Vatican City Trip Overview
This impressive Shore Excursion touches the most significant highlights of Rome and Vatican City:
• Trevi Fountain
• Spanish Steps
• Venice Square and the Wedding cake
• Roman Forum
• Colosseum
• Arch of Constantine
• Circus Maximus
• Pantheon
• Campo de Fiori Square
• Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
• St. Peter’s Basilica Square
Lunch included in a typical roman restaurant.
Skip-the-line tickets Colosseum and Vatican Museums are included in Private Tour options.Upgradable expert tour guide in Private options.
Private or Shared Tour available options.
Worry-free Shore Excursion:
We will ensure your timely return to Cruise Port for this activity. In the rare event your ship has departed, we will arrange for transportation to the next port-of-call. See terms and conditions for full details.
Additional Info
Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Vatican City, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Vatican City, Lazio, Italy
This impressive Shore Excursion touches the most significant highlights of Rome and Vatican City:
• Trevi Fountain
• Spanish Steps
• Venice Square and the Wedding cake
• Roman Forum
• Colosseum
• Arch of Constantine
• Circus Maximus
• Pantheon
• Campo de Fiori Square
• Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
• St. Peter’s Basilica Square
Lunch included in a typical roman restaurant.
Skip-the-line tickets Colosseum and Vatican Museums are included in Private Tour options.Upgradable expert tour guide in Private options.
Private or Shared Tour available options.
Worry-free Shore Excursion:
We will ensure your timely return to Cruise Port for this activity. In the rare event your ship has departed, we will arrange for transportation to the next port-of-call. See terms and conditions for full details.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy
The Pantheon (“temple of all the gods”) is a former Roman temple, now a church, in Rome, on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome Italy
Trevi Fountain standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world. The fountain has appeared in several notable films, including “Roman Holiday”, Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita”, the eponymous “Three Coins in the Fountain”, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and “Sabrina Goes to Rome”.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna, 00187 Rome Italy
The Spanish Steps are a set of steps dating from 1723, climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna (one of the most famous squares in Rome) and the top dominated by Trinita dei Monti Church.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
Piazza Venezia is the central hub of Rome. One side of the Piazza is the monumental site of Italy’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Altare della Patria, part of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, first King of Italy.
Pass By: Roman Forum, Largo della Salara Vecchia 5/6, 00186 Rome Italy
For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Ancient Rome
Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
Colosseum (Skip-the-line tickets included in Private Tour option)
The Colosseum is the main symbol of Rome. It is an imposing construction that, with almost 2,000 years of history, will bring you back in time to discover the way of life in the Roman Empire.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Arco di Costantino, Via di San Gregorio, 00186 Rome Italy
The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal Ancient Roman arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill
Pass By: Circus Maximus, Via del Circo Massimo, 00186 Rome Italy
The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue.
Stop At: Piazza di Campo de’ Fiori, 00186 Rome Italy
Lunch Time:
Lunch included in a typical Roman Restaurant.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City Italy
The Vatican Museums are located within the city boundaries of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by popes throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display.
Skip-The-Line Tickets included only on Private Tour option.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sistine Chapel, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Vatican City Italy
The Sistine Chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV. Today, it is the site of the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescos that decorate the interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment by Michelangelo.
Skip-The-Line Tickets included only on Private Tour option.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
St. Peter’s Basilica and Square
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter’s is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world.
Admission Not Included.
Duration: 30 minutes
