Most visitors will walk from a nearby Italian bus or train stop, or car parking.
[4] The Vatican is also served by Risorgimento / San Pietro tram station, on the 19 route.
The international identification plate/sticker is V. The Pope's car has usually carried the registration SCV 1 in red lettering.
Pope Francis, who called for a more frugal lifestyle for the Catholic clergy in general,[6] downgraded the Papal vehicles (reminiscent of his preference for public transport as Archbishop).
[7] He drives himself inside the Vatican in a small 1984 Renault 4[8] in lieu of the bulletproof popemobile.