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IN ROME TOURS REVISED BLOG I Vatican City tours 2011 When booking tours of Rome , the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica must also be taken in to account. These places are extemely busy therefore your Vatican tour must be booked online in advance. Sifting through literally thousands of Vatican tour descriptions online will inform you to a point, but what else do Rome tour agencies offer visitors to the Vatican city? Of our guided and self-guided tours of the Vatican , we include unique options that are interesting for everyone. Travellers to the Vatican City want to know about the Circus of Nero, the ancient site where Christians were put to death from 65 AD, and, it is believed, where St. Peter was crucified. The Vatican Obelisk on St. Peter's Square is a main attraction. It was moved there from Alexandria by Caligula in c. 37 AD, some 30 years before the executions began. Free of inscriptions, it was brought to Rome having commemorated the reign of Au