Barberini Gardens

Explore the Vatican Museums' art collection with a trip that includes an optional visit to Castel Gandolfo. Getting into the museums before the general public allows you to see them in all their glory. You’ll walk around the vast galleries in peace and quiet, with plenty of time to admire all the classic statues, Renaissance masterpieces and more. You’ll also be able to spend some time in the Lapidary Gallery, the Borgia Apartment and Raphael Rooms before you make your way to the Sistine Chapel to bask in Michelangelo’s famous ceiling fresco. You’ll have flexible time to admire all the sculptures and paintings in this amazing collection. See all the major artworks and you’ll also be able to spend time in the Borgia Apartment, the Sistine Chapel and of course St. Peter’s Square.

The Vatican and Experience Pass is your key to unlocking the Eternal City. Cover all the essentials Rome has to offer by creating your own unique combination ticket to top attractions and experiences. Saving you time and money, the Pass will supercharge your sightseeing plans, with priority entrance and the masterpieces you'll see at each would justify the price alone. Select among the 3, 5 and 7-choice passes available: at the Touristation office the staff will help to customize it! WALKING TOURS Navona, Pantheon +Trevi Fountain Walking Tour (English only) VATICAN AREA Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Skip the Line ticket Papal Udience + St. Peter's Guided Tour (English and Spanish, Wednesdays only) St. Peter's Dome and Audioguide (NO Skip the Line) Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore audioguide and Dome ticket COLOSSEUM AREA Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Reserved Entrance. Please note Colosseum can be booked 2 days later. Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with Super Sites Reserved Entrance Trajan’s Markets Reserved Entrance Caracalla Baths Reserved Entrance Circo Maximo Virtual Reality Experience Reserved Entrance Largo Argentina Reserved Entrance UNDERGROUND Navona Underground Reserved Entrance Trevi District Underground Guided Tour (English or French) Trevi District Underground Reserved Entrance with audioguide Catacombs Guided Tour with transfer (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Polish) PANTHEON Pantheon Skip the Line ticket with audioguide (smartphone app) Pantheon Guided Tour (English only) FOOD EXPERIENCE Panoramic Terrace Breakfast next to the Vatican or Colosseum Panoramic Terrace Aperitif next to the Vatican or Colosseum MUSEUMS Capitoline Museums Skip the Line tickets Leonardo da Vinci Experience with audioguide The Altar of the Fatherland Elevator, Risorgimento Museum and Palazzo Venezia Reserved Entrance Sant'Angelo Castel Skip the Line tickets with audioguide (smartphone app) Palazzo Valentini Experience Reserved Entrance Doria Pamphilj Gallery Reserved Entrance National Roman Museum (Palazzo Altemps, Baths of Diocletian, Palazzo Massimo) Reserved Entrance Cappuccini Cripts Reserved Entrance Palazzo Patrizi Reserved Entrance Palazzo Patrizi Guided Tour (English or French) TRANSPORTS 1 day Hop-on hop-off bus ticket 3 hours bike rental 72-hour public transportation ticket NIGHTLIFE A night at the Opera Light show at the Roman Forum (Summer only) OUTSIDE ROME (trasportation NOT included): Villa Gardens in Castel Gandolfo by minibus Pope Summer Residence with audioguide in Castel Gandolfo Ancient Ostia Reserved Entrance Ticket Tivoli Villas: Villa Adriana or Villa D’Este Reserved Entrance Pompei Skip the Line tickets and audioguide

Elected as one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, Castle Gandolfo will amaze you with its beauty of the surrounding nature and its elegant historical centre. In a splendid position overlooking Lake Albano, Castle Gandolfo is situated on the brink of a volcanic crater. Above all, the small town is famous for the Papal Palace where Popes have spent their summers since the 17th century. Do not miss the opportunity to visit the Papal Palace (where you will be given an audio guide if asked, remember to specify the language you want it in once you arrive there), open to the public only recently, and the Barberini palce and gardens, (which you can visit and by your tikets by your self) befor this actiy vity , where you will be able to admire french-style gardens, special kinds of flowers, roman statues and fountains. You will be picked up by a private driver (9.30am) on van or a car, in the morning from your accommodation one hour before the start of your tour, and you will be personally taken to the entrance of the Papal Palace in Castle Gandolfo where you will be able to take your time to visit this stunning place. After your visit (that should take up to two hours) we will be leaving you the time to also explore the city and have lunch or an italian aperitivo (not included in this package). Once you are over with your visit, our private driver will personally pick you up again (around 14.00-15.00pm) and take you back to your accomodation. PLEASE NOTE: this is a private transfer service PLEASE NOTE: it is important to read the whole description above to avoid misunderstandings, thank you! PLEASE NOTE: We ask you to kindly provide us your phone number and evry one name and the sername so that we can contact you for any changes.

Borgo Laudato Si' is located in the marvelous Gardens of the Papal Villas of Castel Gandolfo, a botanical and historical heritage of inestimable value. With its 35 hectares of gardens and 20 hectares of agricultural area, it is home to more than 3,000 plants and trees of 300 different species, as well as the archaeological remains of the Roman Emperor Domitian's villa. The beauty of the Gardens becomes the natural setting for the development of a place for training in integral ecology, open to all people of good will. The route - aboard an ecological vehicle - winds through the ruins of Emperor Domitian's villa and along avenues that flank beautiful gardens and majestic fountains.

Find yourself immersed in the nature of the Roman castles, beautiful locations surrounded by greenery outside the chaos of Rome. The departure is from Rome from your hotel or holiday home, direction in the heart of the Roman castles, Castel Gandolfo there you visit the town, the papal castle, the gardens and you will find one of the most evocative lakes in Lazio, Lake Albano. The tour will continue with a lunch stop in Ariccia or Frascati, well-known culinary destinations, excellent local food and the famous wine. As a last stop, a visit to Nemi will be held. The historic center is located in a panoramic position on Lake Nemi, famous for being the site of the discovery in 1927-1932 of two Roman celebratory ships from the age of Emperor Caligula, preserved in the Museum of Roman Ships until their destruction in 1944 Famous for its sweet, small and tasty strawberries, known as the Cinque Terre of Lazio for its typical colorful houses. The tour ends with return to the hotel.

Discover the astronomical observatories of the Vatican Observatory of the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo. Climb to the third floor of the palace and admire the view of Lake Castel Gandolfo from the panoramic terrace. For the first time in almost ninety years since their construction, the astronomical domes of the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo are opening their doors to visitors. These are two perfectly functioning astronomical observatories of the Vatican Observatory: the “major dome” with a diameter of 8.5 meters, equipped with a Visual Telescope, for observing stars and planets; and the “minor dome”, with a diameter of 8 meters, with the Double Astrograph, used for photographic surveys of the sky and the position of the stars. Access allows, via a spiral staircase, access to the third floor of the Papal Palace, on the highest point of the panoramic terrace, which offers a splendid view of the lake of Castel Gandolfo. It was Pius XI, on September 29, 1935, who inaugurated the new headquarters of the Vatican Observatory, as its transfer from the villa that Leo XIII had built in the Vatican Gardens became necessary due to the light pollution of the City. The astronomical observatory was thus refounded and entrusted to the Jesuits, equipping the Observatory with three new telescopes and an astrophysical laboratory for spectrochemical analysis. Among the various study programs of the new institution, in those years, an important research on variable stars should be remembered.