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statues and peacocks in the
grounds at Wallenstein Palace
(pp678–9).

Two Days in Rome
• Marvel at the treasures in
the Vatican Museums
• See the sites of the ancient

city, including the
spectacular Colosseum
• Watch the world go by
from the Spanish Steps
The gardens of the Vatican Museums, Rome
Day 1
Morning Devote a full day to Day 2 the Changing of the Guard
the Vatican and St. Peter’s. The Morning Wander through the at the Royal Palace (p606),
fast route through the Vatican evocative ruins of the Roman before heading indoors to
Museums (pp378–80) takes in Forum (p384) and onward to visit some of its 608 grand
the Sistine Chapel (p380). Don’t the monumental Colosseum rooms. Within the palace
miss Michelangelo’s Creation of (p385). Next, visit the Palatine there are also two museums.
Adam on the ceiling and his (p385), the leafy hill on which Next, head west to tiny
dynamic altarpiece, The Last Rome’s emperors once lived. Riddarholmen, home to
Judgment. The Raphael Rooms Riddarholmskyrkan (p606),
(p380) show another Renaissance Afternoon For city views, the final resting place of the
master at his peak. head up to the Capitoline Swedish sovereigns. Have
Museums (p383). The Palazzo lunch by the water here – it’s
Afternoon Do not miss Nuovo has a selection of Greek less busy and more pleasant
Michelangelo’s Pietà inside and Roman statues. For some than Gamla Stan.
the awe-inspiring St. Peter’s respite, visit the pretty 17th-
(pp376–7). Climb the dome for century gardens of the Museo e Afternoon Visit Stadshuset
views, then descend to the Galleria Borghese (p387). Climb (pp606–7), scene of the annual
papal tombs. Afterward, cross the Spanish Steps (p386), Nobel Prize festivities, built in
the Tiber to the centro storico. taking time for some people- National Romantic style. Take
Admire the Pantheon (p382), watching at a café on Piazza di a break by enjoying the many
the only ancient Roman temple Spagna, and cast a coin into the delights of Kungsträdgården
to survive intact, then spend the Baroque Trevi Fountain (p386). (p607), the former royal kitchen
evening among the Baroque gardens, before heading to the
fountains and cafés of Piazza Two Days in magnificent National museum
Navona (p382). (p607). Afterwards, enjoy the
Stockholm nightlife at Stureplan (p607).
• Explore Gamla Stan’s Day 2
historic buildings and Morning Take a ferry to
medieval cobbled streets the peninsula of Djurgården
• Enjoy a restful afternoon and spend a couple of hours at
walk in the Kungsträd­ Vasamuseet (p608). Housing
gården, the former royal the world’s only preserved
kitchen gardens 17th-century warship, this
is one of the city’s must-see
• Hop on a ferry to enjoy museums. Weather permitting,
the varied pleasures of the take a picnic lunch and
Djurgården peninsula
eat alfresco in one of the
peninsula’s parks.
Day 1
Morning Spend the morning Afternoon Visit Skansen
wandering around the city’s (p608), the world’s first
historic hub, the Gamla Stan open-air museum, home to
district. Here, you can admire 150 historic buildings from
the Gothic and Baroque across Sweden. Here you can
The splendid Gothic interior of the interior of the Storkyrkan watch craftsmen and women
Storkyrkan, Stockholm (p605), then, at noon, catch demonstrate traditional

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