VATICAN CITY | BUDGET FRIENDLY FOOD AND MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF ROME
In this vlog, we are going to take you to the smallest country of the world Also, we are going to cover the famous tourist attractions of Rome like Piazza Navona, Spanish steps, Castel saint Angelo, the supreme court of rome and the famous fashion street of Rome - Via del Condotti we will also show you where to get the best and affordable food in Rome so, let's start the vlog Hii guys! welcome back to our channel Now, we are going to the smallest country of the world - Vatican City Vatican city was previously a part of Rome but in 1929, it became an independent country if you are new to our channel, then please subscribe to our small channel if you like our vlog then also like and share you can also follow us on instagram once you cross this wall, you enter into a new country no immigration check is done here the walls which you see here are the ones that separate Vatican city from Italy Vatican city looks like this from Rome This is St. Peter's Basillica, which is the largest church of the world and it took 130 years to built the persons who designed it, one of them was Michaelangelo there is one more important attraction here and it's name is sistine chapel this is the official residence of the pope and one important tip the entry to sistine chapel is free on the last sunday of every month That is the main entrance This is St. Peter's Square which is a very big public square where many cultural events takes place every year As per 2023 records, only 764 people stay here The full area of this country is just 121 acres, so you can imagine how small this country is The name of this structure is Vatican Obelisk It was brought from Egypt Our plan was to go inside St. Peter's Basilica and Sistine Chapel but watching this long queue, we had to cancel our plan This place is very close to the Vatican city you will get freshly made pasta here within affordable price you will get these 6 types of pastas here that too within 7 euros this is cacio e pepe which is made from egg, cheese and pepper its a very simple but delicious dish this is spaghetti alla carbonara this is made with eggs, cheese, bacon and black pepper the total bill was 13 euros you must try these pastas if you are in rome Now we are going to castel sant angelo It was made by Roman Emperor Adrian later it was used as a fortress by pope and as a castle and today it is a museum let us show you how to reach here from Vatican city That is the main entrance of the vatican city. walk from there straight for 5 mins and you will reach here
if you have watched the Spectre movie of james bond a car chase scene was shot here on the banks of Tiber River a cycle race was going on near pont sant angelo bridge it started from colosseum which we showed you in the previous vlog Next we are going to Roman Supreme Court This is also called Palace of Justice It was officially opened in 1911 Time for some gelato If you want to get the best gelato then this is the best place to get it If you want to taste the best and authentic gelato then make sure that you go to such a shop where gelatos are covered like this Now, we have come to Piazza Navona which is the most famous public square of rome PIAZZA means public square, NAVONA means big ship The names big ship and navona as once it was intentionally flooded here And a mock naval battle was practiced here just below it there is domitian stadium where the first gladiator games were held this is a big church in piazza navona. Its name is st. agnes which was made in 1632 this piazza is most famous for the three fountains which are present here this piazza is oval shaped in structure Ancient roman games were held here many people also used to give performance for gymnastics till date, people do the same, like this guy this is Fountain of Neptune this was made by giacomo della porta in 1574 and it was sponsored by pope gregory the thirteenth the purpose of making this fountain was to distribute fresh drinking water to the city in the middle of the fountain, the sculpture of neptune is made and he is fighting with an octopus this is fountain of four rivers and it represents four rivers of four continents the danube river of europe, america's rio dela plata, egypt's nile river and from asia our very own Ganges it was designed by bernini in 1651 out of all the three fountains, this fountain is the most famous one there is an obelisk in the middle which was brought from egypt a dove is made at the top of it and a olive twig is placed in its mouth this is the third fountain, its name is fountain of the more now we are going to via del condotti this place used to be the meeting place for writers in the 17th and 18th century and today this is a famous luxury street of rome here you will get all luxury brands like gucci, prada and dior so if you want to do luxury shopping in rome then you must include this in your list after walking for so long we are very tired, so let's eat something we wanted to try tiramisu from this shop since the time we arrived at rome this is quite a famous tiramisu shop, you will get many branches of this all over rome this branch is just 1 min away from Spanish Steps we bought the classic one this tiramisu costed us 5 euros In Italy, espresso is very famous when it comes to coffee so we thought of trying it out we didn't like it much as it was too strong here you will get many different types of gelato Now we have reached Spanish Steps These steps connects Piazza de Spagna which is at the bottom and Church of Trinity de monti at the top there are a total of 135 steps in spanish steps it took 2 years to built it, 1723-1725 after roaming for the entire day, now are going to have dinner just at the opposite of our guest house we found a chinese restaurant this restaurant got a 4.5 rating from trip advisor, so we are hoping that the food will be good here and he ordered rice with pork and he said it was also very delicious so guys we are ending the vlog here. See you guys in our next vlog. Until then, NAMASTE :)
2024-03-12 23:13
