Go underground to explore the mysterious catacombs of Rome on this half-day guided tour. Get to know the hidden city that lies beneath the classic tourist attractions through a walking tour led by a guide, who provides insightful commentary on this side of the city. Highlights include Flavia Domitilla, the catacomb of Priscilla, and the largest underground cemetery in Rome.

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Stop At: Catacombe San Sebastiano, Rome, Lazio

The Catacombs of San Sebastiano are a hypogeum cemetery in Rome (Italy), rising along Via Appia Antica, in the Ardeatino Quarter. They are one of the very few Christian burial places that have always been accessible. The first of the former four floors is now almost completely destroyed.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Catacombe di Santa Domitilla, Rome, Lazio

The Catacombs of Rome (Italian: Catacombe di Roma) are ancient catacombs, underground burial places under Rome, Italy, of which there are at least forty, some discovered only in recent decades. Though most famous for Christian burials, either in separate catacombs or mixed together, people of all the Roman religions are buried in them, beginning in the 2nd century AD, mainly as a response to overcrowding and shortage of land.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Catacombe di Priscilla, Rome, Lazio

The Catacomb of Priscilla are an archaeological site on the Via Salaria in Rome, Italy, situated in what was a quarry in Roman times. This quarry was used for Christian burials from the late 2nd century through the 4th century. This catacomb, according to tradition, is named after the wife of the Consul Manius Acilius Glabrio; he is said to have become a Christian and was killed on the orders of Domitian. Some of the walls and ceilings display fine decorations illustrating Biblical scenes.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Catacombe di San Callisto, Rome, Lazio

The catacombs of St. Callixtus are among the greatest and most important of Rome. They originated about the middle of the second century and are part of a cemeterial complex which occupies an area of 90 acres, with a network of galleries about 12 miles long, in four levels, more than twenty meters deep. In it were buried tens of martyrs, 16 popes and very many Christians.

Duration: 1 hour