Catacombs Private Tour in Rome with Transportation

Skip the LinePrivate Tour

Experience the Catacombs, Capuchin Crypts, and Santa Maria in Cosmedin with a personal guide

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3.3 h

Transform your experience with a private guide offering detailed attention and engaging, local knowledge. Enjoy convenient transportation as you visit the ancient catacombs where popes and martyrs rest, marvel at Santa Maria in Cosmedin with the famed Mouth of Truth and Hadrian’s Crypt, and stop at the historic Appian Way. This is a truly exceptional way to connect with Rome’s unique and compelling history.

Begin your journey with a personal pick-up from your hotel in central Rome. Start with the fascinating Capuchin Crypts, featuring intricate bone displays, before descending to the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, a vast burial site of martyrs and pontiffs. See the historic Aurelian Walls and the ancient Appian Way, then visit Santa Maria in Cosmedin Church to marvel at the Mouth of Truth and Hadrian’s Crypt. After a fun day of exploring Rome’s hidden history, your driver will take you back to your...

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Free cancellation up to 7 days in advance!

Fun English-speaking guide

Roundtrip transportation

Skip the line Catacombs tickets

Capuchin Crypts

Appian Way

Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Mouth of Truth

Hadrian's Crypt

Private tour

Guide gratuity

Meals

Wheelchair accessible

Meet your guide at Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini

Start your tour off at this beautiful, Baroque church dedicated to the Capuchin Friars

Capuchin Crypts

Uncover the remarkable history and macabre beauty of the Capuchin bone displays

Ancient Frescoes

Most people envision Jesus as a bearded man with long hair. As you'll learn on this tour, this wasn't always so.

Catacombs of St. Callixtus

Your journey continues on the Ancient Appian Way, where you'll descend into a wonderfully preserved complex of Roman catacombs that dates back to the 1st century A.D.

Ancient Appian Way

Take a short walk along a stretch of this famous ancient road that Julius Caesar once walked on

For Reference Only. Itineraries are subject to change

This tour includes hotel pickup if you're staying in the center of Rome. Please contact our Travel Experts after booking to let us know where you're staying so we can arrange pickup.

In addition to wearing or bringing clothing that covers your knees and shoulders, it's recommended to wear comfortable shoes. You're also welcome to bring a water bottle. Remember you're heading underground and it'll be cooler, so you may want to bring and extra light layer for yourself or your kids.

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Rosaleen Keogh

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March 17, 2025

steve crown

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February 22, 2025

A very good tour, David our guide was very helpful and knowledgeable Would recommend this tour.

Thomas McGee

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February 01, 2025

Awesome Tour!!

Joseph Colacicco

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January 19, 2025

We took this private tour of the Catacombs and the Capuchin Crypts as part of our continued set of tours to really understand the history of Rome. Our guide Federica was exactly what we needed. She really is able to tie together the history and the modern context to give you a full picture of Roman life. She was a really engaging guide and made our tour amazing.

Jacie Dascoli

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January 11, 2025

Cindy clonan

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July 23, 2024

Amazing

Jeffrey Piraino

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July 12, 2024

Our guide was so knowledgeable and detailed. Felt like a personlalized history lesson and we enjoyed it very much! .

Who knew?

Kim Hirschman

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June 16, 2024

Fascinating tour, definitely one for those who have been to Rome before and are interested in history at the next level. Great guide, well organised

Great tour - thank you!

Katy Tynan

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March 12, 2024

This was a great experience! Federica was super knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The catacombs and the ossuary were both fascinating. We learned a lot, had fun, and were able to see these sites easily in one afternoon.

Excellent Tour

Guy Annunziata

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October 17, 2023

Davido was friendly knowledgeable and funny.

Catacombs

Michael shaub

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July 01, 2023

Fiona is excellent extremely knowledgeable and an excellent guide

Carrie Thomas

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May 05, 2023

Beauty and Dignity

Evan Danyliuk

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April 30, 2023

Our guide was so kind and helpful. Everything was explained so well. We really appreciated his tips on some of the lesser known things to see and do. This tour is a must for anyone.

Sweet

Ashley Whittingslow

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February 18, 2023

She was so nice and sweet! Full of knowledge!!

Catacombs Private Tour in Rome

Katherine A Walmer

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October 30, 2022

Great private tour

Cynthia Stanton

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April 16, 2022

Amanda was fabulous! Her knowledge of the crypts and their history was amazing. We learned so much from her on this tour. Our only concern was she was not able to go down into the crypts with us. They had us in a group of 25 with a guide who had a very heavy accent. He was difficult to understand and he moved us through the crypts at a quick pace, leaving little time to see or learn much about them. Thank goodness for Amanda! She explained everything that we were shown in the crypts, once we joined her again, to give us a clear understanding. Fascinating tour. Highly recommend if there were less crowded underground crypts to visit with Amanda.

Rome Underground Tour, Catacombs & Mithraeum

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September 19, 2017

The tour, led by Cristiana Ventura, takes in the Basilica of San Clemente, the Catacombs of Domatilla a short distance outside the city and the Appian Way and Aurelian Walls. Christina was very knowledgeable about the sights and the history of Rome. We were walking through time as we toured the Basilica as the site has 4 layers of buildings starting from 100 BC. Each layer has ben excavated. In the catacombs, she provided insight to the lives of the early Christians who lived there. I recommend this tour as 1) our guide was very knowledgeable (allowing for an appreciation of the life and times of the people) and 2) the group was small (allowing time for discussion and questions). I highly recommend the tour. The Basilica, because of the history of the location) is one of the hidden secrets for Rome.

San Clemente

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April 29, 2016

They call San Clemente the " Lasagna church". We loved every second of it. Our favorite part of the tour

Great Private Tour

Sean Sean

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April 26, 2016

We did 3 private tours with The Roman Guy. This one was my favorite bc it was so off the beaten path. San Clemente is super cool. Catacombs are great too and way out of town. Walking on Appian way was the best for me though. Just thinking that Caesar walked on those same roads made is a great experience. Guide spoke great english and I think our driver was born behind the wheel of a car. He found a way around traffic like it was no problem.