Roman Catacombs and Crypts Tour

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Crypts and Catacombs tour departs at 14.30 daily from March to Mid-November, or on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from Mid-November to February.

3 hours 30 minutes

The Crypts and Catacombs walking tour is an ideal escape from the busy piazzas and overcrowded attraction that most tours visit.
Instead of focusing on Rome's top attractions this 3.5-hour experience will take you a few hundred years back in time.
Hear how Rome's Early Christian lived, their secret meeting places, clever communications and their persecution.
Instead of climbing Palatine Hill and marvelling at Renaissance painting you'll go underground, visit the extravagant Roman Burial Chambers and see St. Francis in Meditation " painted by Caravaggio in the late 1500's.
During the tour you will also visit the Crypts of the Capuchin Monks, decorated with over 4,000 human bones, then tour the Capuchin Museum and hear their stories.
The final stop is at the 12th century San Clementine Basilica and follow your guide below ground to an original Roman street dating back to the 1st century.
And as if that wasn't enough, your walking tour ticket will also include the entrance fees to the original Catacombs and Crypts, plus the Cathedral of San Clementine.