The Vatican Gardens – Booking and Tickets

Posted by Romanizer on May 05, 2010 in Rome Attractions tagged with Bookings & Tickets, ticket fee, Vatican City, Vatican Gardens, vatican museum

The Vatican Gardens have been a place of quiet and meditation for the Popes ever since 1279 when Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1277-1280) moved his residence back to the Vatican from the Lateran Palace. Within the new walls, which he had built to protect his residence, he planted an orchard (pomerium), a lawn (pratellum) and a garden (viridarium). The event is recorded among other places on a stone plaque which can be viewed in the “Sala dei Capitani” of the “Palazzo dei Conservatori” on Rome’s Capitoline Hill. Created around the hill of Saint Egidio where today can be found the “Palazzetto del Belvedere” building and the courtyards of the Vatican Museums, this was to be the first Garden in the Vatican. (source | vaticanstate.va)

VISITING HOURS

Open from Monday to Saturday 9:00 am -12:00 pm (last entrance)

TRANSPORT

Line A, Direction Battistini to Ottaviano/S.Pietro-Musei Vaticani or Cipro (10 min walk from either station)
Buses: 49 (stops at entrance); 32, 81, 982 (Piazza del Risorgimento; 5 min walk); 492, 990 (Via Leone IV)

ADDRESS

Viale Vaticano, 00165 Rome Italy

TICKETS

Full 31€, Reduced 25€ (Children aged between 6 years and 18 years and students aged not more than 26 years are able to purchase the reduced ticket directly at the cash desk on the day of the tour on presentation of a student identity card)