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Sistine Chapel
Basilica St Mary Major
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You will be picked up from your Hotel
in Rome staring from 7.30 Am depending on the location of your hotel
there will be delays according to traffic conditions, we suggest to
book a centrally located hotel.
The purpose of this tour is the visit
of the Vatican Museums and a large part of the Vatican City, one of the
European microstates, situated on the Vatican Hill in the west-central
part of Rome, Its borders closely follow the city wall constructed to
protect the Pope from outside attack. Leaving the Piazza San Bernardo,
adorned by Moses’ Fountain the itinerary will continue passing by Via
Bissolati, Via Veneto and the Villa Borghese. After this ample panoramic
view, we will visit the Vatican Museums and the Vatican Galleries (lines
possible at the entrance). There you will admire the modern entrance
built for the Jubilee 2000, the Galleries of the Chandeliers, of the
Tapestries and of the Geographical Maps, the Sobiesky Hall and the
Immaculate Conception Hall. We will then stop to admire the Sistine
Chapel, seat of the Conclave, with the famous frescoes of Michelangelo.
Passing inside the Vatican Museums we will arrive into the Basilica of
Saint Peter, commonly called Saint Peter's Basilica, is one of four
major basilicas of Rome. It is the most prominent building inside the
Vatican City and built on the ruins of Old Saint Peter's Basilica. On
wednesday, due to the Papal Audience, the church of St. Peter will be
visited only from outside.
Leaving from Piazza San Bernardo,
crossing Piazza della Repubblica, we will reach and visit the Basilica
of St. John in Lateran (internal visit), cathedral of Rome and of the
world, famous for its baroque and medieval masterpieces kept intact
inside of it. Hence, we will go to the Holy Stairs, consisting of
twenty-eight white marble steps, now encased by wooden steps. According
to tradition, the staircases were part of the praetorium of Pilate in
Jerusalem, hence were sanctified by the footsteps of Jesus Christ during
his Passion. Leaving the Basilica and skirting along the Mura Latine,
the tour will pass through the Porta di San Sebastiano to arrive on the
Ancient Appian Way, where we will find the Chapel of “Domine Quo Vadis”
there St.Peter supposedly met Jesus while the former was fleeing
persecution in Rome. We’ll reach the Catacombs and after the visit we
will continue walking along the Ancient Appian Way up to the Mausoleum
of Cecilia Metella, built around 50 B.D. On the way back, from the coach
you will enjoy the view of the Caracalla Baths: they were Roman public
baths, or thermae, built in Rome between 212 and 216 AD, during the
reign of the Emperor Caracalla. |
St.John in Lateran
Catacombs St Callixtus
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Booking
Information
In order to confirm your reservation we need the full
payment in advance. After inputting information into the appropriate
below form, you will then submit the form for processing. We use a fully
automated reservation system, simply fill out the forms, Visa,
MasterCard, Discover and Amex credit cards are accepted on-line,
please note that all the transactions are managed by INTERNETSECURE for your total security. All the
information is encrypted, state of the art encryption to keep your
credit card information secure, we will not know your card number. Your
order will be processed on-line in less then 1 minute, you also receive
a receipt of the deposit and the confirmation of your reservation, note
that your order is not complete until you have received via e-mail the
receipt of payment that is automatically generated at the end of the
reservation process. For further information we strongly recommend to
look at the
travel contract..
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