St. Peter's Basilica Tour: Vatican Highlights

Explore St. Peter’s Basilica with a private guide, uncovering its art, history, and secrets. Visit Vatican Grottoes and enjoy stunning Rome views.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • St. Peter’s Basilica - Join a guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica, where you will explore the square in front of the Basilica, its stunning interiors, remarkable artworks, and the tombs of the popes who have made history.
What's Included
  • Pietà of Bernini
  • Underground Papal Tombs
  • St. Peter’s Basilica Visit
  • Licensed Guide
  • St. Peter’s Square Visit
What's Not Included
  • Vatican Museums
  • Sistine Chapel
  • Climbe to the Dome (9€ on site)
Additional Information

Embark on a guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and delve into the rich history of the church while being introduced to Vatican City, the world’s smallest country.
Explore the key attractions of St. Peter’s Basilica, the spiritual center of Christianity, on a Private Guided tour in Rome.
Marvel at the gilded ceiling, optical illusions,…

Location
Piazza Del Risorgimento (Vatican City)
The meeting point for this activity is located in: Our dedicated team will wait for you holding our Orange Company Flag with Viva Roma Tours Logo.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ava_f
Feb 19, 2026
Worth the Wait - It was incredibly thorough in terms of the information and history given by our tour guide, Tania. She was INCREDIBLE!!! Because we went after Ash Wednesday, the crowds and line were unseasonably long. However, Tania was so engaging and knowledgeable. She kept us glued to everything she said which made the long wait worth it!!!
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Wojciech_m
Oct 5, 2025
Good choice - Great organization, tour girl well educated and pleasant - she was thinking about everyone Good choice for a tour visit
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Rayisa_b
Jul 22, 2025
It was amazing.... - It was amazing. With Olena (the guide), we were introduced to the history and enjoyed our trip. For sure recommend !!
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James_c
Jul 1, 2025
This was a great... - This was a great experience for the price. Keep in mind you do have to go through a security check point before entering
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George_b
Jun 29, 2025
The best in Italy 🇮🇹 - This tour was fantastic and the tour agent Sam gave full information about the Basilica. He is well we qualified and elegant, polite person. We love to tour with him next time George Bcherrawi
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Carolann_m
Jun 16, 2025
Don’t miss this. It’s worth the wait. - Wow, what an amazing experience. Bigger and more beautiful than you could imagine. Be prepared to battle some crowds and wait in line, but it’s 100% worth it. Our guide, Peter, was great. He was easy to understand and kept us all interested with fascinating details about the basilica. I was so impressed and very glad we did it. Highly recommend this tour!
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Amy_l
Jun 11, 2025
St. Peter’s Basilica - The whole experience after finding out tour meeting spot was amazing! The day we went our amazing tour guide Sam said it wasn’t too packed - we got lucky. From entrance to exiting the church was breath taking. It really helps having a guide so you know what you are looking at.
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Janet_g
Jul 13, 2025
St. Peter’s basilica underground tour - Our tour guide, Maria was great. But the instructions to turn in our vouchers at a different location was bogus. The young man waving the flag was nice but not even close to the right color or right name
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Celia_l
Jul 4, 2025
An excellent tour, but confusing booking arrangement - Great tour. Very interesting and informative with an excellent guide. Quite fast paced and you do need to keep up with the guide, but once you are in St Peter’s you can stay on at leisure after the conclusion of the guided tour and revisit parts of the Basilica. One thing… if you receive an instruction via Viator having booked telling you to collect tickets from Via Di Porta Cavalleggeri in exchange for vouchers… don’t bother! It is incorrect and I wasted time trailing there! Simply go to the meeting point stated in the booking and tell the guide. You will save unnecessary time and effort.
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Miguel_ngelc497
Mar 20, 2026
A capital disappointment - Just a terrible experience. The tour operator did everything wrong. Our guide did not show up on time so another operator worker (who did not speak Spanish and who was not responsible for our group) accompanied us to the entrance queue to the Basilica because this tour does not include any kind of quick entrance to the Basilica, you have to queue normally. Tour time is probably the worst with the longest queue (the operator should offer more options). After more than 1 hour of queuing without any guide, one person appeared to replace the original guide. This guide was not fluent in Spanish at all having to correct him enough times to let the whole group know. Once inside the Basilica began a race where in 40m we were shown 4 points of the basilica and finished the tour. Honestly very disappointed.
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up to 15 guests
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).