Rome Catacombs Tour and Capuchin Crypts with Transportation

Free CancellationSkip the Line

Skip the line to explore the creepy underground world of Roman tombs then visit the Mouth of Truth

Free CancellationSkip the Line

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3.5 h


Max 25 Guests

If you’ve ever tried to navigate Rome’s underground wonders, you know it can feel like piecing together a puzzle, with scattered sites and limited access. With us, skip the line to these historic tombs and step into the Capuchin Crypts adorned with the bones of 3,700 friars. Visit Santa Maria in Cosmedin and Pope Hadrian’s Crypt, uncovering the stories of popes and martyrs buried below. With transportation included, this tour connects you to Rome’s most haunting and fascinating sites with ease.

Make your way to Piazza Barberini in central Rome, where you’ll meet your guide holding a sign in front of the fountain (Fontana del Tritone). Along with a small group of up to 25 people and your engaging guide, you’ll walk a couple of minutes to the Capuchin Crypts to view the hauntingly beautiful Bone Chapels. Afterward, board your air-conditioned vehicle to the entrance of the catacombs, about 20 minutes away. Along the way, you’ll pass the historic Appian Way as your guide shares stories ...

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Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance!

Wheelchair accessible

Meet your guide at Piazza Barberini

After finding your guide and small group of fellow travelers in Rome’s city center, hop into your private vehicle for the day!

Capuchin Crypt

Visit five chapels below the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione Cappuccini, all containing the skeletal remains of 3,700 Capuchin friars

Bone Chapels

Wander through dimly lit chapels, each eerily adorned by an intricately placed array of skulls and skeletal body parts

Catacombs of St. Callixtus

Explore one of Rome’s most significant and largest underground cemeteries, where 16 popes along with half a million Christians are buried

Grave of St. Cecilia

Enter a stunning church in Trastevere, where a crypt below the church’s main altar contains the body of the patron saint of musicians

For Reference Only. Itineraries are subject to change

Meet your friendly guide in central Rome in front of the Fontana del Tritone at Piazza Barberini. A representative will be there holding a sign with The Tour Guy name on it. Your tour will end at Bocca della Verità.

Wear comfortable shoes for this walking tour. In spring and autumn, we recommend bringing a light jacket.

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Engaging Tour Guide

Natalie Svider

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May 29, 2025

My first booking with The Tour Guy. The best part of the tour (aside from the destinations of course) was all the information provided by our tour guide(s). Full of great information and answered all the guests' questions.

Nancy Lupiani

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May 29, 2025

Arvin!!!!

Jennifer Ruddy

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May 29, 2025

We loved Arvin! He was informative and funny. Thank you so much. Made for a great tour!

Rome Catacombs Tour

Monica LAWRENCE

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May 27, 2025

Pia did a great job of explaining and getting us through a tricky situation. Interesting tour

Jacqueline Butler

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May 27, 2025

Amazing tour, very interesting and informative

Captivating!

Sara Kiewiet

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May 25, 2025

This tour was like nothing we've ever seen before. Beautiful and macabre at the same time. It was so well done. Monika did an amazing job narrating for us. We highly enjoyed it and would recommend!

Rome Catacombs and Capuchin Crypts

Deborah Bruggman

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May 25, 2025

This tour is very unique and interesting. The tour guide was excellent and was very respectful of the premises since it is a graveyard and a holy site. The use of bones as ornamental decorations in the tombs were creative and creepy. However, it was not scary and you did not see bones lying in the tombs. The tour guide was very informative about the burial practices of the early Christians from the first and second centuries and up to 500 A.D. Our family enjoy the tour. It was a good tour and we recommend it.

Anne Madison

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May 24, 2025

Excellent guides

Judith Singer

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May 23, 2025

This was a fascinating tour of the Capuchin crypts and catacombs. The guides are so educated and completely knowledgeable and also very enthusiastic about their subjects. Very worthwhile.

Gwen Hagenbarth

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May 23, 2025

Emily Girard

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May 23, 2025

Very well organized

Linda Anderson

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May 22, 2025

Even though we had to switch catacombs because the bus was very late.

Thomas Acosta

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May 22, 2025

Rome catacombs tour

Kimberly Morris and Sandra Dressel

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May 22, 2025

Our guide Claudio was very well informed and helpful. The tour was very interesting. Highly recommend.

Great Roman History

Patricia Nilan

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May 20, 2025

Our “The Tour Guy” guide was very knowledgeable and had a lot of interesting history to share. Her depth of historic information was great and really engaging. The other guide out at the crypts could have added more color to that part of the tour. Overall, it was a different view of Rome and very eye opening.

Tami Miller

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May 19, 2025

Roger Boneno

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May 19, 2025

Robert Wasserman

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May 16, 2025

Excellent

Catacombs and crypts

Susanne Alexandor

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May 16, 2025

We really enjoyed this unusual tour! All The history is incredible, and allowed us a trip out the Appian Way. Great tour to do with a tour company to get around the city. Jane was a wonderful guide, her years in Rome certainly benefitted us, and her lunch restaurant tip after the tour was great!

So interesting!

Denise Moylan

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May 15, 2025

Lovely guide and interesting tour.

A must see if you can e take it!!

Christine Fairchild

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May 14, 2025

Catacombs were great. Cryptos are not for softies. Alot of skeletons and bones. But great!!! May not be for small kids

Dennis Thomsen

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May 13, 2025

Thomas Poole

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May 12, 2025

Fascinating

Catherine Burt

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May 12, 2025

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour especially the catacombs! So interesting.

Elizabeth Martinez

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May 10, 2025