St. Peter's Basilica: Skip-the-Line Entry

Skip the line at St. Peter’s Basilica with a hosted entry and audio guide. Explore Renaissance art and history at your own pace.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • St. Peter’s Square - Marvel at Bernini’s magnificent colonnade and the impressive façade before entering.
  • St. Peter’s Basilica - Stroll down the central aisle and appreciate the grandeur of the largest church in the Christian world.
  • La Pietà - Witness one of the world’s most renowned sculptures, crafted by Michelangelo at the age of 24….
What's Included
  • Skip-the-line hosted entry to St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Audio guide in multiple languages
  • Host assistance at the meeting point and entry
  • Free time to explore at your own pace
What's Not Included
  • Access to the Vatican Museums
  • Access to the Sistine Chapel
  • Hotel pick-up/drop-off
  • Food & drinks
Additional Information

Enter the heart of Vatican City with a skip-the-line hosted entry to St. Peter’s Basilica, the world’s largest church and a Renaissance architectural marvel. A welcoming host will meet you at Piazza Risorgimento (Bar l’Ottagono), guide you past the lines, and provide you with an engaging audio guide available in various languages.
Admire Michelangelo’s…

Location
Piazza Risorgimento
Piazza del Risorgimento
Piazza del Risorgimento, Bar L’Ottagono, Rome, Italy Your host will be waiting in front of Bar L’Ottagono, located in Piazza del Risorgimento. Look for a staff member holding a sign with the tour name. Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled entry time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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T9894ztbillb
Oct 7, 2025
I highly recommend Italia Explorer. - Ali is wonderful and helpful. I Highly recommended Italia Explorer if you want to get inside Pantheon fast and easy. We enjoyed our tour.
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Tourist281409
Oct 4, 2025
Super - Very good support and care. They changed my schedule because we arrived earlier. Very good and attentive. Thank the team for everything.
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Shellyra3742lx
Oct 3, 2025
Super helpful guide - our train was delayed which caused us to miss our tour. but the owner was extremely accommodating and helped us reschedule
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N674botylert
Oct 3, 2025
Solid experience - Great experience. Guide was very helpful. Timely tour. Very accommodating to the troubles that we faced during the nationwide protest
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Aline1116
Oct 3, 2025
Impressive - Very beautiful monument, impressive, we didn't expect it to be so gigantic in size. Very interesting.
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H_l_ned329
Oct 3, 2025
Superb - Perfect guide changed us the time of tickets without difficulty. Beautiful visit and beautiful monument. Huge architecture of this building
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Cormac_d
Oct 13, 2025
Easy to meet up with the... - Easy to meet up with the guide and she helped navigate the very busy queues. Vatican was hectic that day so was good to have someone to guide us
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Andrew_h
Oct 17, 2025
Unexpected queueing. - They cannot guarantee no queueing. At 11.00 it was horrendous. Very squashed together. Some people gave up. Not a place to have young children or elderly people. Tempers were getting frayed. Once we did get through that first queue it was faster to get in but our group got split up in the process. The basilica itself did not disappoint. I confess I did not listen to the audio. It was busy inside so I am not sure how well that would have worked. It's a shame there isn't a more effective way to control the queue when it is that busy. Maybe there are too many tickets available at certain times. If I ever came back I would definitely go early or late to avoid this situation. The guide did say there was likely to be a queue so it seems this type of ticket is being sold under false pretences ( skip the line) and no refund was being offered at that point. To be fair the guide did her best in challenging circumstances to get us through. I just would question if too many tickets are being made available. Not sure who controls that
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Elisa_c
Oct 3, 2025
If you want a Vatican tour guide, do not select edte tour - They actually escorted us to the entrance to the Vatican and that's it. I was hoping they'd at least give us some sort of historical information.
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David_r
Oct 23, 2025
Not worth the money - The people organizing the tour had no idea what they were doing. It happened to be two young ladies who were talking to multiple people on their phones trying to figure out what they should do. When they finally left for the guided entrance we aired in very long lines. The Vatican people were very helpful and told us to ditch the tour group and get into another line. That line was way faster and we only waited about 20 minutes as opposed to the tour group who waited several hours. We were leaving St. Peter’s around the time the tour group got in. A total waste of time. We will be requesting a refund.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).