Roma Trip Overview
Enjoy an in-depth experience in one of the most exciting and visited places in Rome, the Catacombs on the Ancient Appian Way. Immersed in the green Roman countryside, you’ll descend into a complex network of underground tunnels, among the longest in the world, spread over an area of about 15 hectares, for about 60 km of tunnels on several levels. The catacombs that we’ll visit (San Calisto, San Sebastiano, or Santa Domitilla) will change depending on the day. Wherever we start, you’ll have the chance to see ancient frescoes, crypts rich in inscriptions carved in the walls, niches with remains of skeletons, small mausoleums, sarcophagi, tombs, and small chapels, that even after about 2000 years, are still used to celebrate religious rites. Here you’ll find the burial of famous people like popes, martyrs and, according to legends, even some apostles.
After the tour, back in the sunlight, your driver will take you back to the starting point.
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Duration: 120 to 150 minutes
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Enjoy an in-depth experience in one of the most exciting and visited places in Rome, the Catacombs on the Ancient Appian Way. Immersed in the green Roman countryside, you’ll descend into a complex network of underground tunnels, among the longest in the world, spread over an area of about 15 hectares, for about 60 km of tunnels on several levels. The catacombs that we’ll visit (San Calisto, San Sebastiano, or Santa Domitilla) will change depending on the day. Wherever we start, you’ll have the chance to see ancient frescoes, crypts rich in inscriptions carved in the walls, niches with remains of skeletons, small mausoleums, sarcophagi, tombs, and small chapels, that even after about 2000 years, are still used to celebrate religious rites. Here you’ll find the burial of famous people like popes, martyrs and, according to legends, even some apostles.
After the tour, back in the sunlight, your driver will take you back to the starting point.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Rome, Rome, Lazio
Starting, with a small group, from our travel agency, near the Colosseum, you will be comfortably transported on an air-conditioned vehicle, in one of the most interesting and visited places in Rome, the “catacombs” on the Via Appia Antica. Definitely an exclusive tour, accompanied by an expert guide, for those who want to appreciate the true story and the mystery, an experience guaranteed to excite young and old.
With this tour, we will guide you through time to discover a subterranean and parallel world in which for centuries Jews and Christians have looked after and venerated their dead.
Stop At: Parco Archeologico dell’Appia Antica, Piazza delle Finanze 1, 00185 Rome Italy
Pass along the majestic Aurelian Walls and come to the archaeological area of the Via Appia Antica, immersed in the green Roman countryside, you will descend into the ancient world of the Catacombs, a complex network of underground tunnels among the longest in the world, which occupies an area of about fifteen hectares, consisting of about 60 kilometers of tunnels on several levels. The catacombs that we will visit (San Calisto, San Sebastiano or Santa Domitilla), for your tour will change depending on the day, but from where we go, you will have the opportunity to see ancient frescoes, crypts rich in inscriptions carved in the walls, niches with still remains of skeletons, small mausoleums, sarcophagi, tombs and small chapels that still today, after about 2000 years, are still used to celebrate religious rites.
Here you will find the burial of famous people like popes, martyrs and, according to legends, even some apostles.
After the tour, back in the sunlight, your driver will take you back to the original starting point in Via Della Polveriera.
Duration: 45 minutes
