jersey joe - excellent trip great tour guide we did everything we wanted to do. would definitely recommend doing this tour covered all the basilicas and holy doors.

A very wholesome and... - A very wholesome and unforgettable experience ! Visited 4 major Basilicas/ 4 Holy Doors in comfort with a very knowledgeable guide Luca! Very well done!

A once in a lifetime experience - Luca was very informative and explained what we were going to see at every stop. He patiently waited for us when we were lost in what we were seeing. He also explained well where we were to meet him and how to communicate with him.

You have to live it! - The best way to visit the Holy Legs. It was an unforgettable experience, we had a great guide

Wonderful experience - We enjoyed our Holy door visits with Luca. He was very good with his narrative and service. We went to 4 Holy doors in one day. Every stop he gave us informative narrative and introduction. He parked at convenient location and provided directions. We texted him when we are ready to walk out, he was right there on the dot, wonderful personality,

Meaningful experience for... - Meaningful experience for those who appreciate Catholic tradition and history. Each basilica was different and beautiful.

Know before you go - While the private driver was convenient, our guide only explained information before our first two stops. Perhaps he was annoyed that we spent a little more time than we should have at the second stop. After that, the only time he spoke was when we asked a question. If I had known that our guide would be dropping us off at each stop to navigate the sites on our own, I would have booked a different tour. The private tour is strictly while being transported to the next site.

Did not meet expectations - This tour was not what I expected. We were picked up by Luca in a Tesla. There were 4 of us in our group which, with one person in front, held the 4 of us comfortably. The a/c in the car was wonderful, and Luca spoke English fluently and was easy to understand. We went to 4 churches, however the order was the opposite of the order in the description (and the description only included 3 churches, so the 4th was a surprise). We started at St. Mary Major, then St. John in Lateran, then St. Paul Outside the Walls, and lastly St Peter’s Basilica. This would not have been an issue, except, I thought we would end at St Mary Major and made a reservation for lunch at a restaurant near this church which we had to cancel. At each church, Luca dropped us off in front, and we were met by Carlo who was our guide inside the first 3 churches. Carlo drove to each of these 3 churches separately from us (on his Vespa) and met us outside. While Carlo seemed very knowledgeable, he is a very soft talker, and he could not be heard if standing more than a few inches away. He even spoke softly outside, so it wasn’t just because we were in these basilicas. Also, his English was ok but not fluent, so he would sometimes take a minute to answer questions and seemed to have to translate the answers from Italian to English first. He did not come with us to the last church, St Peter’s, where we were given tickets for a pilgrimage. No one in my group is catholic, and we found this pilgrimage to be unexpected and a little outside our comfort zone. Overall, I was most disappointed that despite booking a round trip tour with pick up and drop from our hotel, we were dropped off at St Peter’s where we had no idea what was going on since neither our guide or driver accompanied us, and we had to pay €11 for a cab back to the hotel. Also, and this may seem petty, but the tour description also states that a bottle of water was included with the tour, and we were never offered a bottle of water. If you’re catholic and would like to see the holy doors and do a pilgrimage, this is the tour for you. However, if you are like us and are looking to check out the holy doors and see Pope Francis’ tomb, I would not recommend this tour.

DISSAPOINTED AT THE END - Luca was very knowledgeable and polite. However, the last stop which was for the St Peter's Basilica Holy Door was quite disappointing, I was left standing in a corner, instructed to walk a couple of blocks and look for a person in a green jacket who would lead me to what I thought would be the entrance to the Basilica. Instead, the green jacket lady was never on site. Rather I found the entrance to what turned out to be Castello St Angelo which is a 20-minute walk (under horrible heat) to the Basilica. This supposedly a prayer walk which was never specified in the offering of the tour. This should be clarified when purchasing the tour.

False advertising - We expected a private guided tour with him accompanying us into the 3 churches, but he just gave us minimal descriptions of the churches on the way to each. He just dropped us off told us where to go & picked us up. He never offered us any bottled water dropped us off at St Peter’s with a QR code that did not work I had to go register showing passports Your description of this tour was very vague We called customer service who also advised this was a guided tour including a small group Very disappointed