Vatican St. Peter's Basilica Ticket + Audio Guide - Optional Dome Climb (Stairs or Elevator)

Explore St. Peter's Basilica freely
with a pre-booked ticket

When you meet the host at the meeting point, they help you with entry and set up the audio guide app. After that, you explore the basilica without a guide, using just your phone and the audio commentary. With no fixed group schedule, you can pause anywhere, replay sections and stay as long as you like.

Discover the basilica's treasures with the audio guide

The audio guide follows the path pilgrims have walked for five centuries and leads you to the basilica's highlights. See Michelangelo's Pietà, Bernini's bronze baldachin soaring above the papal altar, the Confessio in front of St. Peter's tomb, and the grottoes beneath the floor where many popes rest, and learn the meaning of the altars, relics and Holy Door.

Climb the dome for views over Rome (optional)

If you choose a dome option, you go up to Michelangelo's dome by stairs or elevator. Climb a final short flight of stairs to see a panorama over St. Peter's Square and the rooftops of Rome.

※ Access to the dome may be restricted or temporarily closed due to high demand, and the elevator may sometimes be unavailable.
※ The basilica may occasionally close without prior notice.