Vatican Museums Rome

A truly all inspiring city with incredible sites, history and culture. Rome is a city that is a highlight of any trip, and this was certainly the case for me too. Although cquite expensive, you can't help to splurge on your wallet when it comes to some of the most impressive museums, historical sites and monuments. Upon our arrival from Venice, we …

We waited until about noon to get on the metro to Vatican City hoping we'd catch a shorter line during lunch time. That didn't go as well as planned. We waited in line for about 50 mintues which really wasn't bad. The only annoying part were all the morons running around trying to get you to pay to join there tour group. I don't know how many times …

Next, we visit the bustling Capital of Italy. During the reign of the Roman Empire, Rome was the hub of life for all things political, artistic, and religious. As we visit now, we see that it is still a center of life. In order to fully absorb the grand architecture and attractions of Rome, we spend two days here. Luckily, O'Reilly's nonni live …

Sat, June 4, 2011

We both woke up at 4 am. We were both wide awake and starving. Never getting sleepy, we were at the hotel breakfast at 7 am and on the metro at 8 am. We arrived at St. Peters at 8:30 and were inside by 9 am. The line was really long, but only 1/3 as long as it would be by the time we walked out of the basilica. The only …

We left for Rome on our 100 day travel anniversary! It was an appropriately busy travel day...

We navigated through the trains again with a 45-minute gap to rush to the best pizzeria in Naples (home of pizza) before our connection! We managed to find it, get in, have the best pizza ever and be back in good time for the train. Very …

For our first day in Rome, we decided to tackle the Vatican area and the Borghese area. Our first stop Castel Sant Angelo. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrain for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. Next stop was St. Peter's Basilica. We entered the …

Being an international route, our journey to Rome consisted of many changes. On our first train we did not have reserved seats so we had to change several times. We took a train from Nice to the French-Italian border, then from there we went to Genoa and then onto Rome. We had a short lay over in Genova where we saw a huge monument for Christopher …

Ciao from Italy!

Chris and I are finishing our 3rd day in Rome, and so far, it is VERY HOT! We arrived on Monday morning. We couldn't sleep on the plane because the PA system kept dinging at us nonstop, throughout the flight (Like those Southwest commercials - *DING!*). So having been up for 34 hours straight, we were pretty tired, but …

Day 3 in Rome

Today we saw many sites in Rome.

We began our day very early. We got to the Vatican Museum before the big tourist groups came in. It was a good thing because it was Good Friday and there were a lot of people visiting the Vatican today. We saw all the preparations for the Pope's mass on Sunday.

We went to the …

When we'd booked our trip to Rome, we didn't realize that we would be overlapping a day there with Konrad's mom, Pat. She was on a Mediterranean cruise that would be docked in Rome on Thursday, May 19th -- our third day in the city. She had booked a tour with some of her travel companions already, but we we were going to try to meet them at their …

... , The Roman Forum, Capitol, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps and The Vatican (of course including the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, St Peter's Basilica and St Peter's Square). But what is a few days when you are used to having ...

... train, not chariot) to our next stop, Naples, further down the coast. Day 21 - September 3rd, 2007 Went back to The Vatican Museums. Upon arrival we couldn't believe the length of the queue to get in (2km, we'd estimate), and shortly after (45 ...

... Pantheon just to mention a few.   To also do justice to the Vatican City we also arranged a guided tour through the Vatican museum and St Peters Basilica. The museum was simply mind-boggling to say the least and it was said that if you spend only ...

... attached to the bread, they tend to just roll about on top providing nourishment and much entertainment, but not as much as the Vatican museum, no this place is a true dragon's horde of treasure. We spent hours, which could have turned to days, exploring ...

... so much more about it this time. All those art, history, and guide books really do help. WE whizzed through the Vatican Museums until stopped in our tracks by Raphael´s masterpiece frescoes, particularly a long time favourite of mine, The School of ...

... over. Not early enough it seems because by the time we made it over there the line for the Sistine Chapel, inside the Vatican Museum, was about four blocks long and the wait apparently four hours at a minimum. With the sun blaring down and Megan not ...

... And where there is free, there are queues and more queues. Shane I stood there in amazement as we saw the queue for the Vatican Museum stretched and weaved around the massive walls of the city. 'How long will that take?" we both wondered. After some ...

... ' and 'Rostrum' all had their own personal stories of history behind them. My main goal the next day was to check inside the Vatican museum, so I was up early again and at the Museum by 9am. I had a wander through all the various rooms housing all the ...

... relented and took a few! Went down into the tombs then waited in another line for about 45 minutes and got a ticket for the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel. They make you walk through the entire museum (or so it seems) until you finally get to walk ...

... standards of moral and Christian conduct???  Just food for thought.   Anyways, after the basilica we headed to the Vatican Museum to check out the Sistine chapel and the amazing artifacts held by the church. As soon as we headed in that ...