St. Peter’s Basilica tickets & tours

Ruth

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

The lady who gave us a lot of information about St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican State was very knowledgeable and extremely friendly and never tired of answering even the last interesting question. A "feel-good tour"!

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Irzi

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

Super-friendly guide, to the point in her explanations and full of anecdotes. Mastered her subject and was extremely efficient. Remarkable VAV in all aspects of the tour.

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Victor

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

Superb visit despite the crowds due to the basilica being closed in the morning. The guide was perfect, full of anecdotes and attention to detail, conveying his passion and love for this monument. The climb up to the dome was well worth it, with its magnificent 360° view of Rome and Vatican City. The only downside is that the meeting point is poorly signposted, as it's a guide with a flag that shouldn't be blue. And it would be simpler to have a bus stop for the meeting point or a reserved room.

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Andrea

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

The guide, Edward, who was very knowledgeable and personable, was able to engage the group in the tour, giving comprehensive and easy-to-understand explanations even for children.

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Jan

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

The church itself was amazing, but our guide topped it with an engaged, huomoristic and very interesting tour. We really learned a lot from him and we all had a great experience and it was worth all the money.

Jyotsna

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

We loved the overall experience and our tour guide was awesome and very knowledgeable. She explained everything patiently and thoroughly. We highly recommend this tour.

Catherine

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

We had a very nice tour, especially the guide was very, very nice, knowledgeable, very well read and above all friendly. You could ask him questions, he explained everything, took a toilet break and always kept an eye on his group!!!! I would recommend such a tour!!! It's really worth the money. There was so much going on, yet he kept calm and kept on explaining. We took away so much from this tour, including the history.....If you do a tour like this on your own you don't get this information at all. Thank you very much

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Servais

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our guide Frédérico was sensational. With great explanations. We lived in the moment. And, above all, in beautiful French.

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Petra

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

We took the tour in a small group. The starting point was easy to find. Our guide JAD was attentive to our needs, and we appreciated his explanations.

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Dusdal

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Many thanks for the experience! A big compliment to our guide. She was very knowledgeable and articulate. Everything seemed very professional and customer-friendly.

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Sandra

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

We had Michaela as our guide and we were more than impressed with her. There were a total of 18 young people in our group who stayed attentive until the end thanks to Michaela's manner. A thousand thanks to Michaela for this wonderful experience.

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Kimberly

Apr 2025Verified booking

4/5

Our tour guide was very nice and knowledgeable. What I didn't like was that it said it was a 2 hour tour and it was to start at 8:25 which it did however one of the most things I was looking forward to was the dome climb. Since the description said 2 hours I felt comfortable scheduling another tour at noon. We were still in line at 11:15 for the climb and we had to miss what I was really looking forward to to make sure we made our next tour. I would suggest in your description that the dome climb isn't until the end of the tour and that your tour can last upwards of 3-4 hours long. Since that was one of my highlights of your tour description we then went back after our other tour and then had to pay more to do the dome climb.

Chinyelu

Apr 2025Verified booking

4/5

Good, a little disorganized and a lot of wasted time. But it was good. I went off on my own to explore, because the history can be googled or read in the library, most people already read and heard, then come to SEE it . Tour guide needs to focus on getting people inside, taking them to various biblical status, and areas, for pictures. This is not a history class, we only had 1-2hrs , but our tour guide spent 40 mins telling us stories and history outside and on the door way, While I applaud her of her knowledge, however this is not a history class, 6 of us had other tours scheduled right afterwards, so we left the tour midway to explore the Basilica on our own, including the Tomb areas underneath.

Agnes

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

We had an unforgettable tour. Even though we thought we had booked an audio tour, we absolutely did not regret the guided tour. Alexandra is a very enthusiastic guide with extensive knowledge about St. Peter's and the Vatican. Her English is very good! Also highly recommended for visitors who have been to St. Peter's before!

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Therese

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

I had an incredible experience on the St. Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour. Our guide was absolutely amazing and extremely knowledgeable about the rich history and architecture of the basilica. I walked away with a much deeper appreciation and understanding of this iconic site. Highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting the Vatican!

Sasa

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

This was my first Headout experience and it was A+! First of all, our guide, Brigitta, was wonderful! So many informations and fun facts, she was also full of humor and funny comments, it was so nice! She really made us feel close to Rome, Vatican and their history. She eas really easy to talk to and that means a lot! The climb wasn't hard, whole 551 steps. The crowd on top was big, but that is what happens with big turistic places. Our trip was so much better because we had this day in the Vatican!

Judith

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

Brigida was a fabulous guide, we learnt such a lot & loved the whole experience. I highly recommend this tour and this company.

Carmel

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

We had a wonderful tour with a very engaging guide who gave a lovely balance of facts and information with regard to art, construction, architecture and religion. She also catered to the needs of younger kids in the group as well as adults from different backgrounds.

Sandra

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our guide was super knowledgeable really enjoyed the whole experience only downside people from group go missing and then we have to wait as guide tries phoning Why are people so selfish

Ariane

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

We had a great guided tour of St. Peter's Basilica with Michaela. You can tell that she has a lot of heart, wit and a wealth of knowledge. You should plan at least 4 hours for the tour of this wonderful St. Peter's Basilica if you also want to go up to the dome. It was a very special moment for me when I came out of the grottoes and up into St. Peter's Basilica. It was an absolute WOW moment that overwhelmed me. After the tour, you still have time to climb the dome and go through the Holy Door (only in 2025 and then again in 25 years), past Michelangelo's Pietá. On Michaela's recommendation, we took a short break in a side chapel where neither cell phones nor talking are allowed. A guided tour of St. Peter's Basilica is an absolute must, because otherwise you never get to know all the background information. A big thank you to the organizer and to Michaela.

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Myriam

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

The punctuality of the group, the dynamism, the documentation and anecdotes of the guide, her ease in finding her way to the best views. We thoroughly enjoyed this tour and would recommend it in a heartbeat.

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Esther

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

I've been to tours all over the world from Mexico to Uganda but but ANN is the best bar non. I can't wait to book more of her tours SHE IS A STAR!

CHEN

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

Awesome , my pleased to be here and wish everyone a good, peace fortune

UDHAYAKUMAR

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

Fantastic and Tour guide Alexandria was exceptional

Sara

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

This experience is perfect for learning about the history of this wonderful basilica and the wonderful Rome

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Allan

Jun 2025Verified booking

4/5

Received some refund for undelivered Audio Guide service. It wiuld have been a 5 start if our tickets have been delivered as promised, but I had to followup them on the day of the scheduled tour as our tickets are not available yet. Make sure you are chatting to the real person not on AI when following up your tickets. Thanks to Alex and Maria from Headout for sending me our Skip-the-line tickets 3 hours before the tour and for confirming that we will receive some refund for undelivered audio guide.

Joyce

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Very quick access to St. Peter's Square and thus the basilica. Less than one minute wait at security instead of waiting in a very long line. Top!

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Antonino

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

Everything . Very well organized .

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Guillot

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

It's easy to get to and visit at your own pace.

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Paola

May 2025Verified booking

4/5

Valid audio guide x appreciate the details of the Basilica

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Maxim

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

Followed the instructions and found the right entry pretty fast. Needed to wait about 10 minutes on the entry and another 10 minutes on security gate, which is nothing compared to the main waiting queue. The audio guide worked good and can be downloaded directly on site. It is not very extensive but is a good extra additionally to the tickets. The only downside was that the tickets weren't sent to us 1 day before the event. I had to contact the 24/7 support via chat at late afternoon. In the morning we had our tickets. -1 star for missing tickets, but +1 for top support. All in all totally worth the money.

Robin

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

I highly recommend booking this Tour. It gave us speedy entry to St Peter Basilica. Loved skipping the line. Otherwise we would have waited a long time in the regular line. Inclusive in this ticket was also a Audio Guide.

Giambattista

Jun 2025Verified booking

4/5

The whole visit. Only downside: the app that does not allow viewing the tickets. Outstanding the gentleman who of support provided the tickets via email.

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Fulvia

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

The experience skip-the-line tickets with audio guide included really very good. The guide essential and clear. The entrance really facilitated (we entered in about 15 minutes including controls). Only advice if possible to have the tickets received at the same time as payment. In my case they should have arrived 24 hours earlier but that was not the case and I had to prompt! They arrived in the morning for the visit in the afternoon.

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Susan

Jun 2025Verified booking

4/5

It was nice to do on our own but getting the actual tickets was a hassle. Had to contact Headout multiple times almost to the point that I thought I was scammed.

SANDRO

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Everything very nice the controls are great the staff friendly and very kind and nice that you can take pictures inside the basilica

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Cheng

May 2025Verified booking

3/5

Good that I can skip the queue. one person can use the audio guide, it's ok, but better also provide full pdf version, as sometimes the venue is super noisy so difficult to hear the audio even set to the loudest volume.

Rachelle

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

we didn't need the skip the line tickets because there wasn't a line at that time. We went two hours earlier then the tickets said and no crowds. We did love the digital experience, it helped describe what we were seeing . St. Pete's was the most amazing place I have ever seen and I will never forget the experience.

Ilse

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Everything went fine, we received the tickets via SMS the day before and were able to enter via skip the line without any problems.

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Jane

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Skip-the-Line is the only way to go and this was really easy especially as for this trip the tickets were sent direct to my WhatsApp on the day without the need to go to an office and collect in advance. We particularly appreicated the audioguide which was downloadable in advance to listen to offline, during the visit and after. The commentary was excellent and had written explanation and photos as well as narration. And St Peter's is AMAZING!

zvi

May 2025Verified booking

3/5

There were no signs directing ticket holders to skip the line. It was not clear where in the basilica the starting point for climbing the dome was. We were not given any audio system, contrary to what was stated on the ticket.

Zoltan

May 2025Verified booking

4/5

For obvious reasons, many things have changed suddenly due to the death of the Pope. The audio guide was not clear to me. I found some sights with difficulty or not at all inside the basilica.

Kerri

May 2025Verified booking

3/5

The basilica itself is beautiful and the walk up to the top of the dome worth all 304 steps. The guides were helpful once inside. The signage on the outside was not clear. I couldn't find where to pick up my audio device so I didn't get the that part of the tour. I also couldn't find the door inside to the dome, had to ask 3 people.

Erlisa

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

We visited the St Peter's Cathedral on the same day as the death of the pope. Heartbreaking and sad,but an experience that I will never forget. Never.

Nicola

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

The entrance worked without any problems and the dome and St. Peter's Basilica were really impressive. Unfortunately, the signposting at St. Peter's Basilica is very poor, so we first stood in the normal queue for 5 minutes before we saw the one for online tickets.

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Josefine

Jun 2025Verified booking

3/5

So very chaotic at the meeting point. Different information from the staff.

CARLOS

Jun 2025Verified booking

4/5

Fairly well, meeting point and entrance

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Bernd

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

Simple processing. Everything worked well.

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Andrea

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

Everything was perfect.....!!!!

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Rui

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Fast track entry with pre-booked tickets. The audio guide could have better inside church map locations

Christine

Jun 2025Verified booking

4/5

The crowds were very heavy for the jubilee but our guide was wonderful in directing us and keeping us focused on the important details on the museum and Basilica!

Annett

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

The tour guide was very well organized, punctual, very entertaining and in addition to his technical and historical knowledge also liked to have a humorous joke along the way. The group was very pleasant with 10 people, it always moved quickly so that we could see everything and also ask what we wanted from this tour. Thank you very much. We are very happy to recommend this tour.

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Stephen

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Everything that was mentioned in the tour we saw. Our guide Olga explained so much to the in-depth knowledge & history of The Vatican & sacred places. The crowds were overwhelming but Olga was able to guide us safely to the best vantage points

Felipe

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Very complete visit, the meeting point very easy to locate. I would have liked to have been able to enjoy a little more of the Sistine Chapel, but there were many people and we passed quickly. Otherwise everything was great !!!!

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Tiffany

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Absolutely loved our guide, Antonio that also speaks Japanese. He was knowledgeable and passionate about his tours. He knew the end and outs making it unforgettable.

Chloé

May 2025Verified booking

4/5

Very good guide bravo! However, we didn't have time to go to St Peter's Basilica, even though it was included in the ticket.

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Anna

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

We visited the Vatican Museums with an exceptional guide named Marco and we were really thrilled with the experience. Marco was very well prepared, clear in his explanations and very passionate: he was able to convey to us the importance and beauty of the works of art in an engaging and never boring way. Thanks to him we were able to better appreciate the richness of the Vatican Museums, and the whole tour. We highly recommend this guided tour, especially with Marco: he made our day unforgettable!

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Lori

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable about both the history of all sites but also about how to effectively navigate the journey through the spaces during such an extremely crowded time. Due to the jubilee crowds we had some delays, and our tour ran long. She did not rush through the museums, nd gave us the complete tour anyway. Seeing that some on the group were getting tired, she sought out places to sit and rest, and was more concerned with everyone's health and happiness than ending on time. A native Roman, the depth of her knowledge, her personal perspectives, and her passion were amazing! Since the sistene chapel was closed, she spent 20 minutes using picture handouts to talk through the meaning of the art inside. The climb to the dome was my favorite part - to be inside seeing the mosaics and the perspective of such a grand church from above were incredible!

Vanessa

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our guide Theresa was simply great! She told and explained everything so well. The whole tour was super nice and absolutely recommendable.

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Harriet

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Fantastic tour! It's worth it to skip the queues and have a guided tour with a small group. Wonderful experience which I would reccomend to anyone and will absolutely do it again.

Helen

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our guide, Francesca, was funny and easy to listen to. She brought the history to life with her stories and kept us all interested at what was a very busy time in the Vatican. The Vatican museums and gardens were stunning, the Sistine Chapel was breathtaking and St Peter's Basilicia was beautiful. Francesca's stories about the art in the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo's antics were the highlight for me.

Erin

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our tour of the Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's basilica was amazing. The crowds were crazy but our tour guide kept us together and helped us get where we wanted to go. Her information was great and she was entertaining.

Harry

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

The guide was phenomenal !!! So knowledgeable, so invested in the history, and importing that to the group. Her timing, for ingress and egress to specific areas was so beneficial to the whole experience.

Anthony

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

I love the entire surreal experience with Vatican Museum,Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica self guided tour. She was an excellent tour guide on everything she talks about. I would highly recommend her and tour company. It was very easy to meet up and how organize it was. Thank you for the wonderful experience. #firsttimeinItaly!!!!

Yulia

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

Great visit with guide Paola, we didn't have to hear to get into the museums and we learned so much!

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stacie

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

Fred was amazing. Our group was small which was even better. He was super informative without being boring or too lengthy. He moved us through swiftly without rushing and was super joyful.

Rafael

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

It was a great success to have booked the guided tour of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica with Headout. I did not know you but I trusted the comments and I was right. Alessandro (our guide) was very experienced in getting around the Vatican and very knowledgeable in explaining each part of the Vatican. It is definitely worth your guided tour and I have to say that it is perfect value for money. Thank you.

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Yasmin

Mar 2025Verified booking

4/5

The highlight of our visit to th Vatican was going through the holy door, the crowd was not as bad as I thought they would be. Our host was great she took her time explaining and giving us the history behind the painting/structures/rooms. We spent most of our time in St. Peter basilica, we where able to go underground to see the tomb of the pope's. The we did some shopping in the Vatican store, it was a great experience.

Liguori

May 2025Verified booking

4/5

Knowledgeable guide, very attentive and helpful.

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Ayvazyan

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our guide, Federico Grande was great. We pass the line in about 5 min. We saw and heard a lot of interesting.

EVELYN

May 2025Verified booking

4/5

Very interesting tour we did, it allowed us to take pictures and explore the beautiful place.

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Robert

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our guide was awesome. Skip the line was great

Tamara

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our tour guide was patient and extremely knowledgeable. She interacted with guests pleasantly and was very sincere.

Lorena

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

the guide was super qualified! excellent, entertaining, didactic. Impeccable

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Favre

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

The guide Liliane at the Vatican was great and the Colosseum guide was also very good.

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Allan

Jun 2025Verified booking

4/5

Received some refund for undelivered Audio Guide service. It wiuld have been a 5 start if our tickets have been delivered as promised, but I had to followup them on the day of the scheduled tour as our tickets are not available yet. Make sure you are chatting to the real person not on AI when following up your tickets. Thanks to Alex and Maria from Headout for sending me our Skip-the-line tickets 3 hours before the tour and for confirming that we will receive some refund for undelivered audio guide.

Aries

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Fast track saved us a huge line. Really recommend! Place was beautiful! Lots of stairs, but plenty of places to sit, if needed!

Elisabeta

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Quick purchase, we showed up 30 minutes early but (perhaps thanks to the moderate turnout) diMo entered anyway Skipped the line and visited independently without hurry and constraints

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FRANCK

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our favorite visit to Castel Sant'Angelo "**. We loved this iconic monument, which is both beautiful, well-maintained and super-convenient for visitors. Here's why we recommend it: **The big pluses:** - A **magnificent** site with a **passionate** tour - Super-practical audio-guide application** (with our own headphones) - Ticket cutting** which saved us a long wait **Conveniences that change everything :** ☕ **A nice café** with tables to sit and eat 🚻 **2 well-placed restrooms** along the tour route - super convenient! 🌇 **A breathtaking view** of Rome from the terraces **Our experience:** We spent 2 hours there, and no time went by! Between the cultural visit, the coffee break and the photos on the terraces, everything was perfect. Having accessible toilets and a place to rest really made the experience more enjoyable. *Little tip:* - Visit at the end of the day for the sunset. - Allow at least 2h30 to fully enjoy the site. - Don't hesitate to use the audio-guide (really well done) A must-see in Rome, perfectly laid out for visitors. We loved it! ★★★★★

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Leslie

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

It was a really neat building with a lot of history. I loved walking across the bridge with the Berninis sculpture, I loved seeing the museum portion that showed the different phases of how the building progressed over time. The statue of St. Angelo and the terrace were beautiful and the cafe with spritzers overlooking St. Peter's Basilica was fantastic.

Sbraga

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

The ticket purchase was very fast , very convenient from home, I wanted to print it out but didn't make it in time, I left it electronically on my phone. We arrived ahead of time , as we had been requested and have no line at the entrance, the stuart read us the electronic ticket with the portable scanner and we entered. We are from Rome, but it had been years and years since we entered Castel Sant'Angelo!!! It is a wonderful, wonderful place!!! You can palpate history with your hands! We had the audio guide who told us all the history in the various centuries and vicissitudes. It is spectacular!!! Reminiscing to the wars it went through, to the Passetto of the Popes of the Renaissance, of the rooms with the fireplaces of the Middle Ages , and then , the view of Imperial Rome from the terrace : a magnificent thing is unparalleled!!! One could see the monuments to the Unknown Soldier, the Tiber flowing under the road the majestic Bridges , the Vatican Basilicas !!! And what about the view seen from the refreshment point, from the bar: we sat down to eat something, and continued to observe Rome from above !!! Outstanding !!! Now I understand why tourists come in droves to Rome !!! These places are present are in Rome !!!

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Decherf

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

The château is magnificent 😍 Many beautiful discoveries inside And the surprise of the visit A breathtaking view of Rome with the beautiful angel statue A must-see

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Eva

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

Everything, its history, the state of the castle. Going up to the terrace is highly recommended, the views of Rome and in front of the Vatican is beautiful. I recommend the digital guide because you listen to the whole story is very entertaining and very interesting.

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Maria

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

It is a unique unique experience in all senses. Senses fulfilled my expectations

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Sauer

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

The highlight of my visit was

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Reynaldo

May 2025Verified booking

4/5

Very expeditious entrance only the audio guide does not correspond to the numbers of the castle.

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Bailly

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Very interesting castle 🏰👏👍

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Rocio

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

The highlight of my visit was the views, spectacular!

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AMICHAUX

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Easy access, very good audio guide, very beautiful monument

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Eszter

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Ticketing experience: quick and smooth Castel Sant Angelo is a must to visit, i enjoyed it very much!

Guillot

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

It's easy to get to and visit at your own pace.

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Cristina

May 2025Verified booking

4/5

I liked the fact that we were able to meticulously plan the few days we had to visit Rome

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Maria

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

It went well, the support responded quickly to sending the pdf reservations. The entrance worked very well, no waiting

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Elizabeth

Apr 2025Verified booking

4/5

Amazing place with so much history. From Hadrian to present. Well worth the visit.

Katia

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Convenient and fast. Good value for money

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Rajib

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Ticket experience was good. We went through direct with no wait.

Perla

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Amazing visit! The tour is well organized. The audio guide on your on mobile is a great idea.

Andrea

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Castel Sant'Angelo was a great experience, the process with Headout was very quick and easy. Any time again!

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FIONA

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Such a lovely place to visit and the scenery at the top was amazing. There is an added bonus as there is a cafe.

Mary

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

Everyone at the ticket counter was extremely help!

Stacy

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Initially we weren't on "the list" perhaps due to booking a day prior to the event. We were told to wait until everyone was checked in and was escorted over to a guide. She was amazing. I wish I knew her name to give her an A++ review she deserved. She got us to the front of the line and the best aisle seats to view Pope Leo. Memories to last a lifetime!!

Marilyn

Jun 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our guide worked very hard to get his small group up close to the viewing - he had an asssociate who was working with him steering him to front row seats! Along the way he explained the up-coming Papal procession, the Vatican state, the Swiss guards and general history. Well Done!

Maryann

May 2025Verified booking

2/5

The process of locating the guide was extremely stressful - I arrived at 630am and still by 715 it was a chaos with tour guides shouting at each other and no one offering helpful service. Only after I had to be very forceful to a staff member to say I'm not a late no show I have a ticket did they allow me to join.

Alisa

Jun 2025Verified booking

1/5

The organizer on site was very disorganized and we waited almost an hour before we went on our tour to St. Peter's Basilica. There we were not let in via the fast track entrance, but had to stand in the blazing sun again for over an hour with the others. All in all, I spent the money for nothing. I could have done it all for free.

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Jennifer

May 2025Verified booking

1/5

We were on our own for the Papal Audience, she simply gave us the yellow invitation and sticker and showed us where to go for security check, which was a huge line the figure ourselves out once inline looking for seats on our own in huge lines. We were then supposed to go back to meet her at McDonalds after Pope audience, but the crowds were huge and hard to walk back in the heat so it was harder to go back in the heat so we went into St. Peter on our own. It was harder to go back looking for her once we were there than to just go ahead and look around own our own. Very inconveniencing

Ivan

May 2025Verified booking

1/5

First, No one was holding up an orange umbrella, it was leaning against the wall and couldn't be seen. The guide for the tour, had us wait an hour and another guide made us get out our. Tickets again to split up group. Unorganized. The flag she was holding didn't say "English' but a.small ribbon with a tiny bear. Guide Maria walked us around for 30 minutes not being able to get in. The tour didn't even start and by 12:30 pm we were still in line. Twice we were told by guide to turn around and walk back through crowds to different locations. I video tape me giving back my radio to Maria as others were doing as well. We would have never gotten into Basillica by time it was supposed to be over. Extremely disappointed and I would like a refund I never have bad experiences but every single person in the group was complaining as well about what they said was "a rip off" . I chose to leave this unhealthy experience and all the negative energy. Please refund my money. TY

Melanie

May 2025Verified booking

1/5

HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!! There was no one at the meeting spot and no other tour guides knew about Headout . We wasted ovwr $100 for no ticket . I would NOT recommend Headout !!

Mark

Jun 2025Verified booking

1/5

tthe place to meet was a restricted are, so I never meet anyone. You guys should reinverse my money.

Alejandra

Jan 2025Verified booking

5/5

Highly recommended! We booked online from Mexico and had a great experience. The guide in Spanish made us vibrate with her way of telling the story. The only thing I would suggest is to put a little flag or some sign at the meeting point because when you arrive there are so many people that it is a little confusing with other tours.

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Margaret

Jan 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our tour guide to get us in was fabulous with fantastic historical knowledge of the Vatican and surrounding areas. very well done.

Maria

Dec 2024Verified booking

5/5

The guide Bridgette was excellent in her tour of St Peter's basilica, she was very knowledgeable and attentive of her group The papal audience was made very easy to access for us

Chinyelu

Apr 2025Verified booking

4/5

Good, a little disorganized and a lot of wasted time. But it was good. I went off on my own to explore, because the history can be googled or read in the library, most people already read and heard, then come to SEE it . Tour guide needs to focus on getting people inside, taking them to various biblical status, and areas, for pictures. This is not a history class, we only had 1-2hrs , but our tour guide spent 40 mins telling us stories and history outside and on the door way, While I applaud her of her knowledge, however this is not a history class, 6 of us had other tours scheduled right afterwards, so we left the tour midway to explore the Basilica on our own, including the Tomb areas underneath.

Judith

Mar 2025Verified booking

5/5

Brigida was a fabulous guide, we learnt such a lot & loved the whole experience. I highly recommend this tour and this company.

Gary

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Great guide. Very knowledgeable. Meeting point logistics tricky due to the conclave.

Cattleya

Jun 2025Verified booking

4/5

It was easy purchasing a ticket The experience with the guide is amazing. We were stuck for almost 1 hour and just standing on the line because the St. Peter's Basilica security service or management blocked the way and they forgot to let us in so we shouted at them for letting us not inside while the other side of the visitors continue to go inside. It is not of course the guide's fault but better when we can really skip the line with the use of tour guide app.

Robyn

May 2025Verified booking

3/5

I really loved the beauty & history of St Peter's Basilica. It was awesome ☺️ However... I felt the tour was too rushed, it was very crowded and at one stage I got lost from the main group. Our tour guide rushed through too quickly with little time to stop and enjoy this remarkable church.

Michaella

May 2025Verified booking

3/5

I liked that the tour guide was knowledgeable however, they were not engaging at all. No "energy", no communicating with the group. After half an hour, it became very boring. Also the whole tour felt really rushed.

Franz-Josef

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

- Small group and therefore clearly structured - Very personal and detailed - Very good personal contact - Questions answered very well

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Yvonne

May 2025Verified booking

4/5

Ticketing experience really easy. Good instructions on meeting place. Great welcome from guide. Amazing information and spectacular sights to see

Christie

May 2025Verified booking

3/5

The guide on our tour was WONDERFUL and this review has nothing to do with him. Our tour was supposed to include breakfast (I spoke to an agent on support who confirmed this) There was no mention made of this when we got there, tour was at 8:00 and was moved to 8:15. We got there super early, there was no one to even talk too before the ticketing booth was open and at that point we were hearded out like cattle and the tour started at least 30 minutes late. Naturally we were hungry assuming they'd stop at some point, but no. Never happened. We asked the tour guide about it but unfortunately he knew nothing of it. It wasn't his fault at all and I don't blame him I blame the company. It was supposed to be an hour tour that turned into 2 1/2 hours. Tour was great but we were definitely hungry the whole time. I don't think breakfast should be advertised with the tour if you're not going to offer it. I also believe the length of the tour should be as advertised and that the tour should not start late if you're going to be so adamant in your emails that the tourist not be late.

Patrick

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

St. Peter's Basilica is really beautiful and should be part of every visit to Rome. The tour guide was very nice and knew the answer to every question, made the tour exciting and often asked guessing questions. Thumbs up 😄

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Paul

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

The experience ..awesome! But I had to pay twice as I missed the morning slot!! I contacted Jo who found me a place in the afternoon but I had to pay an extra 25 euros. As I had already paid for the morning I thought that this was unfair. 😞🤔

ELENI

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our guide Valentina, was great, polite, knowledgeable. She kept our interest throughout the tour, making it a great experience. Thank you Valentina!

Callum

May 2025Verified booking

3/5

When we got there the venue was temporarily closed due to the amunt of visitors, this meant that once we got inside I just felt like the tour was very rushed, so that the tour guides could get onto the next group and catch up. This also meant that I missed my next tour and I wasn't able to get a refund on that because they said it was my fault still, even though the venue was closed.

Suzanne

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Virginia (Ginny) gave us a wonderful tour of St, Peter's! She was an excellent guide and very personable and knowledgeable! Great experience! Thank you!

José

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

The guide Mariana was excellent, very well prepared, with very precise and pertinent information about the Basilica and its history. I recommend it.

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alexandra

May 2025Verified booking

5/5

Our knowledgeable guide. We enjoyed the information Eduardo (?) Imparted which made us understand the meaning behind many of the artwork gracing the Basilica and St. Peter's square.

Stephan

May 2025Verified booking

3/5

It would have been helpful to know who we were looking for. 'The tour guy' not Headout. Si we were wandering around amidst the crowds until a security guard pointed us to The Tour Guy.

JEANNE

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Truthfully, i only took the tour to "skip the line" because i have been in the basilica many times before. However, i so thoroughly enjoyed myself. Our tour guide was SO knowledgeable about everything. She even had a book with diagrams to make things easy to understand. I found it important to be given background about what we were viewing. I highly recommend this tour!

Renee

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

Meeting point easy to find, Laura the guide was wonderful, full of knowledge and looked after us very well. After the tour we took the option to pay to go up to the dome which was great too.

Nino

Apr 2025Verified booking

5/5

We had an amazing guide Stefano, who did an excellent tour, very insightful and informative. It was truly an unforgettable experience.