With a lot of time, climbing steps to the Cupola and avoiding the fear of falling down, I'm able to see the 360 degrees view above the Vatican church.
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We received this letter from the Vatican as an invitation
to attend the Papal Mass. |
In preparation of going to Vatican. Tickets to the papal mass is free! But at least 3 months before the trip, you have to send the filled up form through fax to the Vatican. You will receive this post mail from the them after a month at least. Then you go to the "Bronze door" near the Swiss guards. Present this letter to pick up your tickets for the Papal Mass the next day.You can find the tickets and reference here.
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| I kept my tickets as my souvenirs from the Vatican Museum |
Skip the line by buying an online ticket with guided tour and an assigned time slot in advance to the Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel. (Its highly recommended since the queues as you can imagine are so freaking long!!) That's what we did and we have to fill up a form before going inside and joined the group tour.
We went inside and all we saw was statues and paintings with gold leaf everywhere. The following photos below are my favorites inside the Museum.
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| Colossal Statue of Osiris-Dionysus |
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| Ceiling at the Gallery of Maps |
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| Enormous Nero's Bathtub |
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| Decorated Ceilings and Murals inside |
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| With my Dad and little sister Raechel |
The walls were etched with paintings, and scenes from the Bible. My eyes are so full and satisfied with all the arts and paintings I've seen inside. The Best part of the tour is the Sistine Chapel, too bad were not allowed to take pictures. I saw the famous ceiling inside where you can see "The Creation of Adam" and "The Last Judgement" all painted by Michelangelo. I started to admire his works! Mommy was right! I'm really curious and wondering how he worked on those paintings on such high walls and ceilings!
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After we took the lift and on our way to the last portion,
climbing the stairs up to the Cupola. |
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| I look tired! 😄😄 But the view was rewarding! |
So after me and my mom went to the Cupola. "The Dome which is the symbol of Church of Rome and the Beacon that draws thousands of Pilgrims and visitors at the heart of Christianity".
Climbing to the Cupola takes 551 steps in total!! First, we took the lift and it costs 7 euros and it saves us 320 steps of climbing. And then we took the rest by foot to stairs which cost another 5 euros.
It was a very tiring to climb up the stairs inside the dome and then as we went near the ceiling starts to curve I panicked and got claustrophobic!😆 But it took us a few minutes and we climbed up slowly, then after reaching the last portion of the stairs, its gets more steeper and narrower and you need to hold on to the rope as a guide on the small spiral stairs and then... Voila! Hard work finally pays off!
Then I saw the 360 view down the Vatican city and other parts of Rome. It was an amazing and rewarding experience.
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| My mom took this photo of the St. Peter's Square! |
I don't recommend this to people who is afraid of heights and has claustrophobia.
We went down the steps which is a lot easier and faster. Then here again! 😆The rope on the small spiral steps so you can hold on and cannot fall down. Thankfully I didn't even stumble because of the useful rope.😅😁
Then we proceed down to the St. Peter's Basilica. We prayed inside and thanked God for all the blessings and for our safe journey to Rome.
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| Inside the St. Peter's Basilica |
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| My Beautiful Family |
Meet me next week in Madrid, Spain!
Rianne Chloe, peace out
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