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Getting to Vatican City is possible only through the Italian capital of Rome. Vatican City can be reached from Rome either by taxi, bus or by foot. Tourists can either take the Metro line A to Cipro to take a view of the museums or Ottaviano for St. Peter's or the tram to Piazza del Risogimento. However, for most travellers getting to Vatican City is by bus. Tourists come to the country on buses as part of tour groups, by taxi, walking or by train.

The Holy See has 862metres of railway line. So, travelling by train would be a good idea. One can get off at Rome's St Peter's Station or Rome's Termini railway station and then take a bus 64 or the faster bus 40. Besides, one can also avail the metro. Line A of the metro has to be followed to reach Ottaviano-San Pietro (St Peter's) or Cipro-Musei Vaticani (Vatican Museums).

As getting to Vatican City is easy from the capital of Italy, tourists must know that Italy has its own official airline called Alitalia and some smaller carriers namely Meridiana and many other low cost airlines that run through 406 budget routes from and within Italy. The mid-range international flights arrive to the following Italian cities:

Milan with 2 airports namely Malpensa (MXP) and Linate (LIN) with Bergamo (BGY - Orio al Serio) is
sometimes referred to as "Milan Bergamo"
Rome with two airports namely Fiumicino (FCO - Leonardo Da Vinci) and Ciampino (CIA)
Bologna (BLQ - Guglielmo Marconi)
Naples (NAP - Capodichino)
Pisa (PSA - Galileo Galilei)
Venice (VCE - Marco Polo)
Turin (TRN - Sandro Pertini)
Getting to Vatican City by train is possible through Rome. Rail lines connect:
From France via Nice, Lyon, and Paris
From Croatia via Zagreb
From Austria via Vienna
From Geneva and other Swiss cities
From Germany via Munich
From Czech Republic via Prague
From Hungary via Budapest
From Slovenia via Ljubljana
From Spain via Barcelona

Getting to Vatican City by car is a better idea for tourists. However, as the French and Austrian borders are open, cars can be stopped behind the border for random checks. Still it is a feasible idea. Getting to Vatican City by boat can be another option though via Italy. There are many ferries that depart from Greece, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia and majority of them arrive to Venice, Ancona, Bari and Brindisi. After reaching these places tourists can take the bus or the car to Vatican City.

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