Vatican Tour: Explore St. Peter's Basilica

Explore St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Grottoes. Discover artistic masterpieces and the sacred Tomb of St. Peter with expert guidance.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • St. Peter’s Basilica - The “St. Peter’s Basilica and Tombs of the Popes” tour starts at the renowned St. Peter’s Square, where an expert guide will introduce the basilica’s historical and religious significance within the Catholic Church. Participants will enter the basilica through the majestic central portal, immediately experiencing the…
What's Included
  • Admission fees
  • Licensed Tour Guide
What's Not Included
  • Meals
  • Carbonated beverages
Additional Information

Embark on an unforgettable guided tour of St. Peter’s Basilica and the Tombs of the Popes. Skip the long queues and uncover the mysteries of Vatican City with a knowledgeable local guide.
Basilica Highlights – Admire Michelangelo’s Pietà, Bernini’s Baldachin, and more.
Papal Tombs – Explore the Vatican Grottoes and discover the lives and…

Location
Piazza della Città Leonina, 8
Piazza della Città Leonina
You can easily reach the meeting point using public transportation (look for the "Piazza Risorgimento" stop). Once you arrive there, walk along Via di Porta Angelica and turn left just before the arch leading into St. Peter’s Square. Please, arrive 30 minutes early at the meeting point.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Cathy_m
Nov 8, 2025
Well worth it and so quick - Very good as we skipped a very long queue and the staff were very helpful. Easy to find the meeting point too
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Jeppe_a
Oct 17, 2025
best guide ever - The guide was excelent. cant remember her name but it was an italian woman, who was very kind and very knowlable
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Najdatandjanel_a
Oct 4, 2025
This was a wonderful tour... - This was a wonderful tour and our tour guide Anna was absolutely amazing and was very knowledgeable about so many facts about the history of the Vatican and St. Peter’s Basilica. She had a great personality. I would definitely recommend.
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Lana_b
Feb 18, 2026
mid - saint Peter’s is beuatiful, ofcorse, however in our opinion, the tour was not worth it. we booked very early on the same day, as this was our first time in rome, and description mentioned that this will be a guided tour with guided enterance, but this was not the case. it was easy to find the office wich was the meeting point. we entered and got asked our names to be writen on the sheet. office staff gave us pages with QR codes and we realised that this was an audio tour. exactly same audio tour that is free to access by anyone in Saint Peter’s home page. the guided entry was a man showing us line to online booking line wich is faster than the entry line if you buy ticket by entrance. The bigest dispaontmnet was the lack of clear information, nowhere in the booking site it said that the tour was audio, and as it was our first time, we were expecting a person guided tour. Additionaly, why taking of the names? Because the audio guide link is free source from Vaticans official site. Perhaps we didnt read or undertsnad someting at the time of booking, however we had the chace to talk to some people in the line and they all felt the same, very little infmation and undertsanding apart from “stay in this line and you will get in in approx 20 minutes, rather than 40 minutes”. For the info - we were waiting in line for 45 minutes in total to get to the entrance as it was a nice and busy day. But it was fatser that the main line. positive thing i can say is that the booking process was very easy and office was easy to find.
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Christian_m
Nov 17, 2025
A guided tour to the entrance control, nothing else - Clearance with admission, however, guide only to the entrance check. Then nothing. I also received a link to the website. Nothing else. Unfortunately not good. I then did exploration myself, alone.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).