St. Peter's Basilica Guided Tour
Description
This is an intimate and extensive St. Peter's Basilica tour, for anyone of great interest of architecture, religion and churches. The tour includes St Peters Square & St Peters Bailica All our groups are 20 people or less and your expert guide will take you around. This will be the highlight of your vacation! Suitable for all ages
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Itinerary
Your St. Peter's Basilica tour starts early in the morning or lunch hour with a stroll around St. Peters Square and an introduction to the Swiss Guard. This is an intimate and extensive tour for clients who loves art, architecture and amazing churches. This will be the highlight of your vacation.
Time for the dome! We take the elevator ride to the first level, from there its 281 steps up to the top of the dome. From the top you'll see the most incredible views over St. Peter's Square and across the Tiber river to the ancient part of Rome
You will see St. Peter's Baldachin its a large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy. The Baldachin is at the center of the crossing, and directly under the dome of the basilica. Designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It was built to mark, in a monumental way, the place of St. Peter's tomb underneath. Under the canopy is the high altar of the basilica
The Pieta is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo. The sculpture is made in Carrara marble its situated in the first chapel on the north side of after the entrance of the basilica. This work of art is the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion. It's the only piece Michelangelo ever signed
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(10)
Paulo was an amazing guide! He was so knowledgeable and kind! He was even self taught he said, a truly dedicated tour guide and Christ follower. I’m so glad he was our guide today.
Great your, very much enjoyed the knowledge of our tour guide would definitely recommend as a must do.
The tour was rescheduled for 1 hour later 15 minutes before the scheduled start. I’ll NEVER recommend you to anyone.
We had some trouble on the front end of the tour. The time we were scheduled for changed from 8am to 8:40. We were given an extremely general meeting location -- an entire piazza, not a place on that piazza. Despite arriving almost 15 minutes early, we had trouble finding our group. We realized they had gone and gotten in the admission line without us. There was no communication about this from the tour operator, who didn't answer our messages. However, once we found them and the tour got going it was great. Yamilla was incredibly knowledgeable and gave great explanations.
Easy to find check-in and our tour guide was very knowledgeable. From checking in to getting the tour started was 15 minutes. Started right on time. It was a great tour for the money.
Arianna was fantastic, took her time with us and new everything. She even made sure no one had a tour immediately after ours in case we wanted to take more time. Lovely
I loved our guide and her presentation of the incredible history of St. Peter's Basilica. I did not realize it wasn't a "skip the line" experience, however our guide kept us engaged with interesting facts and information as we waited.
Sara was passionate about the stories that St. Peter’s told- a very nice experience. Be warned, though - this is NOT a skip the line tour, but a “get a lot of information while you’re waiting “ tour.
Our immense thanks to Gabrielle, our wonderful tour guide, who gave us a captivating and informative tour of St. Peters Square and the Basilica. We really enjoyed it, and were lucky to have such a lovely guide who really loves and knows the city. Gabrielle took time to explain the history and the context of sculptures and features. There was so much I didn't know. This is a highly recommended tour.
Amazing tour and the view from the dome was wonderful. The stairs were a bit of work, but not too bad. Mostly just claustrophobic because it's so narrow.
Thank you for your review. So happy you enjoyed your tour. Its amazing the view from dome! Hope to see you with us again!
