Underground Rome San Callisto Catacombs Guided Tour Experience
- 1 hour
- 4 languages
- Instant confirmation
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
Descend beneath the historic Appian Way on a guided tour of the Catacombs of San Callisto. Explore the underground galleries and learn about early Christian burial customs. - Explore the underground world of the Catacombs of San Callisto - Visit the Crypt of the Popes and discover its early Christian history - Discover the crypt of Santa Cecilia and the traditions surrounding the saint - See ancient burial niches, inscriptions and surviving Christian artwork - Learn more about early Christian burial customs and the development of Christianity During the visit, your guide will provide historical context that helps bring the underground site to life, connecting the physical remains to the history of Rome's early Christian communities. Learn how the catacombs were built, how they were used, and why San Callisto became such an important site in the history of Christianity.
Inclusions
What's included
- Access to San Callisto Catacombs
- Guided Tour of the San Callisto Catacombs
Itinerary
Descend beneath the historic Appian Way and discover the fascinating underground world of the Catacombs of San Callisto on a guided tour. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, explore one of Rome’s most significant early Christian burial complexes. Enter the network of underground passages carved into the volcanic rock and discover how the catacombs were developed as places of burial and remembrance. Your guide will explain the customs of early Christian communities and help you understand the significance of the inscriptions, burial niches, chambers, and surviving traces of ancient Christian art found throughout the complex. The tour includes the historic Crypt of the Popes, an important area associated with several early bishops of Rome. The experience offers a different perspective on Rome, taking you away from the city's famous monuments and into a quieter archaeological environment beneath the ancient landscape of the Appian Way.
Cancellation
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The customers will have the comfort of going to the San Callisto Catacombs directly with their tickets, instead of going to a meeting point. Their entrance tickets will be sent to them on Email and WhatsApp before their visit.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 20 travellers
- Operated by
- Prime Travels
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Rome
- Its from-price is 84% below the median of the 8352 experiences we list in Rome.
- It is shorter than most of them.
About Rome
Rome layers nearly three thousand years of history into one walkable city, from the Colosseum and Forum to Baroque piazzas and Vatican art.
Ancient Rome is still in plain sight. The Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill sit together at the city's heart, the Pantheon still stands with its open oculus, and fragments of temples and aqueducts turn up between apartment blocks. Across the Tiber, Vatican City holds St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Top-ranked sights in Rome: Colosseum, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel.
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