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Shopping\u00a0in the Vatican City is best done after your visits to all the sight-seeing places. It’s no fun walking up 320 stairs to the Cupola of the St. Peter’s Basilica with a lot of bags in your hand!<\/p>\n
Around the Vatican City, more or less all of\u00a0the stores sell the same things. You can find special offers for one article and maybe find another article in different colors or versions but more or less; what you see in one store you’ll likely find it in the next store\u00a0too!<\/p>\n
As soon as you come out of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica you\u2019ll find a souvenir shop on your left. It doesn\u2019t have a name but there is\u00a0the writing souvenir next to the door! They sell many articles like postcards, calendars, statues, paintings and books about the Popes and the Vatican history. These articles I mentioned are only a few of the things of what they have in store!<\/p>\n
Souvenir shop next to St. Peter’s Basilica<\/strong><\/p>\n Near\u00a0to St. Peter’s Square you’ll also find the Galleria S. Pietro<\/strong> shop – Via dei<\/strong> Corridori,\u00a06 – Largo del Colonnato, 5 – Rome<\/strong>\u00a0. The best part of this souvenir shop is that it also has bathroom facilities, sells stamps and also has a small cafeteria where they serve cold and hot\u00a0drinks. Inside the shop I saw a booth where a man was selling guided Vatican tours.<\/p>\n Via di Porta Angelica area<\/strong><\/p>\n Walking from St. Peter\u2019s Square to the Vatican Museums you\u2019ll pass by Via di Porta Angelica<\/strong>. This street has the most Vatican souvenir shops of them all! One shop is right next to the other! Walking down the road towards the Vatican Museums there\u2019s a souvenir shop called S. Anna Souvenirs \u2013<\/b> Via di Porta Angelica, 73\/75 \u2013 Rome<\/b> which sells religious articles, coins, articles for smokers and right next to the souvenir shop they also have a cafeteria. S. Anna Souvenir shop impressed me for their friendly staff and cleanness of the shop. Right next to the cashier you\u2019ll find a funny roman statue!<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for a typical Italian jewelry piece to take home with you then the souvenir shop Italian Style \u2013 Via Porta Angelica, 61 \u2013 Rome<\/b> is the right place to look! This shop is officially authorized to sell Antica Murrina<\/i>. An Antica Murrina jewel is the synonym of traditional craftsmanship and stylistic vocation. The foundation is the old manufacturing skill to create transparent and colored beads. Each glass boule is made from a Murano glass cane and lamp worked, one by one. The Italian Style store also sells Cameo, articles made out of silver and the most beautiful pictures made out of mosaic! The owners are very friendly and will be glad to help you choose your perfect souvenir for you to take home! I think it\u2019s the only place that doesn\u2019t sell the usual articles everyone else does in this street!<\/p>\n Generally, even on the street many vendors sell leather bags, plastic bags or sometimes next to the walls you\u2019ll find a nice little old lady that makes hand-made table clothes!<\/p>\n In a whole different area namely near Piazza Pio XII you\u2019ll other souvenir shops. One of them is called Galleria Savelli \u2013 Piazza Pio XII, 1\/2 \u2013 00193 Rome<\/b>. This historic shop which was opened in 1898 is quite a big shop, if not the biggest of them all and inside you\u2019ll be able to find more sections of different articles; for example a jewelry shop with many 18kt golden crosses, chains and bracelets. They also sell gracious candles with different religious motives on them. Galleria Savelli also offer tours inside the Vatican area in several languages. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful, so be sure to find whatever you are looking for!<\/p>\n If you’re looking for a Vatican Book shop then right next to the Galleria Savelli there is the Book Shop Benedetto XVI –\u00a0Piazza Pio XII 5\u00a0 – Rome<\/strong>. The have more shops all around Rome and if you want you can also order the books from the internet! Many books are also available in many different languages. Even if you’re not in to reading you should have a look inside because the store is very particular!<\/p>\n Another great souvenir shop around Piazza Pio XII is Capriotti – Piazza Pio XII, 5 – Rome. <\/strong>I would say they have a wide choice on crosses in different shapes and colors! I also saw very nice decorated plates with different religious pictures on them. When I was inside they had a sale on calendars with great pictures of Michelangelo paintings! <\/strong><\/p>\n Shops in Via della Conciliazione street area<\/strong><\/p>\n Via della Conciliazione is the Street that takes you from Saint Peter’s Square to Castel Sant’Angelo. It has the most book shops and some of the best souvenir shops for religious articles in that area. One of my favourite shops is called Domus Artis – Via della Conciliazione, 48 – 00193 – Roma \u2013 Italy. <\/strong>If you’re looking for quality souvenirs, then you should stop by here.<\/p>\n [\/tab][end_tabset]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [tab name=”Information”] Shopping in the Vatican City – Religious articles and more souvenirs Shopping\u00a0in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[225],"class_list":["post-12730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-shopping-in-vatican-city"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12731,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12730\/revisions\/12731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Stores in the Vatican city<\/h2>\n