Vatican Gardens

By Car- The Vatican City is near Rome and is well-connected. You can get to the Vatican using both public transit and your own car.

By Metro- Take the metro from the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, or Roma Termini.Line A will take you to the Ottaviano-S. Pietro station. St. Peter's Square is about a 5-minute walk away. The nearest station is Piazza del Risorgimento, which is located immediately outside the Vatican city walls. You may also get out in Cipro (8 minutes) or Lepanto (16 minutes).

By Bus- Bus 49 will make a stop in front of the Vatican Museums.Take the 32, 81, or 982 bus, which stops near Piazza del Risorgimento (7 mins).The buses 492 and 990 will make a stop in Via Leone IV / Via degli Scipioni (5 mins). Take the 19th line from Piazza dei Gerani.

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We can explore the diverse gardens in three distinct styles, Italian, English, and French, as we go through the different and serene paths of the Vatican Gardens. One can soak up in the manicured gardens to relish in peace and rejoice in the enigmatic views of the sculptures and the architectures. The Italian-style garden has a very formal and geometrical aspect, as well as Renaissance influences but the monuments and the botanicals will refresh you completely. This French garden finds its greatest expression in classic baroque art, which is adorned with sculptures and water sports. will never fail to mesmerize you.

1. Bramante’s Belvedere Courtyard: The Vatican Palace's Cortile del Belvedere, which is also famous as Bramante's Belvedere Courtyard, is a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture. The magnificent architecture was constructed by the renowned Donato Bramante which built in a series of terraces and steps. The steps connected the Vatican Palace to the Villa Belvedere across the large walled courtyard in which one of them is the well-known Vatican Museum Spiral Staircase that is an eye catcher.

2. Berlin Wall: Did you know that Vatican Gardens has a chunk of the Berlin wall in it? Marco Piccininni presented it to the Vatican in 1994. While on a tour to the mesmerizing Vatican Gardens, one should firstly visit the Berlin Wall and explore the history behind it and also click some photographs alongside of it. The Berlin wall is the partition between the two zones of West Berlin and East German Territory.

3. The Fountains: Fountains and Rome are inextricably linked and the Vatican City boasts the best of them quite naturally. The exquisite fountains were preserved throughout the Gardens by the Borghese Pope Paul V in the 1590s. The Galea fountain also known as the Fontana Della Galera is one of the most beautiful fountains in the Vatican, and it is one of the hundreds that you will see that depicts an ancient destroyed vessel in the heart of a vast water basin.

4. The Italian Garden: The Italian Gardens is one of the Vatican's most modern constructions which was built in 1929. The garden arrangement is fairly classic and can be seen with hedges and pine trees around it. Not only that when one visits the Dome of St. Peter's Basilica you can clearly see the beauty of the Italian Gardens.