Published on Jan, 2025

It was dream come true for my husband who developed a devotion for Padre Pio last year. It’s a long ride from but it was well worth it and I don’t think we would have appreciated visiting Pietrelcina if we just took an Uber to go there and back. We thank God for our tour leader Sabrina who took us to the different chapels in Pietrelcina and this included leading our family of 5 down a beautiful hallway with mosaic walls built and gifted by Filipinos some years back because of their devotion to Padre Pio. The right wall showed mosaic images of the life of Christ while the left wall had mosaic images of the life of St. Francis of Assisi. The day before the tour, we asked if we could hear Mass in Pietrelcina as it was going to be a Sunday. Viator accommodated our request and Sabrina timed it so that we could still find seats for the 11:30am mass. She brought us to Padre Pio’s crypt after (it could’ve been before the Mass when there were less people at the crypt, but I’m glad she made a judgment call to do this after the mass so our family could be seated for Mass. I told Sabrina if there was an opportunity, if we could hear confession too. She tried in Pietrelcina but there was none. Part of the tour was having lunch which our family enioyed. Other than Pietrelcina, the tour includes going to the Saint Michael the Archangel chapel/sanctuary. Didn’t expect this special walk down to a chapel/cave. And Sabrina was able to help us find a place where there were was an English priest-confessor. ❤️ I wish Sabrina could have spoken more about Padre Pio but that’s on me because I didn’t ask more about him. More than anything, I am grateful that it was Sabrina who was our tour leader because I really felt her faith and she was not shy about sharing this with us and emphasizing about faith and God’s love. Florian our driver got us sooner to the various destinations efficiently and safely. He was kind to interact with too. This made our trip to Italy both memorable and meaningful. Perfect for our family Jubilee pilgrimage. My only feedback for consideration of Viator is to fix the Viator app because when it asked me to choose a certain currency (INR) to avail of my points (to give me a discount for my succeeding ordered trips), I couldn’t select the currency on the app. Even Arif, our tour leader for our Pisa trip tried to help but even if we tried restarting the app and my phone, it didn’t work so I wasn’t able to avail of my earned points. Hope other customers don’t have the same concern.

Published on Oct, 2024

Beautiful experience, Luigi was the best driver and Sabrina was a wonderfull tour guide so patient and attentive they are the best

Published on Apr, 2024

Our trip to see Padre Pio was a great experience! Francesco was our guide for the tour, and he was an excellent companion.

Published on Nov, 2023

Great experience great guide loved everything we seen couldn’t of done it on our own learned so much

Published on Nov, 2023

My aunt and I had the absolute best time with Francesco (guide) and Luigi (driver) !!! Francesco conducted himself very professionally and was clear in giving directions. He came across as very knowledgeable, both in terms of historical and cultural fact, as well as providing anecdotes that were very interesting. Luigi, our driver, was careful and brought us back to our hotel in a timely manner. He also made the necessary stops during the long trip to accommodate our needs. This particular tour allowed us into a few exclusive places (both at Padre Pio and St Michael sanctuaries). Truly holy and miraculous, my aunt experienced a miracle right after leaving Padre Pio sanctuary! I would highly, very highly recommend, that you also take and try this beautiful tour and memorable experience!