Papal Audience: Weekly Address with Guided Commentary

Experience the Papal Audience in Vatican City with a knowledgeable guide. Get a prime location to watch the pope address the crowd and learn about the historical tradition. Limited to 20 people.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vatican City - After meeting your guide near St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, put on your provided headset to start your papal audience experience. While the address is a Catholic custom, the event draws people of all beliefs from around the world each week.
    Following your guide, navigate the crowd to reach your seat, where you’ll have views…
What's Included
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly
  • Escorted visit and presentation
  • Ticket reservation service and ticket pick-up (Tickets are free of charge)
  • English/Spanish-speaking guide (depending on option selected)
  • Groups of 20 people or less
What's Not Included
  • Optional gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Seating not guaranteed
Additional Information

Join the pope’s weekly speech with this pass. Your guide in Vatican City will navigate you through the throng to a perfect spot so you can observe the pope addressing the multitude, and listen to the history of the papal speech. With an individual audio headset, you won’t miss a word from the guide, despite the crowd noise. Even though the pope’s weekly…

Location
Parrocchia Santuario di Santa Maria in Traspontina
Via della Conciliazione
Meet at Parrocchia Santuario di Santa Maria in Traspontina, Via della Conciliazione 14/c, 00193 Roma RM, Italy Your City Wonders coordinators will be wearing blue polo shirts or jackets at the meeting point for easy recognition.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Dan_g
Dec 13, 2024
Papal Audience - A very convenient way to plan your Papal audience. Guide providing direction and logistical support made things go smoother.
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Elizabeth_g
Nov 30, 2024
Wonderful - Wonderful experience with this papal mass. Watching him drive through the crowd was amazing. Our guide sat us in the best location possible.
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Arlene_p
Nov 22, 2024
Low Stress - This was a brief but worthy tour. We met our guide, Maria, outside of St. Peter’s Square. We were with her for about 45 minutes. She gave us a good history of the Vatican architecture and the Vatican as its own country. She got us through security and to amazing seats. This was a great, low stress way to attend a Papal audience.
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Rosalind_p
Nov 3, 2024
We went to see the Pope . - You can go to the general audience free but this Tour skipped the line, Maria gave us a lot of information while we waited to enter the square. She then found us seats right on the front row for an amazing view of the Holy Father. Our relatives at home even saw us on YouTube on Vatican live TV. This inexpensive tour made all the difference to our experience. Good Luck Maria in 2025!
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Dgfornari
Nov 2, 2024
Excellent - Our guide was an expert…knowledgeable, efficient and friendly. She skillfully lead us to an excellent position where we could be close to the Pope as he passed. It was a memorable day. Beautiful!
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Rich_b
Oct 21, 2024
Great experience - Our guide was most informative and got us to seats with excellent views that allowed for great pictures
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Gail_b
Oct 12, 2024
Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square - Our guide did a very good job of moving us through a large crowd with security points. She also made sure we had the best seats possible. It was special to see Pope Francis and his big smile especially with young children.
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Natalie_d
Sep 19, 2024
Great experience!! - Our tour guide was amazing. Easy to find meeting point and she took us to the second row right where the Pope comes out. He was so close I we could have touched him. Made this process super easy.
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Maria_l
Aug 29, 2024
THE BEST! - Very organized and easy tour. We met right at 7:00am with our tour guide who walked us over to the gates of St Peter Square, we cleared two 2 security spots (don’t bring metal water bottles) then she guided as to where the “best spots” will be which are usually right against the fences (first row, side row or last row)sure enough right at 9:00am the pope came out and did a little drive in his popmobile and we were so close we could almost touch him. AMAZING!
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Nicole_s
Oct 24, 2024
Worth it - So convenient to not have to get your own tickets the day before. Guide was able to get us great seats. Only cons were that we still had to wait in line and our guide didn’t give us much history at all. Most of what we heard in the earpiece was her total conversation with the couple in front of the line and not much else.
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