Rome and Vatican City

Rome and Vatican
Country		:Italy and Vatican
Region		:Lazio
Language		:Italian, English
Trip Category		:1Night and 2 Days Or 2 Nights and 3 Days Or Weekend trip
Tour Details: Stuttgart - Rome - Florence - Pisa - Barcelona - Stuttgart Day 1 and Day 2 in Rome and Vatican. More Details  Day 3 in Florence and Pisa. More Details Click here Day 4 and Day 5 in Barcelona (Spain). More Details Click here
Get in
By Air
Websites
Stuttgart to Rome (Fiumicino)
German Wings		http://www.germanwings.com/de/Angebote/Flugangebote/guenstige-fluege/stuttgart-str/rom-fiumicino-fco.htm
Stuttgart to Karlsruhe (By Train) and from Karlsruhe to Rome (Ciampino) (By Air)
DB		http://www.bahn.de/i/view/DEU/en/index.shtml
Ryanair		http://www.ryanair.com/de
City Pass
Rome Pass						- Valid for 3 Days : 30€			Good for 2N 3D Trip
More on Pass
Info on Price, Free Entrance and Reductions				http://www.romapass.it/p.aspx?l=en&tid=2
Card Details (PDF)				http://www.romapass.it/p.aspx?l=en&tid=7
Important				·  Free entry to the first 2 visited museums and / or archaeological sites of your choice. Free admission includes the exhibition held in the museum. ·  Free use of the city’s public transport network. Valid until midnight of the third day inclusive that of the first validation for ATAC public transport. Does not cover airport transfer. ·  Discounted tickets to exhibitions, events and other collaborating operators and businesses. ·  Reduced charges for use of the On-call Multi-lingual Medical Service for Tourists (MET Travel Health) ·  Tourist cultural service Roma Information.
Where to Buy?
Tourists Info Counter and Tabacchi Shops Get Details from info@romapass.it
Sleep
Hotel		Near to Termini (Central Railway Station)
Where we stayed		Viennese Due B&B - Rome (Italy) Via Milazzo 3, Stazione, Termini, Roma, 00185, Italy  Ph: +39064456357 Quintuple Room Laptop with Free wifi
See
Day 1:
Places covered
Piazza di Spagna and Spanish Steps Fontana di Trevi, Piazza di Trevi Pantheon Piazza Navona Piazza Venezia Colosseo in Night
Time	Activity							Remarks
14:05	Stuttgart to Rome-Fiumicino by German wings
15:40	Rome-Fiumicino To Termini							Take Terravision Bus from Bay 3 outside the terminal 3 exit. Cost 4€ p.P
16:35	Reaching at Termini and Hotel Check in
17:30	Take Metro Line A Towards Batitstini and Get down at Spagna Third stop from Termini							Carry city tourist map available in Hotel and buy BIT (75min) ticket Cost 1€ p.P (BIT ticket can used once in Metro and several times in Bus within 75min)
18:15	Walk till Piazza di Spagna and Spanish Steps
19:45	Reach Trevi Fountain  Fontana di Trevi, Piazza di Trevi
20:15	Reach Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda
20:45	Reach Piazza Navona
21:30	Reach Piazza Venezia
22:15	Reach Colosseum in Night
22:45	Take Metro Line B Towards Termini (Last stop: Rebibbia) Second stop from Colosseo							Buy BIT (75min) ticket Cost 1€ p.P (BIT ticket can used once in Metro and several times in Bus within 75min)
Photos
Spanish Steps Piazza di Spagna Fountain di Trevi Street Lighting (Italian Flag) Pantheon Piazza Navona Colosseo in Night
Day 2:
Places covered
Palatino hill Roman forum Colosseum St Peter’s Square and Basilica Vatican Museum Sistine Chapel
Time	Activity							Remarks
08:00	Start from Hotel
08:15	Purchase Ticket BIG							BIG Ticket: Day pass till midnight, unlimited raid in Metro+Bus for one day. Cost 4€ p.P
08:30	Catch Metro Line B towards Laurentina and Get down at Circo Massimo. Come out and walk towards Colosseum (North)							Since queue will be more in Colosseo Entrance, better to go to Palatino where u can get Combi ticket for Palatino +Roman Forum +Colosseo. This Ticket is valid for two days. But only one entrance for each place. Eg: you can visit Roman Palatino hill Monday and next day you can visit Colosseo.. It is valid.
08:40	Reach Entrance of Palatino and Purchase Combi Entrance Ticket							Cost 12€ p.P
09:00	Enter Palatino and see Roman Forum.							You can also take audio guide at the entrance Cost 5 to 6€ p.P
11:00	Walk towards Colloseum							You already have ticket so walk in the centre line, no need to wait in queue for ticket.
12:15	Exit from Colloseo
12:30	Take Metro Line B to Termini							Alternate take Bus nr 64 or 40
	Take Metro Line A and get down at CIPRO *Museo Vatican*							Use Google Map
12:50	Enter Vatican Museum							Cost 15€ p.P The last Sunday of every month, free entrance from 9 am to 12.30 pm.
14:30	Sistin Chappel
15:30	St Peters Basillica							Free Entrance
18:00	Finish the tour
18:30	Night view of Vatican City
19:30	Reach Termini by Metro Line A from OTTAVIANO SAN PIETRO or take a BUS							Use Google Map
We visited Basilica & Vatican Museum in Jan 2012; there were hardly 20 people in the queue.
Photos
Colosseo  Inside Colosseo  Roman Forum    Piazza Venezia  Vatican - St Peter's Basilica Inside Basilica Sistine Chapel Spiral stairs in Vatican Museum The art of creation
Day 3: We spent two days in Rome and third day we moved to Florence and Pisa by train & bus. More details on Day3 Click here
Useful links:
Rome					http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome http://www.roninrome.com/ http://www.rometoolkit.com/index.htm http://wikitravel.org/en/Rome http://www.rome.info/itineraries/
Italy trains					http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ad1ce14114bc9110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD http://www.seat61.com/Italy-trains.htm
Terravision Bus					http://www.terravision.eu/rome_fiumicino.html
Vatican Museum					http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Museums
Source:			Personal Experience