Rome Walking Tour #4 - Further afield & things not to miss

This section contains a quick rundown of interesting and must see places which might be a bit too far to actually walk.  :-)

St. Peter's Basilica - Vatican City - Vatican Museums

This is a fairly obvious choice but a little hard to get to :-

• 62 Bus - To St Peters - goes from north of Repubblica, through the center of Rome in a long sideways S shape - Via del Tritone, Via del Corso, Piazza Venezia (north end), Vittorio Emanuelle II, across to river and takes you right to the front of the spot where the shot on the top left is taken.
• Metro Line A - to Ottaviano - San Pietro.  This drops you about 10 blocks north of the colonnade, walk straight down Via di Porta Angelica.  Map
• Metro Line A - to Cipro if you are going to the Vatican Museum, stop is about 3 blocks west and 2 bocks north of the museum entrance.   Map
  

Video of inside St Peters

Spanish Steps & Capuchin Crypt

• Err, they're famous, they're steps
• Chiesa di Santa Maria della Concezione - Bones

Basilica of St. John Lateran - Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano

On the south eastern edge of the city, where the Pope lived prior to 1300.

• Metro A - to S. Giovanni  or  Bus 850 / 117 from central Rome
• Amazing church and a lot less crowded than St Peter's
• Scala Sancta or Holy Stairs, from the home of Pontius Pilate, are across the road
  

Pyramid of C Cestius & Protestant Cemetery

Take the A Metro to Piramide and you'll find this greeting you when you get outside.

Protestant Cemetery

Burial place of Shelley, Keats & Goethe's son.   Go to Piramide station mentioned above, walk to the right of the pyramid and around the block to the left and you end up here.

and yes, they built the Pyramid into the cemitary walls.

Via Appia - Ancient Roman Road & Christian Catacombs

They knew how to build the roads straight back in those days - the 2nd photos is on max zoom and as far as can been seen it's dead straight. (orginally something like 132 miles)

• Take the 118 Bus or bike ride

Christian Catacombs

•  Take the 118 Bus or bike ride
• Catacombe di San Callisto

Other walking tour pages

Rome Walking Tour #1 - Page 2 - Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore 

Rome Walking Tour #1 - Page 3 - Cavour Station & Steps, San Pietro in Vincoli - St Peter in Chains, Domus Aurea, Colosseum

Rome Walking Tour #2 - Colosseum to Musei Capitolini via Roman Forum

Rome Walking Tour #3 - Spanish Steps to Piazza Navona

Rome Walking Tour #4 - Outside Trips