Tour the Vatican at Home

[holyjoe]

Want to tour the Vatican without leaving home? Try these new virtual tours. You can see the famous sights and paintings, and even zoom in to reveal details that are not visible to real tourists.

St. Peter's: http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche ... ex-en.html

Sistine Chapel: http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/ ... index.html

And here are some additional bonus tours:

St. John Lateran: http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche ... index.html

St. Paul's Outside the Walls: http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche ... ex-it.html

[Gabriel]

Ok. That's it. Gotta get to Italy on my next trip to Europe. Unfortunately it was 35 years between trips last time!
It's great to live in an age when we can "go there" this way.
Gb

[Mary's boy]

The Apse at St. Peter's by Gianlorenzo Bernini, with the Chair of St. Peter and the amber window in the background
with the Dove of the Holy Spirit, is beyond real! It just chokes me up. I've been there, I've seen it, and its still beyond real.