Roma Trip Overview
You will start the tour in St. Peter’s square, where you will enter St Peter’s Basilica, the church par excellence! Inside the great basilica the guide will let you discover the famous statue of Pietà by Michelangelo, Bernini’s baldachin, the tomb of St. Peter, the tomb of Pope John Paul II and Christina of Sweden’s funeral monument.
After that, the driver will pick-you up and you will be visiting the roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore; here you will be stunned by the gorgeous mosaics of the Middle Ages and sacred relics.
Always with the driver, you will then continue with the visit of the Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, here the guide will lead you to the discovery of a piece of the Cross of Christ and a spine of the Christ’s crown. You will then venture underground.
You will finally walk to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, the most important cathedral of Rome. Here you will find the relics of Saints Peter and Paul, the ancient Cloister, and the Sancta Sanctorum.
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Duration: 4 to 5 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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You will start the tour in St. Peter’s square, where you will enter St Peter’s Basilica, the church par excellence! Inside the great basilica the guide will let you discover the famous statue of Pietà by Michelangelo, Bernini’s baldachin, the tomb of St. Peter, the tomb of Pope John Paul II and Christina of Sweden’s funeral monument.
After that, the driver will pick-you up and you will be visiting the roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore; here you will be stunned by the gorgeous mosaics of the Middle Ages and sacred relics.
Always with the driver, you will then continue with the visit of the Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, here the guide will lead you to the discovery of a piece of the Cross of Christ and a spine of the Christ’s crown. You will then venture underground.
You will finally walk to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, the most important cathedral of Rome. Here you will find the relics of Saints Peter and Paul, the ancient Cloister, and the Sancta Sanctorum.
Itinerary
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Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
You will start the tour in St. Peter’s square, where you will enter St Peter’s Basilica, the church par excellence! Inside the great basilica the guide will let you discover the famous statue of Pietà by Michelangelo, the baroque Bernini’s baldachin, the tomb of St. Peter, the tomb of Pope John Paul II and Christina of Sweden’s funeral monument, one of the few funeral monuments dedicated to a woman.
Kindly note that we don’t provide skip-the-line tickets to the Basilica, it is a sacred place and it is for free, therefore we kindly ask you to be patient at the entrance.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Stop At: Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Maria Maggiore, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont
After that, the driver will pick-you up and you will be visiting the roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore; here you will be stunned by the gorgeous mosaics of the Middle Ages, you will enter in two of the main chapels, namely Cappella Sforza and Cappella Paolina. Inside the basilica you will also see the relics of the manger under the high altar, the Holy Stairs and artist Bernini’s tomb.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Piazza di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 12, 00185 Rome Italy
Always with the driver, you will then continue with the visit of the Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, here the guide will lead you to the discovery of relics: a piece of the Cross of Christ, a spina of the Crown of Christ. You will admire the beautiful painting by Alessandro Romano in the apse, you will then venture underground at the discovery of Saint Helen’s chape
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Piazza di Porta San Giovanni, 4, 00184 Rome Italy
You will finally walk to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, your last stop, Saint John is the most important cathedral of Rome. You will visit, among beautiful chapels, the relics of Saints Peter and Paul and the ancient Cloister. The guide will deliver information on Borromin’s baroque niches of the central nave.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
