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Padre Pio's Shrine Private Tour from Rome

5.038 reviews

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  • 11–12 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • 5 languages
  • Instant confirmation

Highlights

San Giovanni Rotondo is famous all over the world as the native city of St. Pio (known as Padre Pio) of Pietrelcina, and as the city where the venerated monk worked his miracles. Pio was beatified in 2002. In the Capuchin Monastery Padre Pio received the stigmata in 1918, and there where all those supernatural events that led to his sainthood and canonization took place as well. Visiting this Monastery and viewing the chambers where St. Pio conducted his life means jumping into a context of spirituality and mysticism; it is a destination that the devout and tourists alike should make every effort to visit.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Private tour Leader at your disposal (choose the language on the checkout)
  • Pick-up and drop off with luxury transportation and private chauffeur
  • Entrance to the Church of St. Pius "Great Church"
  • Visit of the crypt which hosts the body of St. Pio
  • Entrance in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
  • Lunch (fixed menu)
  • Entrance ticket at St. Pio's Museum (free of charge)

What's not

  • Gratuities. If you are satisfied with the service, a gratuity is customary.

Itinerary

  1. Rome represents the starting point but also the end of the tour, because there will be 4 hours of driving time to get in San Giovanni Rotondo, and then to come back. There’s the restroom stop each 2 hours from Rome to San Giovanni Rotondo.

    Passes by

  2. After the death of Padre Pio, the Saints friars thought of constructing new church, because it is too sensitive to the material and spiritual needs of the devotees, the existing church could not contain. Renzo Piano, so that it could accommodate 6,500 people. For its size it is the second largest church in Italy, after St. Peter's Church in Rome.

    2 hAdmission included

  3. Originally built in 1540, the Capuchin Monastery is the site where the Saint lived from September 1916, until his death in September 1968. It was here that Pio received the stigmata in 1918, and where all those supernatural events that led to his sainthood and canonization took place as well. Visiting this Monastery and viewing the chambers where St. Pio conducted his life means jumping into a context of spirituality and mysticism; it is a destination that devout and tourists alike should make every effort to visit.

    2 hAdmission included

  4. Originally built in 1540, the Capuchin Monastery is the site where the Saint lived from September 1916, until his death in September 1968. It was here that Pio received the stigmata in 1918, and where all those supernatural events that led to his sainthood and canonization took place as well. Visiting this Monastery and viewing the chambers where St. Pio conducted his life means jumping into a context of spirituality and mysticism; it is a destination that devout and tourists alike should make every effort to visit.

    1 hAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Pickup
Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by
Rome Italy Explora
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Rome

  • Its from-price is 549% above the median of the 8352 experiences we list in Rome.
  • It is longer than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 1238 of 8352.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Rome

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