Having given hundreds of tours in the Vatican I will always recommend taking a tour as long as you can find the best guide or tour company that will suit you. My advise is to research ahead of time before picking the tour company or guide that will work for you. TripAdvisor and checking other […]| Vatican Tips
The Vatican has one of the greatest and oldest collections of statues in the world dating. The earliest sculptures date back to around 3,000 years ago, while other modern art pieces are contemporary examples of some of the best artwork of our time. The collection is expansive but here are the seven most famous statues […]| Vatican Tips
Stolen from Egypt, used by Nero, and moved to St. Peter's Square, the fascinating story of the Vatican Obelisk.| Vatican Tips
Where does the Pope live? Well, the simple answer is the Pope lives in the Vatican. However, the Vatican is over 100 acres of land which of course is too big for one person, even if he is the Pope. So where exactly does the Pope live in the Vatican? Are you going to bump […]| Vatican Tips
The Vatican has one of the greatest art collections in the world, in particular Renaissance and Baroque art. So it is surprising that there is only one piece of work by Leonardo Da Vinci in the Vatican. Compare this to the Louvre in Paris where there are five Da Vinci paintings including the Mona Lisa […]| Vatican Tips
The Creation of Adam painted in the year 1511 by Michelangelo Buonarotti on the Sistine Chapel ceiling must still today be one of the most recognizable images in art history. On the 10th of May 1508 Michelangelo Buonarotti began painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was originally asked by Pope Julius II to […]| Vatican Tips
Civitavecchia meaning Old Town is a coastal town northwest of Rome built in the 2nd century A.D. It is a very important place for cruise ships to dock as it directly links to several major Mediterranean ports. When cruise ship passengers from to Rome, they always arrive in Civitavecchia and they often have just a […]| Vatican Tips
The Sistine Chapel is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world. In fact, many people who come to Rome visit with the main goal of seeing the Sistine Chapel (even though the chapel is not actually even technically in Italy because the Vatican is its own country). So where is the Sistine Chapel? […]| Vatican Tips
Often when people visit the Vatican Museums, especially for the first time, they have two main things on their mind that they can not miss when they visit: those are of course the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms. Other important works along the way that are of great importance are the Apollo Belvedere, the […]| Vatican Tips
On the 7th of June, 1929 the Lateran Treaty was signed under Pope Pius XI and the Vatican officially became its own country. Vatican City became the smallest country in the world with a population of less than a thousand people and an area of 44 hectares. Despite its small size, the Vatican has its […]| Vatican Tips