"Where is the Vatican located?" - it is curious to know for those interested in local temples, garden and park ensembles, museums, palaces. The state does not have its own airport, but it has an 850-meter railway and a helipad.
It is best to see the Vatican sights in the last months of spring and early autumn. And if we talk about prices, then the prices for tours to Rome and the Vatican rise in spring and autumn, drop slightly in summer (hot weather).
Vatican: where is this dwarf enclave state?
The Vatican, with an area of 0.44 sq. Km, “fits” inside the Italian capital (Vatican Hill, northwestern part of Rome). The Vatican has a Mediterranean climate: it is rainy in mild winters and hot and dry in summer. As for the autumn months, the state at this time is subject to the greatest amount of precipitation. The Vatican with its hilly terrain (vertical drop - 19-75 m) is only 20 km away from the Tyrrhenian Sea coast.
How to get to the Vatican?
From Fiumicino airport (passengers fly here from Moscow with Alitalia or Aeroflot in less than 4 hours, and residents of St. Petersburg with Rossiya airline - 3 hours 45 minutes) departs from Stazione Aeroporto, platform no. 25). And from there you can get to the Vatican by buses 64 and 40.
If you decide to use the metro, you should take the train (line A): to get to St. Peter's Basilica, you need to get off at the Ottavio - San-Pietro station. Well, it is more convenient to get to the Vatican museums from the Cipro station.
Walkers can get to the Vatican by going on foot. The starting point of the route can be Piazza Venezia (tourists will be moving along Via del Plebiscito and Via della Conciliazione) or Termini Station (moving along Via Nazionale).
Holidays in the Vatican
First of all, you should pay attention to St. Peter's Cathedral, the dome of which can be climbed for 5 euros on foot or for 7 euros by elevator. The facade of the cathedral is decorated with five-meter statues of John the Baptist, Christ and the Apostles, and those who decide to get acquainted with the interior of the cathedral will see tombstones, statues, altars and works of art.
Of no less interest is the former home church - the Sistine Chapel, which is now a museum. In addition, conclaves (the election of a new pope) are held here. Tourists can see 12 preserved frescoes ("Handing the keys to the Apostle Peter" by Perugino, "The Last Supper" by Rosselli, "Indignation against the laws of Moses" by Botticelli and others), depicting about 100 portrait figures (there were 16 frescoes in total).
Those wishing to admire the painting should look into the Vatican Pinacoteca, and the sculptures - the Etruscan Museum or the Pio Clementino Museum. Those who decided to get acquainted with the centuries-old history of the Vatican through photographs, documents, household items, vehicles and other exhibits will be waiting at the Historical Museum.
Guests of the Vatican will be offered to climb the hill of Mario - from there they will be able to admire both the Vatican and Rome there. Those who are going to stroll through the Vatican gardens (the western part of the state) will find themselves in the park area, where there are spring springs, and subtropical vegetation grows.
Souvenirs from the Vatican
Before leaving the Vatican, travelers should buy fresh and dried flowers, decorated in bouquets, religious souvenirs (incense, crosses, calendars, silver pendants with the image of an angel), aromatic soaps and various wood products created by monks, a copy of a page of the First Bible, postage stamps of the Vatican and coins with local symbols, a bottle of holy water, which was consecrated by the Pope himself.
