Vatican Gardens offer a slower view of Vatican City
The Vatican Gardens reveal the State as a landscape of work, prayer and architecture. The key is to treat them as a reserved visit, not as a park you can simply enter in passing.
Read guide →The Vatican Museums bring together antiquities, paintings and historic rooms on a route that ends in the Sistine Chapel. Allow a substantial block of time and plan this visit separately from St Peter’s Basilica.
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