{"id":3163,"date":"2023-07-25T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.divertown.com\/?post_type=destination&#038;p=3163"},"modified":"2023-07-27T07:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T05:09:17","slug":"vatican-city","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/www.divertown.com\/en\/destination\/vatican-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vatican City, also known as Vatican City State, is a unique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divertown.com\/en\/destinations\/\">destination<\/a> for travelers. It is an independent country, city-state, microstate, and enclave located within Rome, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divertown.com\/en\/destination\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>. It holds the distinction of being the smallest state in the world by both area and population. 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Its location within Rome also provides easy access to other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divertown.com\/en\/destinations\/\">destinations<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divertown.com\/en\/destination\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a> that offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divertown.com\/en\/scuba-diving\/\">scuba diving<\/a> opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3368,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[206,238],"class_list":["post-3163","destination","type-destination","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-europe","tag-vatican-city"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scuba Divers\u2019 Travel Guide to Vatican City - DiverTown<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.divertown.com\/en\/destination\/vatican-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scuba Divers\u2019 Travel Guide to Vatican City - DiverTown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vatican City, also known as Vatican City State, is a unique destination for travelers. 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