Contacts and Maps


Directions

By subway/underground
Line A to Ottaviano-San Pietro Station. When you exit the station head south down via Ottaviano towards Piazza Risorgimento. Keep heading straight along via di Porta Angelica, cross St Peter's Square and exit the colonnade on the other side. You will see the Sant'Uffizio Gate, one of the entrances to Vatican City, in front of you.

By bus
32-81-590-982-23-492-990 to Piazza Risorgimento
2-19 tram to Piazza Risorgimento
62 to via della Conciliazione
40 to Piazza Pia
34-46-64-98-190-571-881-982-916 to via di Porta Cavalleggeri

By train
To Rome’s San Pietro Station and then on foot
To Rome’s Termini Station and then follow subway/underground directions, line A
To Rome’s Tiburtina Station and then by subway/underground, line B and change to line A at Termini Station.

From Leonardo da Vinci Airport (Fiumicino FCO)
Leonardo Express train to Termini Station and then follow the subway/underground directions.

From Ciampino Airport (CIA)
Terravision coach to Termini Station and then follow the subway/underground directions.

The taxi ride from both airports takes around 40 minutes.

Taxi Stations closest to the Academy
Piazza del Risorgimento or Piazza Pio XII (both outside the Vatican City walls).

Car
Please let us know if you are coming by car and we will leave an entrance permit for you at Sant'Uffizio or Perugino Gates.

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Casina Pio IV
00120 Vatican City

Tel. +39 06 698 83451
Fax +39 06 698 85218
pas@pas.va

Click on the maps to see our location in the Vatican gardens.