Modern park adjacent hotel a short drive from vatican city vatican nearby the modern cardinal hotel st peter is about 3 km southwest of central rome you can walk to vatican city in 30 minutes or cab it in 10 minutes a bus also stops directly outside the hotel while baldo degli ubaldi metro station is a 15 minute walk away park life the 4 star hotel is a block away from one of romes largest public parks villa doria pamphili its a popular spot with the locals for exercise and gatherin