Papal Audience with Pope Leo XIV Tour in Rome

great experience. Mary made the entereance experience very pleasurable. Tickets to the mass are free but they need to be picked up Tuesday afternoon and can be hard to acquire. We flew into Rome late Tuesday night so it was great not having to worry about it.

It was good, we were able to take up a seat near the middle aisle where the Pope exited. I was just a little bit disappointed because the meet up is quite early and I thought that when everyone arrived we’ll immediately go to queue up, but we waited for a little bit before we went to the line which was quite long by the time we arrived. Once inside I discovered that there’s no need to hire a tour guide to enter and can do it individually, if I’ve known it in advance I would’ve choosen that option since I’ll be able to queue up/enter way earlier and will be able to choose a seat where we’ll have a high chance of meeting the Pope. I appreciate the efforts of the tour guide though and she only left once everyone in the group has settled down.

From the get-go, you knew it was disorganized. Our party of four were the first ones to arrive at the meeting spot at 630am yet when the organizers started to check off people, it became a free for all. Those who got there last were the first ones in the queue. Supposed to leave at 7am, they kept waiting for latecomers. When the group got to the basilica entrance, the line was painfully long already. This should have been marketed merely as a ticket pickup service. That was all there was to what they did. Basilica entrance tickets are free, you just need to pick them up. The price you pay does not provide any value-added experience. Sad to say. Keep your money or look for another service provider.

instructions were unclear . missed the trip. we were at the meeting place call Center was not helpful gaslighted us