapel. While exploring the vatican museums you have the rare opportunity to leave the tourists behind and slip behind velvet ropes to visit the original helical bramante staircase.
Bramante staircase vatican museums the pio clementino museum in vatican city is home to a range of exceptional artwork and marvellous attractions but few are as popular as bramante s staircase. Then we will be entering the bramante staircase. The bramante staircase tour combines a visit to the vatican museums with access to the restricted areas of the bramante staircase the masterpiece designed by the architect donato bramante and the chapel of nicholas v. Usually closed to the public it was once the entrance from street level to the papal apartments.
The staircase itself is stunning with many visitors looking directly down when standing at the very top to see the spiral design from a bird s eye view. Our guide francesca was amazing. It was commissioned by pope julius ii and inspired giuseppe momo s impressive 1930s staircase at the vatican museums exit. Highlights of this tour.
Reviewed may 14 2014. She was an art historian and shared so much with us. Vatican bramante staircase exceptional tour. There are in fact two staircases with the same name in the vatican museums.
You can leave the crowds in the public corridors and escape to the balcony for some instagram friendly shots over the city. It was very very crowded the day we visited. It connects the belvedere palace of pope innocent viii to the outside and stands in a square tower of that building. We took the guided vatican museum vatican city walking tour and also paid extra to see the bramante staircase.
Vatican private tours 1 vatican family tours. Among these few are able to admire bramante staircase a revolutionary piece of architecture that is hidden inside the vatican walls. The modern bramante staircase. Review of city wonders.
You will also have the unique opportunity in the vatican museums to walk up the original bramante staircase. It is located in the pio clementino museum marking the exit of the museum.



























