Papal Audience and St.Peter's Basilica Tour in Vatican City

The papal audience was great but the St. Peter’s basilica was just too much. Too many people and too long a wait. i should have booked the skip the line ticket but the guide was truly patient and very kind.

The entry to the Papal audience and Basilica is free you are paying just for the guide. But it was a nice experience as the guide explained a lot about the history.

the tour guide is helpful until the end.. although the line was still too long but atleast we made it inside after an hour..

grateful to witness papal audience, when it was announced to be on hold until May28. since entrance is free, expected the st peter Basilica have special lane as part of the tour, but ended up in line with the rest itinerary:

it is not necessary to buy these tickets, unless you want a tour. I thought it would help us get seats to the Papal Audience. In reality, tickets are for free. If you want to see the Pope, just go on a Wednesday to St. Peter's Basilica. The doors open at 7 AM. Make sure you're there before 8 am. The seats get filled up around 9 AM and the Pope appears around 930 AM. Choose the seats nearest to the barricades because the pope mobile passes there. We didn't take the tour because we were so tired and hungry, we chose to go home instead.

I got this because I wasn't sure I'd be able to get a ticket to the papal audience. Unfortunately, I was able to get a ticket to the audience but decided, oh well. I actually lined up to get the ticket for the papal audience. Took me about an hour. So getting this was a bit worth it because you can skip that line. Then when I was at the Papal Audience, I learned there was a mass and considered skipping this tour. But I didn't know where to line up for the mass so I joined the tour anyway. Of course, during the tour, I figured out where to line up (facing the basilica, the line between the obelisk and the right fountain) So next time, if I'm willing to line up for the ticket, I'll skip this tour. One disadvantage of the tour is that it keeps moving forward. But sometimes you want to dwell on things like the Pieta. And the way the basilica is set up, there are some places you can't return to. So choose: line up for papal ticket or spend money

When I booked, it said it would end at 12:00, but it was actually around 1:30 pm. I received a long text message beforehand, with instructions on how to dress, which I think was justified, but the meeting time for the "second part" of the tour of St. Peter's Basilica was 11:20 am. There's no way it would end at noon. The "first part" ceremony ended at 10 am, and I had to kill time at the surrounding cafes for over an hour. If this is a weekly thing, it should be clearly stated when booking. If we had moved to the second part immediately after the first part, it would have ended by 12:30 pm. Even if that wasn't the case, the security queues for both parts were very long and exhausting, so I think the time notation is extremely important for this tour. Even the Italian National Railways compensates for express trains that are delayed by more than 30 minutes (I actually experienced this). I feel like I want some kind of compensation.

Ive booked with klook many times and there are no issues. but for this one, the operator cancelled the tour on the date and time when all the participants were already there. The english guide had an emergency and had to go to the hospital (understandable), but they promised a refund. They took our names and qr codes but the refund never came. Upon following up with klook, the operator said that we proceeded with the tour, which is false. Dishonest operator. If you want to see the pope, its free and if you want to enter st peters, its free as well, so this is only for the guide, and they wont even refund even if its their fault. If i were you, id pass.

Be more considerate to elderly guest like giving suggestion when to meet that is accessible.