The Mosaics of Saint Peter's Basilica Tour

Guided tour of Saint Peter’s mosaic tour

Language: English
Frequency: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
This tour is not available during religious festivities.
Tour starting time: 8:30. On Tuesday and on Thursday the tour is available also at 15:30.

Full price ticket: 75,00 Euro per person.
Duration: approximately 2 hours
Price includes: monolingual guide service, fast track entrance into the Basilica, guided tour of the Basilica, headphones to hear the guide explanation comfortably, visit at the School of Mosaic of the Vatican and at Vatican city.

Ticket reductions
Young people from 7 to 17 years old – reduced price ticket 55,00 Euro.
Children under 6 years old have free entrance.

Tour description: the tour begins in Saint Peters square. Here the visitor will be accompanied to the Vatican School of Mosaic, near the residence of Santa Marta, to admire and discover the work of the masters of mosaic and how they are realized, especially the mosaics that the Pope donates to the chief of states coming to Vatican for official visits. Inside the school the explanation is given by the direction of the school, which is also an expert of mosaic. The tour proceeds towards Saint Peters Basilica, inside Vatican City. Once in the Basilica, visitors have the possibility to join a guided tour aimed to discover the artistic treasures conserved in Saint Peters. The visitor can also admire the wonderful mosaic decorating the vaults, the Dome and the walls of the Basilica for more than ten-thousand square meters of surface. 

Meeting Point: St. Peter’s Square – Vatican State
The meeting point is – facing the Basilica - under the right side colonnade*, just in the middle, precisely in correspondence of the Police hurdle (see drawing below).The staff - wearing a blue jacket with the Vox Mundi logo printed on it - will wait for you to accompany you, through a dedicated gate, inside the Basilica.