I was invited to enjoy this fantastic virtual tour of "Cappella Sistina" and joined from New York I am living in. Mario, he is very knowledgeable and witty and he... read more makes use of fresh materials in the tour. Those make me feel like as if I were in Cappella Sistina! Highly recommended, Altamente raccomandato!!

  I had the pleasure of a virtual tour with Mario Bernardi, who was one of the best guides I've ever experienced. He was knowledgeable, entertaining, information, educational, passionate, inspiring,... read more charming and the time just flew by. I learned a lot about this magnificent creation and can't wait to visit it again in person. It was a very special virtual visit.

  My husband I attended Mario's Caravaggio virual tour on a Zoom presentation. It was the third such presentation we have been involved in, and we absolutely loved it! Mario... read more is extremely knowledgeable and his presentations are always interesting. I particularly like his use of Ultra high definition pictures that allowed us to take an almost microscopic lookout the painting detail in many instances, it was amazing. He also laces his presentations with humour, and allows his own character to shine through. We will definitely be looking to do more online presentations and, when covid permits our travels back to Italy will certainly be taking personal tours of Rome with you too. Keep up the ke great work, many thanks and kind regards, Adrian and Sara. …

  After the pandemic stopped most foreign travel, I took several "virtual tours" with Mario through the Weekend in Italy web site. His knowledge base of history seems limitless and... read more the many images we looked at were thoughtfully prepared. He fills out the tour with many anecdotes that help bring the places, people and art to life. After I took the first tour on "Secrets of the Sistine Chapel" I immediately signed up for two others. None have disappointed. During this period in which we're forced to be armchair travelers, I can think of nothing more pleasurable than these virtual trips to Italy guided by Mario. Highly recommend!

  After attending many of Mario Bernardi's virtual tours during the Covid lockdown, we booked a 5-day custom private tour with Mario that included Ancient Rome walking tour (Coliseum, Forum, and... read more the Palatine Hill); Appian Way, Underground Catacombs, and Roman Baths of Caracalla; Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Gardens, and Scava; Baroque Rome walking tour (including Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, and Pantheon); Borghese Gallery and Gardens; and a walking tour of the Ancient Jewish Ghetto (wonderful fried artichokes for lunch) and Trastevere. Mario had a driver pick us up at the airport (at 11 p.m. after our flight was delayed!), and we also had drivers at various points to make our walking tours more convenient and doable. At approximately $3,000 for two (which included all entrance fees), it was worth every penny.

  Mario has lead us around the famous chapel and I'd like to thank him, because I visited a lot of times that site but, with Mario's knowledge of italian art... read more and gather to 3D images and the flight of 360° around the vault, I have never seen in this way. He has gave us the possibility to climb the whole Chapel and the care of "PARTICULARE" like the Francesco GUICCIARDINI, Mario has shown us the essence of one of the most important masterpiece of the universal art. Thank you and I'am looking for the next virtual visit... Bravo!