The Original Entire Vatican Tour & St. Peter's Dome Climb

Paolo was an excellent, informative guide. Extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Very good value for money. Would recommend. Thank you.

Ariana is an amazing tour guide, First and foremost. You can tell she has the passion for her profession as she whisks the group throughout the Saint Peter’s Square, the basilica, the underneath tombs, and the Vatican museums. She has a calm demeanor and you can feel her knowledge of everywhere we went. There was so much information throughout the day, but she made everything understandable chunks at a time. As Ariana said, this is an enduring tour. You will climb stairs. And you will walk and walk climb more stairs and walk. It is a long day so make sure you eat a good breakfast or have snacks. Take complete advantage of public fountains as they are present throughout. Ariana makes sure to ask the group if anyone has needs throughout the tour. Everything leading up to the Sistine Chapel is beautiful. I am most thankful for Ariana’s explanation of The ceiling and the Last Judgment. It helped me appreciate the artwork so much more. I am appreciative that Ariana departed ways with the group prior to entering the Sistine Chapel to help observe the sacredness of the chapel. This was my favorite tour of my vacation. Grazie Mille

Our tour was so informative and wonderful. We really enjoyed our time and would highly recommend the experience

The English speaking guide was excellent, his knowledge was amazing. The whole tour was above and beyond our expectations. The dome climb not for the faint hearted tho.

Our guide (Sandra) was so friendly and knowledgeable. Vatican City was busier than usual this weekend given the recent influx of tourists as well as a ceremony for the induction of a saint. Needless to say, it was chaotic; we had multiple people (coordinators, staff, or other guides) all yelling at each other and at Sandra to do one thing or another (which was very rude - we had just gotten to a spot to talk about it when another guide started yelling at her to move along and how dare she stop with her group!). However, Sandra just laughed it off - saying people are stressed out, there's lots of people etc.. she was such a good sport. Took an uncomfortable situation and turned it around for us. She kept the tour at a good pace, with relevant and interesting information. She was able to get us up and close to certain exhibits but would quickly move out of the way 'not to ruin our photos' -- which she couldn't do. She was a breath of fresh air amongst all the anxiety in the room. A note about the tour, and again, perhaps this is due to the crowds this weekend, but doing the Sistine Chapel midday - worst. idea. ever. I cannot understate this. It was shoulder to shoulder, face to back shuffle from the end of the museum into the chapel, and herded along like cattle. It was extremely hard to even take a breath let alone appreciate anything along the way. If you are going to the Vatican, I would suggest splitting up the tours and doing the Basilica / dome one day and the museum (alone), and then doing the Sistine Chapel FIRST thing in the morning another day. The crowds were un-manageable and I don't know how that was safe from a fire code perspective, let alone COVID.

My clients plane was delayed and could not make the 8a time on may 12 We were hoping to use the voucher for a future. But was not allowed. That is a shame since two other bookings were made with these customers. Karen Hrit

Massimo our tour guide was fantastic - he had a great sense of humour and was extremely knowledgable. The dome climb is a MUST. St Peters was the highlight for us - the Sistene Chapel was good as well, but after seeing everything else it wasnt as impressive as we had imagined it would be. This tour was a highlight for us - well worth the money and HIGHLY recommended.

Our guide Massimo was wonderful - very knowledgeable, patient, and a great sense of humour!!!! We saw and learned about so many amazing things. I would definitely recommend this tour.

We loved the tour. Massimo our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and fun to walk with. He was particularly adept at steering us through very busy areas of St Peter's and the Vatican with virtually no stress. We highly recommend!

This tour was absolutely great, our guide Massimo was fun, knowledgeable, and interesting. The hike to the top of the Basilica was 100% worth it for the views of the city.