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

4.95

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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.

After meeting up with your local guide in Piazza Barberini in central Rome, your group will walk with you to the site of the Capuchin Crypts—home to displays containing over 3,700 human skeletons. Next, you’ll travel by van to the vast underground tombs at the Catacombs Priscilla for an unforgettable night tour. Best of all, your guide will unlock the gates to the catacombs right before your eyes, letting you feel like a true VIP.

Rome Catacombs at Night Tour Description

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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

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.

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

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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

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May 10, 2025

Catacombs/Crypts

tim bolden

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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

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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

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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!

Katherine Wilbur

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April 18, 2025

Evening catacombs tour

Jerold Miller

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April 18, 2025

Thanks Francesca for being such a nice and knowledgeable tour guide

Awsome private tour

Jerold Miller

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April 17, 2025

Thanks Bogdan for making our private tour of the Collisium in Italy so much fun and relaxing. We would highly recommend them

Stacie Woodward

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April 15, 2025

Excellent Experience

KEVIN O'REILLY

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April 11, 2025

The tour started in the Capuchin Crypts. It was very informative about the Capuchin Order and the history behind the crypts. Next we had a short van ride to the Catacombs of Priscilla. The tour guide handed over the tour to one of the Sisters in charge of the Catacombs. She was very informative and brought a deep connection with my faith.

Catacombs and Crypts with Francesca.

Yuri Davis

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April 10, 2025

Wonder private evening tour of the Catacombs and then on to the Capuchin Crypts. Our guide Francesca was very personable. She knows all about everything Room. Book this tour. You will enjoy.