After Hours Rome Catacombs Tour with Capuchin Crypts
Free CancellationSkip the Line
Experience Rome’s underground tombs and religious bone displays on this exclusive night tour
Free CancellationSkip the Line
4.94
( 94 reviews )
3 h
Max 23 Guests
The doors close to the public, but not for you. With exclusive access to Rome’s underground world, step into the eerie Catacombs after dark, long after the crowds have disappeared. Before descending below, visit the Capuchin Crypts, where the bones of thousands of monks create one of the most haunting displays in the city. With a passionate guide leading the way, this after-hours experience transforms Rome’s hidden past into something you’ll never forget.
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Select participants and date
Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance!
Expert English-speaking guide
Catacombs tickets
Capuchin Crypts
Priscilla Catacombs
Transportation
Group size of 20
Tour guide gratuities
Hotel pick up
Wheelchair accessible
Meeting point at Piazza Barberini
Find your guide and small group of fellow travelers in Rome’s city center, then hop into a private vehicle for an unforgettable evening
Capuchin Crypts
Visit five chapels below the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione Cappuccini, all containing the skeletal remains of 3,700 Capuchin friars
Crypt of the Resurrection
Gaze at an eerie depiction of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, surrounded by actual parts of a human skeleton
Crypt of the Skulls
View an unsettling wall of human skulls while learning more about how these crypts were created to symbolize mortality
Crypt of the Pelvises
Continue to gawk at the intricate pattern of human bones within each crypt, created from the remains of nearly 4,000 friars
For Reference Only. Itineraries are subject to change
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It was good
Megan Warren
Verified Review
June 13, 2025
We couldn’t understand the tour guide at the second crypt. Would have been helpful to have a handout or pamphlet to follow along with as we toured.
Fascinating Underground Tour
Patrick Rogers
Verified Review
June 11, 2025
Don’t miss this tour! Claudio was fantastic as our guide, taking us through the Capuchin Crypts and Catacombs tour. Just a fascinating look into the history of Rome back to the first century. Claudio took great care of our group and was a joy as our guide!
Kelly Kerwin
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June 08, 2025
Benjamin Tolpa
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June 07, 2025
Loved the crypts and catacombs
Marie Kiser
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June 06, 2025
We started the tour in the crypts and it was a wonderful experience - we thought it might be frightening but instead it was quite peaceful. Our guide, Sylvia, did a wonderful job preparing us with information about the catacombs as well as the crypts- definitely take this tour!
Thank you to Sylvia.
ashley hang
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May 29, 2025
Very good tour
Todd Cohen
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May 29, 2025
Sam was a very knowledgeable and helpful guide. The buss trip was a welcome break from having to walk everywhere.
What a great tour!
Dianne Donofrio
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May 28, 2025
Fiona, our guide was excellent. The Capuchin Crypts were truly something to be seen. I especially enjoyed the Catacombs tour which Sister Helena narrated from a biblical perspective.
Awesome!
Peter Lujan
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May 28, 2025
Great trip!
LeeAnn Love
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May 28, 2025
Fiona was our guide and we had a great time! By far our whole group of 7 favorite was the catacombs. We had Sister Lydia as our guide, she and Fiona gave us a very informative and unique tour. 10/10 would do again.
Gail Salcido
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May 26, 2025
Mark Patton
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May 25, 2025
Great tour
Elizabeth Vu
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May 17, 2025
FEDERICA was a great guide! She was very personable and friendly . Answered all our questions and even gave us tips where her favorite places to eat as a local and native Roman. The tour itself was great too! The chapel of bones is spooky but is art at the same … amazing ! Then we go in a tour bus to outside the city walls (about 20min ride) to the crypt which is basically an underground cemetery. There are no longer bodies or bones there but you can see the tombs. It was my first time seeing a crypt so was very interesting and have a new perspective on how ancient people lived and were buried during those days. Highly recommend the tour!
Margaret Place
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May 15, 2025
Awesome catacombs tour
James Beaty
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May 13, 2025
Fiona was an awesome guide. I learned a lot and the tour was well worth the money
Catacombs and Crypt
Christine Krombos
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May 13, 2025
This was a very interesting tour. The guides were informative and friendly. We enjoyed it.
Jeffrey Gitto
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May 11, 2025
The depths of Rome!
Wendy Miller
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May 11, 2025
This tour provides a whole different perspective to the history of early Roman Christians. We especially loved the tour of the Catacombs and the nun from the order of St. Mary who described the burial practices and ancient art was wonderful. Arvin and Pia, our tour guides, made the experience fun and filled in lots of details.
Kally Wuensche
Verified Review
May 10, 2025
Catacombs/Crypts
tim bolden
Verified Review
May 08, 2025
The Catacombs tour and our tour guide was awesome.
The Crypts was okay and in hindsight could have done without.
Cynthia Forehand
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May 06, 2025
Unique History of Rome
Angelica Iacobucci
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April 30, 2025
A wonderful experience!!! This tour is very special. To begin, it was a perfectly timed tour. My family and I finished our day of sightseeing above ground before heading below ground just prior to dinner time. The catacombs were incredible. The specific catacomb on this tour was unique in that it contained preserved art from over 1000 years ago as well as some of the first depicted Christian iconography from the New Testament. You do not have to be religious to appreciate the history and wonder of the catacombs. In addition to the location our tour guide Silvia made sure we all had a wonderful time. She kept us on schedule to maximize our tour and provided us both historical knowledge of the catacombs as well as recommended food to try while in Rome. This tour was excellent!
Very informative, interesting and fun
Maria Riley
Verified Review
April 30, 2025
I very much enjoyed this tour, which I found to be as advertised. Our tour leader, Silvia, was amazing- funny, efficient and knowledgeable.
The museum at the start of the capuchin cryptic was not that interesting but the rest of the tour was fascinating. I especially appreciated the tour of the catacombs, which was led by a nun from the convent.
Lastly but not least, our bus driver was fantastic! Safe, calm and did his best to keep us out of the rain.
Robert Waren
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April 27, 2025
So Interesting!
Dinah Sandusky
Verified Review
April 25, 2025
Our tour guide was absolutely fabulous! She gave lots of good info and even shared the best gelato places! The catacombs portion was led by one of the sisters who takes care of the catacombs and she was so loving about it all. A friend said not to miss this tour and I’m so glad I listened!