Saint Peter’s Basilica tickets and tours
Enjoy a visit to St. Peter’s in full freedom and at your own pace using your own mobile phone or tablet. With your guaranteed reserved entra...
Duration
1 hour
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English
Benefit from skip-the-line access to some of the Vatican's top attractions on this 2.5-hour guided tour. Admire the beautiful Vatican Museum...
Duration
2 hours, 30 minutes
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English
The OMNIA Rome card is your key to the Eternal City, providing access to its greatest attractions and transport between them. You’ll jump qu...
Duration
3 days
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English
This tour includes a guided visit of two of the best examples of the stratifications of Rome and the rise in levels that characterize the Ur...
Duration
3 hours
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English
Those with limited time to explore the Vatican can't miss the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. Until now, an express visit for these...
Duration
2 hours
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English
Enjoy a professional guided tour of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. With this tour, you'll have priority a...
Duration
3 hours
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English
This is the tour for people who want to see everything and get the total Vatican experience. With an expert guide, you’ll spend three hours ...
Duration
3 hours, 30 minutes
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English
Explore Rome at your own pace with this 24 or 48-hour hop-on hop-off City Sightseeing bus! Jump on and off anywhere you please to visit famo...
Duration
2 days
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English
Discover the secrets of one of the greatest wonders of the Renaissance and admire Michelangelo's masterpiece, the Pietà, and some of Bernini...
Duration
1 hour
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English
Our Sistine Chapel Express & St. Peter’s Basilica Tour is one of the best ways to experience the Vatican’s two busiest attractions without t...
Duration
2 hours
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English
You’ll enjoy a unique experience while all is still silent and the throngs of tourists have yet to arrive. Walk through the Vatican corridor...
Duration
5 hours
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English
Get a guaranteed admission at the Papal Audience in either St. Peter's Square or Nervi Hall. Experience seeing Pope Francis and listening hi...
Duration
8 hours
Available in:
English
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The inside story
The magnificent Saint Peter’s Basilica is without equal. One of the largest Catholic churches in the world, it’s considered both an iconic symbol of the city and the heart of Christianity. The work of Bramante, Michelangelo, Maderno and Bernini among others, the cathedral overflows with Renaissance beauty. Guaranteed to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, just don’t be caught wearing shorts (the dress code is strict).
It was Pope Julius II who commissioned Bramante to build a new basilica. Built on the tomb of Saint Peter and the remains of a 4th-century church, it took more than a century for the cathedral to be completed. After Bramante died in 1514, construction stalled until Michelangelo took over at the age of 72; he didn’t live to see its completion. It fell to Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana to oversee the dome’s construction and Carlo Maderno to finish the project.
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