Vice President Wu Den-yih and his entourage toured the papal gardens outside Rome on Monday. Wu attended the canonization of late Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday.
Wu and his delegation visited the Barberini Gardens surrounding the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo outside Rome on Monday.
They were also taken on a tour of the ruins of the imperial theater and ancient Roman architecture.
Wu is the third vice president of the Republic of China on Taiwan to visit the Vatican, after Lien Chan in 1997 and Annette Lu in 2002. Wu will be returning to Taiwan on Wednesday.