Rome Underground Catacombs Small-Group Tour
Description
To truly understand Rome, we must dig downwards. Explore underground passageways and discover the secrets of the largest catacombs in Rome with this small group walking tour. Your expert historian guide will explain how this network of sacred tunnels is associated with the first Christians in ancient Rome. Listen to stories about the roots of Christianity’s most enduring rites and rituals as you wander through ancient passageways containing over 150,000 bodies and stretching over 17 kilometres. This small group, personal experience is not to be missed.
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Itinerary
Descend to the depths of Roman street level as you learn the history of Rome’s development, before venturing into the underbelly of it’s underworld!
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(50)
Our tour guide was awesome! I wish I could remember his name, full of knowledge, friendly and a great sense of humor. The catacombs were impressive and kind of mind blowing. I highly recommend Viator for this tour
Thank you so much for your kind feedback 😊 We’re really happy you enjoyed the catacombs and had a great experience with our guide. We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to see you again on another tour soon!
Our guide Sean was friendly and amazing! Full of interesting stories and history about the Catacombs! Very helpful getting us to a taxi so we could move on to our next tour! Thank you Sean! 👍
Thank you for your wonderful review, Helen! We’re so happy you enjoyed exploring the Catacombs with Sean and appreciated his stories, knowledge, and helpfulness. We truly appreciate your kind words!
Vanessa is a fabulous tour guide. She was very knowledgeable, engaging, and thoughtful. Highly recommend this tour.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're thrilled you had such a great experience with Vanessa and appreciate your high recommendation. 😊
So cool! The tour did say it had a 10 person limit, so we booked all 10 spots....they did not limit it to 10! and they combined us with more people even though we booked all 10. That kind of sucked, we were looking forward to the small group. So it is not a small group. But was still good, we could hear the guide and did not have to wear headphones to hear him. So it was still a small-ish tour experience. Our guide was able to answer all of our questions and had good stories. It was one of my favorite tours we went on. And we went on a tour every single day! No pictures are allowed inside.
Thank you, Harmonie! We’re glad you enjoyed the Catacombs tour and the guide’s stories, and we appreciate your feedback about the group size.
Our small group tour with Alessandra pleasantly turned out to be private. She was so sweet and gave us a very detailed history of the development of the catacombs, then took her time showing us through all the areas currently open to the public. She was wonderful.
Thank you, Nicole! We’re so glad you enjoyed the tour with Alessandra — she’ll be delighted to hear your kind words!
After days of feeling like cattle herded through crowded Rome this tour was like a breath of fresh air. This is a perfect intimate tour where you won’t feel like you’re chasing around competing tour guides pushing through large crowds. Divan’s tour was amazing. I could have listened to him speak about the history of the catacombs for hours. We chose this shorter tour because I couldn’t imagine paying attention for longer than an hour or two but while I was on the tour I was hoping it wouldn’t end. Davin spoke quickly so if you have an adhd brain like mine it is perfect, maybe not if English is your not your first language. He explained the history of the catacombs and Rome in a way that was easy to follow and helped you grasp how extraordinary this piece of history is.
Thank you so much, Haley! We’re thrilled you enjoyed the Catacombs tour with Divan — he’ll be so happy to know his storytelling made the history come alive for you!
Mike was an incredible guide! He was funny, incredibly knowledgible, and made this such a fun experience. We really enjoyed the stories he told from the Pagan and Christian roots of this place. It absolutely opened up our minds to how these two belief systems shaped and were shaped by the Roman Empire, and how that influence is seen today. I can't recommend this tour enough!
Thank you for your wonderful review! We're thrilled you enjoyed Mike’s tour and the fascinating stories about Rome’s history and culture!
We thought this tour was part of a Colliseum tour, but it is not. Nevertheless it was a pleasant surprise! Georgia was extremely passionate and knowledgeable about the catacombs and their history.
Thank you, Joe! We’re glad you enjoyed the catacombs tour with Georgia—she’ll be thrilled to hear your kind words and passion for the history!
Divan was such an incredible guide! He made sure we knew all the history to ensure we truly felt the impact of the catacombs themselves. He answered any and all questions we had and was so friendly and sociable. A guide can make or break a tour and he definitely helped make this a memorable experience for us!
Thank you, Alexandria! We're so glad you had a memorable experience with Divan — he’ll be thrilled to hear your kind words. Hope to welcome you on another tour soon!
Pieter was very knowledgeable and witty my college aged son and I had a great time. The tour is about 2 hours so the TripAdvisor description wasn’t 100% accurate but totally worth it. Also not a lot of skulls like in some photos but you don’t need to see those the place is massive and super interesting. Learned a lot about Rome not just the catacombs!
Thank you! We’re glad you and your son enjoyed Pieter’s wit and knowledge. It’s great to hear you found the tour interesting and full of fascinating history! 🕯️🏛️
