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20 reviews for Entire Vatican & Vatacombs Ultimate Experience ItaliaTours
Rated 5 out of 5
Jennifer_A –
This was a nice tour to take into the Vatican. We had the fast past to enter into the Vatican. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable. We had access to parts of the Vatican that were private. Our tour guide did a nice job of keeping us out of the crowds while still seeing the Vatican.
Rated 5 out of 5
Michael_M –
We had the most amazing tour guide who was so full of energy and information. This is a must do tour. We did this tour with our 2 teenage boys and they learned a lot with a positive, fun atmosphere.
Rated 5 out of 5
Andrea –
Christina was awesome!!!! Knowledgeable and made the tour interesting. We learned a lot and would recommend this tour and her to anyone! Thank you
Rated 5 out of 5
Raquel A –
Our guide, Mauro, was excellent and had a great combination of humor and knowledge. The pace of the tour is perfect. The vatacombs are just a quick walk-through that anyone can do so no need to pay extra for this experience. Would definitely recommend this tour. Bring a bottle of water.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anthony_C –
With the Vatican being so busy, a tour is mandatory. The guide did a great job highlighting the key aspects of the Vatican and museum. We had friends book the last tour of the day, which gave them a more private experience and were able to take pictures in Sistine chapel. DEFINITELY go to the Rotunda! Incredible views of Rome!
Rated 1 out of 5
Paul H –
Mis-leading description – the tour does not include the Vatacombs!! We were left very disappointed with this tour. After searching through all the different Vatican tours on Viator and other websites, we chose this one as it stated that Your guide will also lead you through the underground level referred to as the Vatacombs, a rarely seen area of the Vatican where tombs of the former popes are located, before your tour ends. However, this was not actually included! Our tour abruptly ended whilst still inside St Peter’s Basilica. When another guest asked about the Vatacombs part of the tour, our guide simply pointed at the entrance and said we’re free to go down there if we want to, as they are open to anyone to visit, and we don’t need a guide for it!! She then left! This is despite us PAYING for a guided tour of the Vatacombs!! Furthermore, the tour advert makes it sound like the tour is providing special access to this area, stating it to be a rarely seen area. This is simply not true. It is open to the general public!! Anyone can simply wander down there from within St Peter’s Basilica! It is not rarely seen – thousands of visitors will go down there every day! In addition to this very misleading tour advertisement, the general logistics were poor. You are told to be at the tour operators offices for 10:30am, where you then sit around for half an hour, twiddling your thumbs, waiting for the tour to start at 11am. At 11am, you then walk as a group to the entrance to the Vatican. After queuing to go through the security checks, there was some confusion, with the guide taking us to various desks before we finally got access into the Vatican – by which time it was now about 11:30am. The guide was very knowledgeable, but because of the vast quantity of people also touring the Vatican, especially within the museums section, it was difficult to concentrate on what she was saying, as we were constantly being bumped into, trying to push past other groups, fighting to keep up with our own guide, and struggling to see the museum artifacts because of so many other people being in the way. I have to say, the best part of the experience was once the tour had ended, the guide had left, and we were able to go and explore St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatacombs and St Peter’s Square by ourselves. It’s well worth paying to go up to the top of St Peter’s Basilica 10 euros by lift, 8 euros by stairs, which you pay at a little booth in the courtyard. Up there, you get incredible views across Vatican City and Rome, and there’s even a gift shop and cafe up there, which were both fairly quiet. You can even send a postcard from the shop up there! But, as I said, this was NOT part of the paid tour. Beware though, that the lift only goes half-way. You still need to climb a lot of spiral steps to the top, which get very steep and narrow. Also, beware that once your guide leaves you in St Peter’s Basilica, if you leave the church and go out into St Peter’s Square, you cannot get back into the Vatican! You’d have to start again and queue, go through security, etc, as a regular visitor. So as you are fighting to keep up with your guide on the tour, don’t think maybe we can come back here later, because you can’t! Overall, a very misleading and disappointing tour. The best part of the day being once the tour had finished says it all! We wish we’d booked one of the other tours instead now, and not wasted our money on a tour that completely misrepresents what it includes. AVOID!!
Rated 3 out of 5
Donna M –
This tour was packed with a ton of things to see and learn. However, the crowds were immense and the negotiating through them was a challenge. It seems to be par for the course, so don’t expect time to contemplate much…it’s like a drive by…on foot! The Vatican and Vatacombs were awesome. I would offer that there is probably little that can be done about viewing them without the wall to wall crowds. That said it is important to note that our guide did not speak English well or clearly…this added to frustration in getting information that we were sure he had a lot of but could not effectively pass on. We were all English speaking in this particular tour and expected a more clear speaking guide for sure. He was gracious and attentive but the job is monumental with all the crowds…kinda have mixed thoughts about whether it was worth it or not in retrospect. You want to see these sites, you want to learn from guides but you sure don’t want to be herded through the massive venue either. Jury is out on my final verdict . You finally surrender to it all and make the best of it and try to be in the moment. Hard to imagine visiting Rome without seeing these sites. Don’t think other guides were having an easier time than ours…it’s just what is. Just be patient and prepared.
Rated 5 out of 5
Brenda_L –
Its amazing how much I learned on this tour – as the only non-Catholic of a group of 4, I was astounded on what Chiara, our tour guide, educated me on but also pleasantly surprised that my friends and husband learned a lot as well. Chiara was so entertaining and wonderful that I almost didn’t want to the tour to end. For those of you going to Rome – it’s worth the skip the line and get your own tour guide; you won’t learn or understand nearly as much on your own .
Rated 4 out of 5
Stephen_C –
Our tour was very informative and it was lovely to learn about the history of the art and buildings we were looking at.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anita_F –
Wonderful tour giving great detail and depth of knowledge on all that we saw. Our guide Luigi was very obviously experienced and his depth of knowledge greatly enhanced this tour. He was open to questions, easy to follow (in every sense, given the huge crowds there) and a very pleasant guide. I would highly recommend this tour.
Rated 4 out of 5
Michalee_M –
Our tour guide was excellent! She was very knowledgable and friendly. It was well organized when the Vatican was very busy.
Rated 2 out of 5
arielleller –
Starting off, I had high standards for this tour having been to the Vatican city 12 years prior on a Trafalgar tour. We took the metro across the river and walked to the starting point. Unfortunately, it took us a couple of trys to find the location (not very easy to find). Our tour guide was a friendly, older woman. She was knowledgeable and funny, however hard to understand through the headsets and she would disappear very often because she did not keep her wand up in the air. At one point, my husband and I got separated from our group because there were so many people. The amount of people was out of the tour company’s control, but it did ruin the experience for my husband who had never been before. Finally, I wouldn’t recommend this tour because the Vacacombs aren’t really worth the extra cost. They are not very large and just seems like a room with tombs. Unless you are extremely interested in certain popes, I think you could skip this part of the tour. The cathedral was by far the best part.
Rated 4 out of 5
575lyleb –
The skip the line tour put us in a very long line for the security check. the entire tour was shoulder to shoulder. However our guide was very good.
Rated 2 out of 5
Barbara_D –
Our tour guide Massimo was great, he made the Vatican Museum tour very nice and interesting. But we did not get the catacombs tour and also not the Vatican City tour, what was very disappointing. Viators reason for that miss were the corona restrictions, but the catacombs were definitely open to visitors at that day. Even though we received a 10€ refund, we did not get what we booked. This felt like deception and I cannot recommend Viator.
Rated 5 out of 5
Bailey_O –
Great tour that went the extra mile to accommodate us. Was running behind (we blame the bus) but a simple message to the tour guide and we still made it. They had to split the tour into two parts because of COVID, but it gave us a chance to get lunch around the Vatican. Very hot during August, many stairs and steps, but all worth it!
Rated 5 out of 5
Alejandro_C –
Our tour was great, the guide was very informative and she answered all our questions. It was very interesting learning about the Vatican museum and Sistine Chapel.
Rated 3 out of 5
Kathleen_P –
The tour itself was amazing
However our guide was difficult to understand and the guides microphone and her transmitter produced irrating static in our earphones
Rated 2 out of 5
Richard_P –
The tour guide was good herself but sadly the tour was chaos and we lost over an hour queuing to get inside. Inside it was carnage with the amount of people and we had no time to really take anything in.
Due to the delay we had to cut the tour short and missed a 1/3 of it, which was a big shame. Not the fault of the tour operator. But be prepared for huge queues here and don’t plan anything within a 5 hour window later.
Rated 5 out of 5
Cynthia_W –
Excellent guide one of the best on our holiday
He is so informative and passionate on the subject which we loved
Rated 3 out of 5
Amy_p –
The guide was good and Informative. However the wording of the title of the tour doesn’t really reflect what you see. We specifically got this tour for the vatacombs component and whilst you can go below the basilica – there is no access to anything over and above a regular access to the basilica. This tour was more expensive and we purchased it for the vatacombs component so please keep that in mind when purchasing!
Jennifer_A –
This was a nice tour to take into the Vatican. We had the fast past to enter into the Vatican. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable. We had access to parts of the Vatican that were private. Our tour guide did a nice job of keeping us out of the crowds while still seeing the Vatican.
Michael_M –
We had the most amazing tour guide who was so full of energy and information. This is a must do tour. We did this tour with our 2 teenage boys and they learned a lot with a positive, fun atmosphere.
Andrea –
Christina was awesome!!!! Knowledgeable and made the tour interesting. We learned a lot and would recommend this tour and her to anyone! Thank you
Raquel A –
Our guide, Mauro, was excellent and had a great combination of humor and knowledge. The pace of the tour is perfect. The vatacombs are just a quick walk-through that anyone can do so no need to pay extra for this experience. Would definitely recommend this tour. Bring a bottle of water.
Anthony_C –
With the Vatican being so busy, a tour is mandatory. The guide did a great job highlighting the key aspects of the Vatican and museum. We had friends book the last tour of the day, which gave them a more private experience and were able to take pictures in Sistine chapel. DEFINITELY go to the Rotunda! Incredible views of Rome!
Paul H –
Mis-leading description – the tour does not include the Vatacombs!! We were left very disappointed with this tour. After searching through all the different Vatican tours on Viator and other websites, we chose this one as it stated that Your guide will also lead you through the underground level referred to as the Vatacombs, a rarely seen area of the Vatican where tombs of the former popes are located, before your tour ends. However, this was not actually included! Our tour abruptly ended whilst still inside St Peter’s Basilica. When another guest asked about the Vatacombs part of the tour, our guide simply pointed at the entrance and said we’re free to go down there if we want to, as they are open to anyone to visit, and we don’t need a guide for it!! She then left! This is despite us PAYING for a guided tour of the Vatacombs!! Furthermore, the tour advert makes it sound like the tour is providing special access to this area, stating it to be a rarely seen area. This is simply not true. It is open to the general public!! Anyone can simply wander down there from within St Peter’s Basilica! It is not rarely seen – thousands of visitors will go down there every day! In addition to this very misleading tour advertisement, the general logistics were poor. You are told to be at the tour operators offices for 10:30am, where you then sit around for half an hour, twiddling your thumbs, waiting for the tour to start at 11am. At 11am, you then walk as a group to the entrance to the Vatican. After queuing to go through the security checks, there was some confusion, with the guide taking us to various desks before we finally got access into the Vatican – by which time it was now about 11:30am. The guide was very knowledgeable, but because of the vast quantity of people also touring the Vatican, especially within the museums section, it was difficult to concentrate on what she was saying, as we were constantly being bumped into, trying to push past other groups, fighting to keep up with our own guide, and struggling to see the museum artifacts because of so many other people being in the way. I have to say, the best part of the experience was once the tour had ended, the guide had left, and we were able to go and explore St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatacombs and St Peter’s Square by ourselves. It’s well worth paying to go up to the top of St Peter’s Basilica 10 euros by lift, 8 euros by stairs, which you pay at a little booth in the courtyard. Up there, you get incredible views across Vatican City and Rome, and there’s even a gift shop and cafe up there, which were both fairly quiet. You can even send a postcard from the shop up there! But, as I said, this was NOT part of the paid tour. Beware though, that the lift only goes half-way. You still need to climb a lot of spiral steps to the top, which get very steep and narrow. Also, beware that once your guide leaves you in St Peter’s Basilica, if you leave the church and go out into St Peter’s Square, you cannot get back into the Vatican! You’d have to start again and queue, go through security, etc, as a regular visitor. So as you are fighting to keep up with your guide on the tour, don’t think maybe we can come back here later, because you can’t! Overall, a very misleading and disappointing tour. The best part of the day being once the tour had finished says it all! We wish we’d booked one of the other tours instead now, and not wasted our money on a tour that completely misrepresents what it includes. AVOID!!
Donna M –
This tour was packed with a ton of things to see and learn. However, the crowds were immense and the negotiating through them was a challenge. It seems to be par for the course, so don’t expect time to contemplate much…it’s like a drive by…on foot! The Vatican and Vatacombs were awesome. I would offer that there is probably little that can be done about viewing them without the wall to wall crowds. That said it is important to note that our guide did not speak English well or clearly…this added to frustration in getting information that we were sure he had a lot of but could not effectively pass on. We were all English speaking in this particular tour and expected a more clear speaking guide for sure. He was gracious and attentive but the job is monumental with all the crowds…kinda have mixed thoughts about whether it was worth it or not in retrospect. You want to see these sites, you want to learn from guides but you sure don’t want to be herded through the massive venue either. Jury is out on my final verdict . You finally surrender to it all and make the best of it and try to be in the moment. Hard to imagine visiting Rome without seeing these sites. Don’t think other guides were having an easier time than ours…it’s just what is. Just be patient and prepared.
Brenda_L –
Its amazing how much I learned on this tour – as the only non-Catholic of a group of 4, I was astounded on what Chiara, our tour guide, educated me on but also pleasantly surprised that my friends and husband learned a lot as well. Chiara was so entertaining and wonderful that I almost didn’t want to the tour to end. For those of you going to Rome – it’s worth the skip the line and get your own tour guide; you won’t learn or understand nearly as much on your own .
Stephen_C –
Our tour was very informative and it was lovely to learn about the history of the art and buildings we were looking at.
Anita_F –
Wonderful tour giving great detail and depth of knowledge on all that we saw. Our guide Luigi was very obviously experienced and his depth of knowledge greatly enhanced this tour. He was open to questions, easy to follow (in every sense, given the huge crowds there) and a very pleasant guide. I would highly recommend this tour.
Michalee_M –
Our tour guide was excellent! She was very knowledgable and friendly. It was well organized when the Vatican was very busy.
arielleller –
Starting off, I had high standards for this tour having been to the Vatican city 12 years prior on a Trafalgar tour. We took the metro across the river and walked to the starting point. Unfortunately, it took us a couple of trys to find the location (not very easy to find). Our tour guide was a friendly, older woman. She was knowledgeable and funny, however hard to understand through the headsets and she would disappear very often because she did not keep her wand up in the air. At one point, my husband and I got separated from our group because there were so many people. The amount of people was out of the tour company’s control, but it did ruin the experience for my husband who had never been before. Finally, I wouldn’t recommend this tour because the Vacacombs aren’t really worth the extra cost. They are not very large and just seems like a room with tombs. Unless you are extremely interested in certain popes, I think you could skip this part of the tour. The cathedral was by far the best part.
575lyleb –
The skip the line tour put us in a very long line for the security check. the entire tour was shoulder to shoulder. However our guide was very good.
Barbara_D –
Our tour guide Massimo was great, he made the Vatican Museum tour very nice and interesting. But we did not get the catacombs tour and also not the Vatican City tour, what was very disappointing. Viators reason for that miss were the corona restrictions, but the catacombs were definitely open to visitors at that day. Even though we received a 10€ refund, we did not get what we booked. This felt like deception and I cannot recommend Viator.
Bailey_O –
Great tour that went the extra mile to accommodate us. Was running behind (we blame the bus) but a simple message to the tour guide and we still made it. They had to split the tour into two parts because of COVID, but it gave us a chance to get lunch around the Vatican. Very hot during August, many stairs and steps, but all worth it!
Alejandro_C –
Our tour was great, the guide was very informative and she answered all our questions. It was very interesting learning about the Vatican museum and Sistine Chapel.
Kathleen_P –
The tour itself was amazing
However our guide was difficult to understand and the guides microphone and her transmitter produced irrating static in our earphones
Richard_P –
The tour guide was good herself but sadly the tour was chaos and we lost over an hour queuing to get inside. Inside it was carnage with the amount of people and we had no time to really take anything in.
Due to the delay we had to cut the tour short and missed a 1/3 of it, which was a big shame. Not the fault of the tour operator. But be prepared for huge queues here and don’t plan anything within a 5 hour window later.
Cynthia_W –
Excellent guide one of the best on our holiday
He is so informative and passionate on the subject which we loved
Amy_p –
The guide was good and Informative. However the wording of the title of the tour doesn’t really reflect what you see. We specifically got this tour for the vatacombs component and whilst you can go below the basilica – there is no access to anything over and above a regular access to the basilica. This tour was more expensive and we purchased it for the vatacombs component so please keep that in mind when purchasing!