Was a great tour, the tour guide Damien was fantastic. Great value for money!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Headsets to hear the guide
- Descend into the Papal Grottoes, the final resting place of popes and saints
- Guided tour with a licensed guide
- La Pietà
- Marvel at Michelangelo's Pietà, a masterpiece of emotion and artistry
Excludes
- Gratuites/Tips
- Food and drink
- Dome access
- Skip the line
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off service
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- From St. Peter’s Square, walk east on Via della Conciliazione. After 300m, turn left onto Borgo Pio. Walk 200m and turn right onto Vicolo del Farinone. Continue straight, and you’ll find number 23 on the left. Close to Vatican City and Castel Sant'Angelo!
Itinerary
Begin your journey in St. Peter’s Square, where you’ll be captivated by the grandeur of its architecture. Discover Bernini’s ingenious play on perspective as you uncover the two signature spots of the square, and admire the 2,500-year-old Egyptian obelisk standing as a testament to time. Next, step inside the Basilica to explore its breathtaking artworks. Wander along colorful marble floors and marvel at the vastness of the space, with ceilings lavishly adorned in gold. As you follow the key highlights, take in the majesty of the Papal Altar beneath Bernini’s iconic Baldachin and stand before Michelangelo’s timeless masterpiece, La Pietà. Your tour culminates with a visit to the Papal Grottoes—a sprawling crypt located three meters below the Basilica, right under the great altar in the central nave. Here, you’ll glimpse the final resting places of countless popes and revered figures, adding a profound layer of history to your experience.
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Reviews
Damien is the best to tour guide. He was entertaining and knowledgeable. I highly recommend seeing St Peter‘s Basilica with the guide…. specifically Damien!
Sevanna did a really good job. I recommend her definitely.
Our guide Sevada was amazing - extremely knowledgeable whilst making the tour fun and easy to listen to. Myself and partner have done several tours in Rome and elsewhere and this is one of the best we have been on. Customer service by the company was also top class, we arrived late and they moved us to a later tour (45 minutes later) so we could still receive the full experience. Thanks so much!
Damian was really entertaining and informative. Excellent tour from a proud Napoli fan!
Walter was excellent as a guide with great knowledge and pointed out interesting details. He engaged the tour group by asking questions to see if we knew the answers. If we didn’t he filled us in. Held our interest with telling part of a story to fill us in later in tour. I learned so much on this tour even after having been Vatican tours before. Very happy we went with him.
Thank you Sevada for this amazing experience at the basilica !!! You are amazing Leo & Sharon
We had such a lovely tour of St. Peter’s Basilica! Our guide, Sevada, was warm, funny, and so knowledgeable. She made everything interesting and easy to follow, and her sense of humour made the tour even more enjoyable. So glad we went with her!
Our guide Walter was well prepared. Told us many interesting informations also while waiting for security check.
Our guide Walter was really great! Lots of interesting facts and details about the church and artefact - and a really nice personality 😊
Sevada was an amazing tour guide! She explained everything so well, kept us laughing, and was an absolute joy to listen to. She has a unique talent for making history and art feel engaging, accessible, and genuinely fun. Even though the line was exceptionally long, she kept the wait entertaining and time flew by! We would recommend her to anyone visiting—book a tour with Sevada if you get the chance!
Unforgetable. Fulli 100% recommend.( mr. Mike).
Sevada was our tour guide and she was wonderful. Very knowledgeable and engaging to the group. Skip the line got us in without a wait. Overall one of the best tours I did in Italy!
Damian was fabulous! Brilliant guide and super knowledgeable x
We had Walter as our tour guide. He took the time to find out where everyone was from.He injected humor and wit with the tour as he imparted historical knowledge. Very engaging and would highly recommend.
Excellent : Damian- and your command of Gaelic- most impressive.
We had a wonderful tour of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City with Sevada as our tour guide. He was very friendly, knowledgeable, and welcoming, and made the whole experience really interesting and enjoyable. His explanations brought the history to life, and we truly appreciated his enthusiasm. Highly recommend Sevada to anyone visiting the Vatican!
Sevada was amazing! Such an engaging and informative tour!
it was really good, experience was divine
Gyash Tour was excellent, 5 star! Our guide did a fantastic job explaining each area visited. She made it fun and exciting even though her speaking through headphone set failed it didn’t stop her from explaining everything to everyone. Great job 👏 😊
We had our tour with Alishba today. She was an excellent guide and very informative
Damiano was our guide. He was extremely knowledgeable, friendly and engaging. He made the tour of St. Peter’s Basilica so fascinating. Thank you to him
Damon our tour guide was exceptional. He spoke over 25 languages and was fluent in English. Clear as crystal. He was polite, jovial, understanding and totally charismatic. Made our tour a delight, extremely interesting. Indeed spectacular, St Peter’s Basilica.
Location of meeting place was extremely difficult to find. We circled about for 45 minutes and after talking to police, post office workers, Basilica employees, a Basilica entrance worker walked us to the exact location. We NEVER would have found it. The tour guide was knowledgeable but certainly expected his group to stay together without a concern if we lost track of him. The tour was just the right length. However, the info was recited rapidly and I found it hard to follow. I was pleased that he ushered us through the Basilica quite well.
Styr unna!! Dette er kun lureri og svindel. Vi kjøpte «skip the line» billetter til St. Basilica, betalte 39 euro, fikk billettene på mail og var fornøyde med kjøpet - helt til vi kom til køen. Der fikk vi beskjed om at dette ikke var reelle billetter, og vi måtte kjøpe nye originale billetter til 14 euro. Denne turen kostet oss 64 euro, istedenfor 14 euro som den egentlig gjør, men på grunn av svindelen til Gyash tour sitter vi nå igjen med en bismak på hele greiene. Ikke kjøp «skip the line» billetter uansett, køen er den samme og bruk kun den offisielle siden til billettkjøp. Stay away!! This is nothing but deception and a scam. We bought “skip the line” tickets to St. Basilica, paid 39 euros, received the tickets by email, and were happy with the purchase - until we arrived at the line. There, we were told that these were not valid tickets, and we had to buy new official tickets for 14 euros. This trip ended up costing us 64 euros instead of the 14 euros it should have cost. Because of the scam by Gyash Tour, we’re now left with a bad taste from the whole experience. Do not buy “skip the line” tickets under any circumstances - the line is the same anyway. Only use the official website to purchase tickets.
He was a very friendly guy and helped us with our visit
Great tour. Our guide Titi was perfect guide. A lot of interesting information, all in one, we are all happy we booked this tour.
Our guide Romina was amazing, very informative and helpful. The tour was very beautiful and interesting the whole family enjoyed it thoroughly. It was just over an €100 for 7 of us very cheap I would say for 2 hours. Anyone who is thinking whether to do this tour or not…. Absolutely recommend it especially with such nice guide as Romina.
It was very nice we had the guidance up to the entrance of the church and then we went in on our own for the rest of the visit of Saint Peter Square, Church the Basilica.
Excellent tour ! Our guide ( “SEV”) was phenomenal- clearly an expert! Easy to find/navigate to location. Would highly recommend this tour and guide .. I wish I had recorded him as he was highly informative and engaging.
Very helpful and guiding when we lost our way. Hardeep singh helped us in guiding. Thank you so much for help. I recommend people going here
I liked how the tour guide knew everything he was talking about, he is an archeologist and also was very friendly and answered all our non-stop questions!
The tour guide was very nice his name was Jason, however the business told us that we would visit the basilica di san Pietro directly after we finished our tour without cues and it was not true so they literally scammed us.
I had an amazing time on the tour with Mr. Hardeep Sing. Thanks to Mr. Sing, I got to explore Vatican City like never before! I had an incredible time on the tour with Mr. Hardeep Sing. Thanks to Mr. Sing, I got to explore Vatican City like never before! He’s incredibly helpful and patient, especially with kids and families. I highly recommend him! He is really helpfull alot .i was with kids and family his number 3297327977.
Thank you so much Mr Singh. You helped us to have a nice view on the vatican city. He was too cordial too. All must have a guidance from them
The tour was suppose to be 2h but it took 3,5h. If you plan your day and have other bookings you might not make it. Dont bring small kids, they wil not have the energy. It dose not say you have to have id or passport, thay will not even take kids without it with parents.
The guide is very pleasant, has a lot of knowledge, is extremely friendly, and we really enjoyed the tour with him. Greetings from the Serbs!
It was truly a great experience to see such a beautiful country. I am truly thankful to gyash tours for arranging everything from tickets, visas to hotels and sight seeing, transport and sightseeing.
The tour guide was amazing and did explain the history about Vatican City and St.Peters Basilica in detail . Highly recommend.
Our guide was very friendly and very informative. He took us to everything we wanted to see! If i remember correctly, his name was Paulo. Thank you Paulo!
Nice and complete experience at St. Peter's Basilica
Cecilia is a good guide in Spanish. The catacombs
We went with Cecilia, she was very cool and we had a great time.
Walter the guide was very kind, he took great care of us and it was an excellent tour.
Excellent experience and explanation from Cecilia
Our guide was Cecilia and she was very nice explaining everything
Cecilia the guide was professional and very pleasant. Telling it all in a dynamic way. A 10
Walter was the perfect guide! A very nice and interesting tour. One downside (hence only four stars) was the technique, a lot of noise in the headphones, the sound often didn't come through, a headset for the guide would be better for him/her and us. Without that technical flaw, Walter would have definitely had 5 stars!
Great guide - good and patient to tell
Very well the agency all fast and Damian very friendly, resolute and fast. You can trust them completely. They can count on them Good!!!
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