Vatican City Trip Overview
– You skip the line with this tour
– Designed for those who have only one day available in Rome
– Professional and licensed PhD archaeologist or historian of art tour guide at your disposal
– Admission to sections otherwise unaccessible
– Access limited but granted with this tour to Saint Peter’s Basilica from the Sistine Chapel
– Taxi transfer from city center to Colosseum area
– Fully client-oriented service before during and after the tour
– All included, no extra fees!
Additional Info
Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Vatican City, Vatican City
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Vatican City, Vatican City, Vatican City
– You skip the line with this tour
– Designed for those who have only one day available in Rome
– Professional and licensed PhD archaeologist or historian of art tour guide at your disposal
– Admission to sections otherwise unaccessible
– Access limited but granted with this tour to Saint Peter’s Basilica from the Sistine Chapel
– Taxi transfer from city center to Colosseum area
– Fully client-oriented service before during and after the tour
– All included, no extra fees!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
– Terrace with overwhelming view of saint Peter’s basilica and Vatican gardens
– Court of the pine cone
– Gallery of the candelabras
– Gallery of the tapestries
– Gallery of the geographical maps
– Raphael’s rooms
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
– Frescos by Michelangelo
– Private Chapel of the Pope
– Location of the Conclave
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
– Biggest Catholic Church in the world
– Canopy by Bernini
– Relics of Saint Peter
– Pietà by Michelangelo
– Saint John Paul II’s tomb
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy
– Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini
– Church of Sant’Agnese
– Built over a preexistent stadium erected by the emperor Domitian
– Fountain of the Moro
– Fountain of Neptune
– Location of the movie Angels and Demons
– Palazzo Pamphilj
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy
– Biggest unreinforced concrete dome in the world
– Most well preserved pagan monument in Rome
– Tomb of Raphael
– Tombs of the Kings of Italy
– Oculum and bull’s eye effect
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Di Pietra, P. Zza Di Pietra – Rione Campo Marzio, 00187 Rome Italy
– Temple of the Deified Hadrian
Duration: 3 minutes
Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome Italy
– The most famous late Baroque fountain in the world
– Throw the coins
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Venezia, 00187 Rome Italy
– Geographic center of modern Rome
– Intersection of the 5 major road axes
– Vittoriano, Altar of the Forefathers, Monument to the Unknown Soldier in WWI
– Palazzo Venezia, headquarter of Mussolini during WWII, balcony where he declared Italy’s entrance into the war
– Michelangelo’s house
– Palazzo Bonaparte, where Napoleon’s mother lived and died
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Via dei Fori Imperiali, 00186 Rome Italy
– Forum of Nerva
– Forum of Augustus
– Forum of Julius Caesar
– Forum and Column of Trajan
Stop At: Roman Forum, Largo della Salara Vecchia 5/6, 00186 Rome Italy
– Beating heart of the political, social and religious life of the romans
– Place of the cremation Julius Caesar and podium where Mark Anthony made his funeral speech about him
– Among the biggest archaeological areas in Europe
– Sacra Via
– Temple of Antonino and Faustina
– Temple of Julius Caesar
– Altar of Julius Caesar
– Place of his cremation
– Podium of Mark Anthony’s speech about Caesar
– Basilica Iulia
– Basilica Emilia
– Curia Iulia
– Arch of Septimius Severus
– Tabularium (i.e. ancient state archive)
– Temple of Concordia
– Temple of Vespasian
– Temple of Castor and Pollux
– Temple of the Vestal Virgins
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
– Skip the line entrance to the Amphitheater
– Ground level
– Corridor dividing second by third tier
– Stunning view of the arena and the underground levels
– Pictures spots of the surroundings of the Colosseum
Duration: 1 hour
