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Walking Tour at Catacombs as the Coolest Underground
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Roma
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Baby Carriers are allowed (Front/Back Carriers) Strollers may be left in upstairs office
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Go underground into Rome’s Catacombs -SKIP THE LINE - TICKETS INCLUDED - ENGLISH MOTHER TONGUE GUIDES, MASTER STORYTELLERS - COOL REFRESHING TEMPERATURES 16°c / 59°f Year-round - SMALL GROUP, LESS CROWDS, HIDDEN GEMS
Step beneath Rome and explore the Catacombs of San Domitilla with engaging, English mother-tongue guides who are humorous, warm, and unforgettable storytellers. Perfect for all ages, this small-group tour brings early Christian history to life through vivid stories, symbols, and secrets hidden underground. Enjoy the natural cool temperature of 16°C / 59°F, a refreshing escape from Rome’s heat. You’ll walk ancient burial tunnels, see some of the oldest Christian frescoes in the ...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Skip-The-Line Entry Tickets
Meeting Points
Departure
Via delle Sette Chiese, 282
Walk through the Bus parking lot for San Domitilla Catacombs
Through the garden gate and we meet at the picnic tables in the garden.
Return
Walking Tour at Catacombs as the Coolest Underground
(287) Reviews
Roma
About
Go underground into Rome’s Catacombs -SKIP THE LINE - TICKETS INCLUDED - ENGLISH MOTHER TONGUE GUIDES, MASTER STORYTELLERS - COOL REFRESHING TEMPERATURES 16°c / 59°f Year-round - SMALL GROUP, LESS CROWDS, HIDDEN GEMS
Step beneath Rome and explore the Catacombs of San Domitilla with engaging, English mother-tongue guides who are humorous, warm, and unforgettable storytellers. Perfect for all ages, this small-group tour brings early Christian history to life through vivid stories, symbols, and secrets hidden underground. Enjoy the natural cool temperature of 16°C / 59°F, a refreshing escape from Rome’s heat. You’ll walk ancient burial tunnels, see some of the oldest Christian frescoes in the ...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Skip-The-Line Entry Tickets
Meeting Points
Departure
Via delle Sette Chiese, 282
Walk through the Bus parking lot for San Domitilla Catacombs
Through the garden gate and we meet at the picnic tables in the garden.
Return
Itinerary
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Catacombe di Santa Domitilla
The Garden Introduction - Upon Meeting your English Mother-Tongue guide , we will take you underground to enjoy the cool temperatures of 16°c. You will witness some of the oldest frescoes and depictions of Christianity in the world. You will learn the complete genesis of Christianity and the transition from ancient pagan Rome into holy Roman Catholic Rome and all the burial rites and rituals. Learn about the daily lives of both ancient Christian and pagans and how Christian persecutions affected
20 minutes
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Catacombe di Santa Domitilla
After the garden Introduction - First Enter the only semi-underground Basilica in Rome, dedicated to the martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, and to Saint Petronilla, daughter of Saint Peter. This church was built at a time when Christianity was illegal. Learn the secret signs and symbols of the early Christians and how they avoided detection from persecutions. Where and How they worshipped in secret. Hear the stories behind the people and power players of ancient Rome. Learn of their fates and how they affected society as we know it today.
10 minutes
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Catacombe di Santa Domitilla
Enter the 17 Kilometers of underground tunnels where around 150,000 burials across four underground levels. Who were the gravediggers? How did they lay the foundation for many tunneling techniques used today?
You will witness the oldest fresco in the world depicting "The Last Supper" and Apostles "Peter and Paul".
Discover the "Aquiferium" where bodies were ritually cleansed before burial. Along with the "Refigerium" where commemorative meals and memorial gathering for the dead. You will enter the "Cubiculum" of the Fossors the gravediggers union tomb itself.
Read the ancient tombstones and get the story first hand of the people who lived and died in ancient Rome.