St Peter's Basilica and Cupola Guided Tour: Vatican Attractions and Views of Rome

Experience a quiet and intimate tour of St. Peter’s Basilica and Cupola in the Vatican. Enjoy breathtaking views of Rome and learn about the Papal Tombs and Michelangelo’s dome from an expert guide.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • St. Peter’s Basilica - St. Peter’s Basilica is one of the most important places in the entire world. It’s a heart of the Catholic Church and the residence of the Pope. Be led inside with a professional licensed guide. Go back in time with the fascinating stories of the history of Vatican, full of intrigues and remarkable events. Admire the…
What's Included
  • Dome climb
  • Licensed tour guide
  • Visit the tombs of the popes
  • Admission to the St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Audio headset
What's Not Included
  • Pick-up and drop-off services
  • Food and drinks
  • Visit to the Necropolis / St. Peter’s Tomb / Scavi
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience the serene and exclusive ambience of the Vatican’s attractions early in the day, before it opens to the public. From the peak of St. Peter’s Basilica, the loftiest spot in Rome, soak in stunning panoramic views of the city and the surrounding hills. Accompanied by a knowledgeable local guide, learn about the intricate details of the Papal…

Location
Via Vespasiano, 20
Via Vespasiano
Please come to the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the tour starts
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Travel68698485141
Oct 16, 2024
Our great tour guide made the quite strenuous visit with her exciting guide a great experience! - According to our ticket provider (not Italy Pass directly), the tour should take about 1 h, but in total we were then 4.5 h on/in St. Peter's Basilica. There are headphones for each person so you can hear what the guide tells you everywhere along the way (reception was okay). The hour-long wait in line has made our great guide Anna seem much shorter through all her knowledge. Even in the extremely ornately decorated cathedral with hundreds of sculptures, mosaics & facades, she told so much exciting, flexibly responded to all wishes/problems for 2.5 hours and even involved the participating children quite well. We climbed into the dome alone, as the rest of the group took the elevator. The view was fantastic. After the 550 steps and the unexpectedly long visit we were very flat, hungry, thirsty & happy!
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H5275lcmelissam
Sep 26, 2024
Tour in the Vatican! - We toured with Valentina, the explanation was very clear and always with very interesting data. We loved the explanation!!
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Ocram
Aug 20, 2024
Beautiful experience. With Guide Valentina - Great experience! Congratulations to Guide Valentina, for her availability, experience and skill! Thank you for helping me visit the Dome... Thanks and congratulations Valentina.
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Diegoignaciot2024
Jun 10, 2024
Excellent - Valentina was an excellent guide. He provided a lot of information to understand what we were seeing and was very friendly throughout the tour.
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Mariapp6534nr
Jun 4, 2024
Excellent tour - Valentina very good guide! Excellent service and explanation of the tour, he knew how to answer each question and explain it to us. 100% recommended
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U3647jqjos_v
May 17, 2024
Clarity and friendliness of the guide Caty - Great guide Caty. Clear explanations and very well told. Great kindness and closeness with all visitors. I especially recommend this guide and wish future visitors are lucky enough to have her guide them.
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Sergioapv
May 2, 2024
Very good experience - Very good experience, very well attended to in the office and Katy, our guide, with great dedication and good will, took us throughout the tour, always with all the information we needed. Many thanks for everything, Sergio, Fabiola Chili
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751nelag
Apr 22, 2024
Journey - The visit was a great experience, the guide Katy was friendly and attentive throughout the group, interesting information was easy to access.
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M8727qaangelam
May 5, 2024
Guided tour with Valentina in Spanish to St. Peter's Basilica and its dome - The guided tour was very good. The guide, Valentina, made the hours of waiting for the security check entertaining. Due to unknown circumstances, only two security checkpoints were operating, which made the wait three hours. As I say, our guide Valentina livened up that time and gave us information about what we were going to see on her iPad.
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Glenys
Jun 6, 2024
Incredibly disappointing experience - It has taken me a while to write this review but we are now home from our trip which was wonderful apart from this tour! We booked our visit to St Peter’s and the Cupola believing it to be a way of avoiding the long queues that now exist as we had limited time. We followed our guide to St Peter’s with the rest of the group only to find that we joined the end of the queue which already had a wait of about 2 hours before our 2 hour tour! When we questioned the guide she said nobody skips the line in a dismissive and defensive way. We had to leave as we had another commitment and had assumed that we would be finished in the 2 hour time frame stated in the ad. I checked the details of the booking afterwards and it said it was a 2 hour tour, nowhere did it say that was after queuing to get in! We were so disappointed and felt that we had been completely ripped off. I had believed Viator to be a reputable company but will not use them again.
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