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Jubilee Tour: Explore Papal Basilicas
3.9
17 Ratings
Roma
Explore the Holy Jubilee Path, visiting 4 Papal Basilicas with open Holy Doors. Discover history, tradition, and spirituality on this unique tour.
Explore the Holy Jubilee Path, visiting 4 Papal Basilicas with open Holy Doors. Discover history, tradition, and spirituality on this unique tour.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- St. Peter’s Basilica - The journey through the Holy Doors begins at the mother of all churches, St. Peter’s Basilica. Take this opportunity to appreciate the magnificent and grand structure.
- Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - As the oldest church dedicated to a woman, it houses the second door leading to spiritual renewal. Prepare for an…
- St. Peter’s Basilica - The journey through the Holy Doors begins at the mother of all churches, St. Peter’s Basilica. Take this opportunity to appreciate the magnificent and grand structure.
- Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - As the oldest church dedicated to a woman, it houses the second door leading to spiritual renewal. Prepare for an introspective journey.
- Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano - With a rich history of intrigue and authentic documents, this church is home to the third holy door of the Jubilee pilgrimage. Get ready to experience a place where religion and history are seamlessly intertwined.
- Basilica Papale San Paolo Fuori le Mura - Situated on the site where legend says the apostle Paul was buried, this church is rich in significance. It is the perfect location for the final holy door, concluding this Jubilee journey.
What's Included
- Tour leader during all transfers between churches
- Guided tour
- Shared transportation from the meeting point
- Tour leader during all transfers between churches
- Guided tour
- Shared transportation from the meeting point
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
Are you prepared to explore the history and traditions associated with the Jubilee? Are you ready to visit the four papal basilicas involved? This is an extraordinary tour, regardless of your religious beliefs. The guide will lead you to all the Basilicas with the Holy Doors open for the Jubilee, sharing the history of each sacred site. You will have…
Are you prepared to explore the history and traditions associated with the Jubilee? Are you ready to visit the four papal basilicas involved? This is an extraordinary tour, regardless of your religious beliefs. The guide will lead you to all the Basilicas with the Holy Doors open for the Jubilee, sharing the history of each sacred site. You will have time to delve deeper into the visit if you are not a believer, or to continue your pilgrimage through the doors if you are Catholic. The Jubilee year is a unique time when Holy Doors, typically closed for at least 50 years, are opened. These moments will be etched into the unforgettable chapters of your life.
Location
Via Ostiense, 259
Via Ostiense
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.9
(17 Ratings)
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John_m
Apr 1, 2025
Once in a 25yr opportunity - This was my high on my to do list- there was a bit of walking and a couple or trips on the metro to get to all the locations, however, walking through these doors is a once in 25 yr event, really glad I had the opportunity
Our guide Antonio was fantastic and was supportive to us all as we made our way across the city- he took time out to support a woman struggling on a stair with a wheelchair, he just had to stop and help - a good man !
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Chuck_f
Mar 18, 2025
Excellent Jubilee Tour - Our guide was excellent. He was very knowledgeable and informative. Be prepared to walk 10,000 steps! All 4 churches were beautiful. Thank you for a good experience.
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Burbank1951
Mar 11, 2025
Holy Jubilee Path tour of the Papal Basilica. It was a very informative tour and gave us a chance for a Catholic to know - As a Christian and Catholic it gave us an idea and knowledge about it.
I am the age with difficulty to move it is still give the chance to do it.
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Linda_l
Mar 8, 2025
Great tour and way to see all four doors!! - It was a great trip. Antonio was great. He kept us moving and that was challenging. Be warned, there is a lot of walking in between locations. My 70+ Mother in law struggled a bit keeping up with all the walking and still thinks it was worth it. Only thing I would recommend to make it better is a bit more opportunity to chat with Antonio, he is so knowledgable,
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Elizabeth_b
Mar 1, 2025
Holy Door experience! Best Jubilee 2025! - Very good value for the experience! Antonio was wonderful and kind. He helped me walk and navigate the steps. He understood my desire for pilgrimage.
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Valerie_p
Mar 16, 2025
Traveled by metro to holy doors with man-of-few-words guide - The four holy doors are opened for about a year each Jubilee (every 25 years). If you go through all four, it is said that your sins are fogiven and you begin again, fresh. There is no cost to go through the doors, so the purpose of the guide is logistics and explanation of each church as well as the symbology of each door (each has different wood- or metal-work imagery).
We met our guide near Saint Peter's square. The tour could accomodate many, though in this case there was only our family of three. We began with Saint Peter's Bassilica, entering the holy door on the far right. The building was empty, though we came back the afternoon of the next day and it was mobbed. The guide said very little, suggesting that we pray inside. No headset for explanation of church or doors. We then went via Metro to Saint Mary Maggiori, and then walked to Saint John Lateran (cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome). It was nice to understand the importance of this second church, especially as an American who understands Saint Peter's Basilica to be the most important (when perhaps it is Saint John). We then took a long Metro ride to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. This was a good church to see, and when we took a taxi to the airport and drove by the church, it was mobbed with tour busses. After the visit, our guide had us taxi at our own expense back to the start of the tour (otherwise, we could take the Metro at our own expense).
Overall, an important experience. Guide should have had headsets, better explained churches and doors, and better overseen our transit logistics.
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Martin_k
Mar 14, 2025
The churches were... - The churches were wonderful. Tour Guide was walking very fast and was asked to slow down - but he said he would wait for us. For a small group, I thought there would be more information on the churches as we walked to each place. He answered questions but did not volunteer much information unless asked.
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E2628pvmelissam
Mar 29, 2025
Lots of walking - Booked this tour afterreading it on Trip advisor it wass a very long morning the transport mentioned was via metro and most of them were a good distance from the churches.
The churches themselves were magnificent but the tour was poorly organised
This is definitely NOT suitable for infirm elderly or people in average health 15000 steps was quite alot.
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Linda_m
Mar 16, 2025
Rushed tour - Tour was rescheduled 12 hours before it was to start from morning to afternoon. Tour was conducted during peak time. Had it been left at original time, we would have had a more peaceful experience. As it was, we had to run to make it to the last stop.
While we signed up for English, tour guide was Spanish. We are very grateful she explained it in English too. Did not have much time at the 4 stops 10-20 minutes tops. Most of the time was spent on metro or bus. Wish tour was longer so we had more time at churches.
Thank you Connie (tour guide) for the experience and your extra efforts to explain in English.
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Edithbarana
Mar 28, 2025
Disappointed tourists - It was disappointing. She only informed us on the day of the tour at 7:30 am that the time is changed into 2:30 pm. As a travelers with limited time and planned vacation to see places, she should have informed us the day before that the time has changed. We had to checkout of our hotel in the morning, leave the hotel at 6:30 to take the train to Ottaviana. We arrive at 7 am so we had to eat breakfast. It started to rain, we asked around where is the tour. We donot know who is the tour guide, no mention of how we will know our tour guide, what she will be wearing, etc…I contacted her not knowing she was contacting us at 7:30 am to tell us that the time was changed to 2:30 pm. We as tourist have other plans since our time is limited. The company should have taken that into consideration by contacting another company to accommodate us. Our time was wasted with no fault of us and the important thing is we didnot go to the Holy Doors as expected. We came here for the Jubilee 2025.
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