Rome: Escorted Papal Audience Experience with Entry Ticket
Description
Join the Papal Audience with a licensed tour leader for a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Rome. Every Wednesday morning the Pope will cross St. Peter's Square on his popemobile, passing by the faithful on his way to the podium in front of St. Peter's Basilica from where he delivers his message and gives the Papal Blessing. Don't stress about looking for entrance tickets, we'll take care of that. Just relax and admire St. Peter's Square with the Bernini's double colonnade, as you stroll through St. Peter's Basilica to see the Pope himself.
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The smallest sovereign state in the world, kingdom of Christianity and governed by the Pope.
Dominated by Michelangelo’s imposing Cupola and surrounded by the famous Bernini’s double Colonnade. The Pope will be passing by the faithful on his Pope mobile, on his way to the podium of St. Peter's Basilica, from where will give the blessing.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- It is forbidden to bring metal objects, big bags and animals (assistance dogs allowed)
- This is not a skip-the-line tour and admission tickets to the Papal Audience are free
- Accommodation during the audience is not guaranteed
- Due to weather conditions, the audience may be held indoors
- No refunds will be issued to customers who are late and miss the tour
Reviews(41)
Highly recommended if you want to attend Mass with the Pope and have a chair for the entire event (great because it lasts almost 3 hours).
Lots of walking , but worth it . You skip the line . Guide really knew his stuff . Well worth the price .
This Spanish guide was too slow. She took forever to take us to do the line. When we arrive we where almost at the end in the auditorium although we arrived at 6:45 am.
I thought we will skip the line but still we waited and it's raining but other from that everything is fine, our guide was nice and kind. We love to see her again.
Must experience at least once in lifetime. Your guide was very knowledgeable and guided us into Vatican City. Wish she had hung out with us for a bit instead of pointing to an area as the best seating. In reality all seats are good as the Pope is driven around the whole square.
I was greatly disappointed with guide Mara we had during our Papal Audience tour this past Wednesday. I cannot help but compare Mara when I did a Papal Audience about 15 years ago and we had a very enthusiastic, knowledgeable young tour guide, who led our group promptly to get seated and good view of the Pope. And while we were seated and waiting, our guide shared so much great information about the Basilica, the popes, and Rome and she stayed with the group until service started, almost the whole 3 hours using our headsets. When I went to join Wednesday Brastours's tour, I have high expectations , I wanted my husband to get a good experience since it was his first trip to Rome. I was disappointed after 10 minutes of meeting Mara. She was so unfocused , my husband is convinced she is a newbie .Our group was just idly standing and we did not move from the meeting place until after 15-20 mins when all the other organized tours have moved in line for the security screening and getting seats. Mara spoke maybe all of 20 relevant sentences about Rome / Basilica history. But Mara gladly pointed us to the WC facilities and waited for the group to be back. Mara made sure everyone was done with security and we were herded to the seats ( pointed to row seats that might be good for us to see the Pope on his popemobile.) and during that time too, she collected the headsets. I was thinking I could easily have come with my husband and get better seats with less time waiting in line. I was able to reserve and picked up 2 tickets for the event myself. I decided to join the tour after I reserved the tickets online , I thought my husband might learn more from an expert, which turned out to untrue.
Dear Judy, We're sorry you didn't enjoy the tour. However, we can't compare this tour to the same one from 15 years ago, because all the booking and operating procedures for tour operators have changed. Furthermore, we're in the Jubilee Year with a newly elected Pope, which means large crowds and many more safety restrictions. Thank you for the review.
Our tour guide Fernando was very knowledgeable and very nice. I would definitely recommend this tour.
I feel blessed with the experience of seeing the Pope. The crowd that we went with had all the same expression.
outside of getting a ticket if the event is sold out, there isn't much help or additive benefit of being with the group given you can go through both security checkpoints on your own - it might even be quicker to not be slowed down waiting for the remaining members of your group. do see this being helpful for coordinating with larger groups and inexperienced travelers
The interest of this reservation lies in the guarantee of (free) tickets for the papal audience and in the simplicity of their recovery. The “selected language” is of little importance, and the comments relate only to the waiting period in line and placement in Saint Peter’s Square. The performance ends there.