Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Walk to Three Pilgrimage Churches

Destinations: Santa Maria in Trastevere, St. Peter’s Basilica, and Scala Santa
- Start: Via S. Maria in Cappella
- Left on Via dei Genovesi
- Right on Vicolo Tabacchi
- Continue down Via C. Marmaggi
- Cross Viale Trastevere (the main road) onto Via dei Fratte di Trastevere
- Take the first right on Via dei Fienaroli
- Left on Via Arco S. Calisto, follow to Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, where the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere is located
- Go north-east out of the piazza, through Piazza S. Apollonia
- Continue north to Via del Moro, following this road to Piazza Trilussa (right next to the Tiber River)
- Left on the Lungotevere (the road along the river)
- Follow this road past three bridges
- Left at the fourth bridge, Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II, onto Borgo Santo Spirito
- Right on Via SS Michele e Magno, which will put you into Piazza Pio XII
- The Basilica San Pietro will be on your left
- Take the main road out of the square, Via della Conciliazione
- Continue straight towards the river
- Veer right through Piazza Giovanni XXII to Lungotevere Vaticano
- Follow the road along the river past two bridges
- Cross the river at the third bridge, Ponte Cavour
- Ahead will be Piazza Porto di Ripetta, where the Ara Pacis will be in front of you
- Behind this is the Mausoleo Augusto
- Go around the Mausoleo to the left onto Via dei Pontefici
- Cross Via del Corso to Via della Croce
- Get on the Metro at Spagna (the Spanish Steps)
- Take the Metro to San Giovanni
- Back track on foot through the Giardini di Porta S. Giovanni towards Via Fontana, passing San Giovanni in Laterano on the left
- Scala Santa will be on the right

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