🇻🇦 Vatican City Ep. 1: How to NOT Pay 5 Euros to CLIMB the Dome in the Vatican!!

Welcome to Zone #41: Vatican City! Filmed October 2025. Here is my full Southern and Western Europe Itinerary:

Day 1 (10/17) Fri 🇮🇹 (Rome)

9:15 PM Arrive in Rome
11:00 PM Dinner: Cucina Pepe
11:45 PM Check Into Hotel (Hotel Taormina)


Day 2 (10/18) Sat 🇻🇦🇮🇹 (Vatican City/Rome)

6:45 AM Breakfast: Cafe Cornetto Bistro
7:30 AM Vatican City (St Peter’s Basilica)
9:30 AM Castel Sant’Angelo
9:45 AM Brunch: Lievitato Express
10:00 AM Piazza Navona
10:30 AM Pantheon
10:45 AM Trevi Fountain
11:00 AM Spanish Steps
11:15 AM Villa Borghese Park
12:30 PM Lunch: Pastasciutta
1:15 PM Dessert: I Pupi Di Zucchero (Gelato)
2:15 PM Roman Forum
3:15 PM Colosseum
4:00 PM Palatine Hill
5:00 PM Pick Up Bags From Hotel
5:30 PM Train to Naples
7:30 PM Arrive in Naples
8:15 PM Check Into Hotel (Red House)
8:45 PM Dinner: At Hotel
What I Missed: Trastevere


Day 3 (10/19) Sun 🇮🇹 (Pompeii/Positano)

7:00 AM Breakfast: Hotel
8:15 AM Train to Pompeii
8:45 AM Pompeii Ruins
11:45 AM Lunch: Amato Caffe
12:00 PM Train to Salerno
1:15 PM Ferry to Positano
2:45 PM Positano Sightseeing
3:30 PM Dessert: La Zagara
5:00 PM Ferry Back to Salerno
6:30 PM Dinner: Pinocchio
9:00 PM Train Back to Naples
10:15 PM Return to Hotel


Day 4 (10/20) Mon 🇫🇷 (Nice)

7:00 AM Breakfast: Hotel
9:00 AM Flight to Nice
10:30 AM Arrive in Nice
11:30 AM Check Into Hotel (Zenitude Hotel-Residence Nice)
12:15 PM Place du Pin
12:30 PM Lunch: L’Esterel
1:30 PM Garibaldi Statue
1:45 PM Colline du Chateau
2:00 PM Ascenseur du Chateau
2:15 PM Cotě d’Azur
2:30 PM Cr Saleya and Old Nice
3:00 PM Place du Massena
3:15 PM Galleries Lafayette
3:45 PM Return to Hotel
6:45 PM Dinner: Mai traiteur


Day 5 (10/21) Tue 🇲🇨🇫🇷 (Monaco/Eze)

7:45 AM Breakfast: Sweet Joy
8:30 AM Port Hercule
8:45 AM Casino de Monte Carlo
9:30 AM Old Monaco
9:45 AM Centre Comercial
10:15 AM Prince’s Palace of Monaco
10:30 AM Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate
12:00 PM Fragonard Perfume Factory
1:15 PM Eze Village
1:30 PM Jardin Exotique du Eze
2:30 PM Côte d’Azur
3:00 PM Lunch: Peixes
4:30 PM Return to Hotel
7:30 PM Dinner: Indigo
What I Missed: Cap Ferrat and Villefranche-sur-Mer


Day 6 (10/22) Wed 🇨🇭 (Interlaken)

6:45 AM Flight to Basel
7:45 AM Arrive in Basel
8:30 AM Train to Interlaken
10:45 AM Arrive in Interlaken
11:00 AM Lunch: Migros Restaurant
11:30 AM Migros Supermarket
11:45 AM Check Into Hotel (Happy Inn Lodge)
12:30 PM Train to Mannlichen
1:00 PM Mannlichen Panorama Trail
2:15 PM Kleine Scheidegg
3:30 PM Lauterbrunnen and Staubbachfall
5:00 PM Return to Hotel
5:30 PM Dinner: At Hotel


Day 7 (10/23) Thu 🇨🇭 (Interlaken)

7:30 AM Train to Grindelwald (Cliff Walk Closed due to wind..)
8:30 AM Breakfast: Supermarket Bakery
8:45 AM Train to Lauterbrunnen
9:30 AM Trummelbach Falls Hike
10:45 AM Back to Interlaken
11:30 AM Lunch: Migros Restaurant
2:00 PM St. Beatus Swiss Caves
4:00 PM Return to Hotel
6:15 PM Harder Kulm
6:45 PM Dinner: Harder Kulm Panorama Restaurant
8:00 PM Coop Supermarket
What I Missed: Jungfraujoch and First Cliff Walk


Day 8 (10/24) Fri 🇮🇹 (Venice)

6:00 AM Train to Venice
12:30 PM Arrive in Venice Menestre
12:45 PM Check Into Hotel (Outlet Sweet Venice)
1:00 PM Leave for Venice Santa Lucia
1:15 PM Arrive in Venice Santa Lucia
1:30 PM Lunch: Trattoria Ill Vagone
2:15 PM Walk Around in Venice
3:00 PM Ponte di Rialto
3:15 PM Bridge of Sighs/Doge’s Palace/Riva degli Schiavoni
3:30 PM Vaporetto Ride
4:00 PM Dessert: CheBon Venice
4:30 PM Piazza San Marco/Saint Mark’s Basilica
5:45 PM Return to Hotel
7:00 PM Interspar Supermarket
7:30 PM Dinner: Rosticceria Cinese Chinatown


Day 9 (10/25) Sat 🇮🇹 (Florence/Pisa)

6:45 AM Train to Florence
9:00 AM Arrive in Florence
9:15 AM Leather Shopping
9:30 AM Santa Maria Cathedral and Giotto’s Bell Tower
10:00 AM Piazza della Signora and Palazzo Vecchio
10:15 AM Ponte Vecchio and Oltrarno
10:45 AM Piazzale Michelangelo
11:00 AM Lunch: Spaccio Alimentare
11:45 AM Walk Back to Train Station
12:30 PM Train to Pisa
1:30 PM Arrive in Pisa
1:45 PM Tower of Pisa
3:00 PM Train to Rome
6:00 PM Arrive in Rome
6:15 PM Buy Souvenirs
9:15 PM Flight Back Home