VATICAN APARTMENT is located at Via Aurelia 336, in a residential area only few minutes from Rome downtown and the Vatican, either by bus or metro.


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BUSES - In front of the apartment is located a bus stop where it's possible to get the following buses:

  • 46, to reach St. Peter's square (6 stops), Corso Vittorio Emanuele/Navona Square/Piazza Campo dei Fiori (11 stops), Piazza Argentina (13 stops), Piazza Venezia (16 stops, terminal).
  • 49, to reach the Vatican Museums (7 stops), Piazza Risorgimento (8 stops), Piazza Cavour (11 stops, terminal).
  • 46N, night bus, to come back home after midnight directly from Piazza Barberini/Spanish Steps, Piazza Venezia, Largo Argentina, Corso Vittorio Emanuele/Navona Square/Piazza Campo de Fiori, St. Peters.

METRO - The Baldo degli Ubaldi Station of the line A, is located at only 200 meters from the apartment. Metro A offers the possibility to organise itineraries particularly interesting both for shopping and for the visit of monuments. The metro system has only two lines, A and B, which cross at Termini. There are trains from 5.30 am until 11.30 pm every day (Sat. 0.30 am). Here is a list of metro A stops with possible itineraries

  • CIPRO - MUSEI VATICANI (two stops from the apartment), is the privileged way to the Vatican Museums
  • OTTAVIANO - SAN PIETRO (three stops) takes to S.Pietro
  • LEPANTO (four stops) to Via Cola di Rienzo, a shopping area right for every pocket
  • FLAMINIO (five stops), both for a walk in Villa Borghese and the Pincio Terrace and a downtown shopping along Via del Corso, Via del Babuino, Piazza del Popolo and S.Maria dei Miracoli.
  • SPAGNA (six stops), to Piazza di Spagna and the trendy Trinità dei Monti facing Via dei Condotti. Not far there is the Fontana di Trevi.
  • Via Veneto and the Fontana di Trevi are near BARBERINI stop (seven stops), the Terme di Diocleziano to the Repubblica stop (eight stops).
  • VITTORIO EMANUELE (ten stops) to the Basilica of S.Maria Maggiore
  • SAN GIOVANNI (twelve stops) to the Basilica of S.Giovanni and the Scala Santa - Holy Steps
  • COLLI ALBANI (sixteen stops) to visit Via Appia and the Catacombs

Metro B stops relevant for tourists, instead, are the following:

  • SAN PAOLO, to the Basilica di S.Paolo
  • PIRAMIDE, to the Pyramid of Caius Cestius
  • CIRCO MASSIMO and COLOSSEO, to Colosseum and the Roman Forum
  • CAVOUR, to visit S.Pietro in Vincoli.

TICKETS - Tickets are sold at tobacconists, newsstands, cafés, travel agencies, hotels, vending machines at bus terminals and metro stations and at dealers in railway stations in Rome and Lazio. The following tickets are available:

  • BIT (Integrated Single Ticket) - Valid 75 minutes from first stamping for buses and only one trip on metro and urban trains. Cost 1,00 €.
  • BIG (Integrated Daily Ticket) - Valid till 12pm on the day of validation for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost 4,00 €.
  • BTI (Integrated Tourist Ticket) - Valid for three days for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost 11,00 €.
  • CIS (Integrated Weekly Pass) - Valid seven days, for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost 16,00 €.