St. Peter's Basilica Tour with Underground of the Papal Tombs

Rome, Italy

2 hours (approx.)
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Expert licensed local guide
Guided tour of St. Peter's Basilica interior
Guided tour of the Papal Tombs (Vatican Grottoes)
Headsets/earphones (if applicable) for clear audio commentary

Not SKip-the-Line

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Via Germanico, 36, 00192 Roma RM, Italy
Our meeting point is located in Via Germanico 36, a 4-minute walking distance from the Ottaviano metro stop. Once you reach the meeting point, you will see your guide holding our "Signature Rome" Flag.

End point

Saint Peter’s Basilica
Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City

Ticket Redemption Point

Via Germanico, 36, 00192 Roma RM, Italy

Itinerary

St. Peter's Basilica

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infant seats available

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

Reviews

1.0

based on 2 reviews

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Very Disgusted with this operator

Jacob_S, Aug 2026

Please know that you may not get the experience that you purchased. We arrived for our tour only to find out that our tour guide was supposedly sick or out for personal reason. This is understandable because things happen but what I don’t understand is why the tour operator was telling that the same experience with an audio guide was the same experience as we purchased. What we purchased was a guided tour of St. Peter’s basilica, tour of the papal tombs, and underground tour of the necropolis. The Necropolis part is why we booked this experience because we wanted to see the tomb of St. Peter and the archeological dig below the basilica. This is a GUIDED tour and can be done in no other way as people are not allowed to go down there without a guide. The operator insisted that we could walk there ourselves which was completely false, and when I tried to book another day, the next day at the same time, even though the time slot was showing open, he said would be the same situation where the guide was not available. So my question to the operator is, what kind of a business are you if you can’t notify your customers BEFORE they get there about having no guide. Second, If you know that the next day would also be unavailable than REMOVE the time slot instead of allowing innocent people from purchasing a ticket to something that they won’t get, third, know what you are providing and know the tours you are to give because obviously you did not know that the necropolis is different than the papal tombs. STOP the trickery and be upfront and fair to your customers.

Very poor experience

Girish_S, Aug 2026

The guide did not turn up. WIthout the guide, access to Necropolis, which was part of the booking, was not possible. Were were informed about the access to the Dome, but the lack of access to Necropolis was not communicted at all. We realized the same when we landed up at the gate of Necropolis and had to return.