A trip from May 15, 2009 to May 23, 2009, travelling to Rome, Terrasini
My husband and I had a wonderful trip! Our highlights … More
My husband and I had a wonderful trip! Our highlights were the Vatican City, the sistene chapel, the Galleria Borghese, the Colloseum, seeing the Castel Sant' Anselmo at night and shopping. I highly recommend checking out the shop Volpetti.
On Monday see
Vatican Grottoes (Tomb of the Popes)
the tombs of several Popes, including Pope John Paul II …More
Thing to Do
Sat May 16 7:00am - Sat May 16 8:00am
Notes
7am-7pm Cost: Basilica (including grottoes) is free. Stairs to the dome €4; elevator to the dome €5. Treasury 4 €. Dress code: No bare shoulders or knees (for both men and women).
Visiting Rome for the first time, visitors must experience the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican structure with 50 million …
Thing to Do
viale Vaticano Rome, 00165 Italy +39 06 6988 4341
Sat May 16 8:15am - Sat May 16 9:30am
Notes
arrive 30 minutes before it opens Wait for vatican is many hours long. That special entrance turned out to be around the right side of the city and entering into the Sistine Chapel. So this way you see the Chapel and end up in front of the Vatican