Rome Private Sightseeing and Catacombs Underground Group Tour with Transfer
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Rome, Italy
150 to 160 minutes (approx.)
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Overview
Private Rome Chauffeured Sightseeing and Catacombs Exclusive Underground Guided Tour, Tickets and Transfer included.
Don't lose the chance to have a remarkable and unique experience inside one of the most mysterious places in Rome: The Catacombs!
You'll descend into a complex network of underground tunnels, about 150 Km, among the longest in the world, where you can admire ancient frescoes, crypts rich in inscriptions, and small mausoleums, sarcophagi, and tombs. You'll also find the burial of famous people like popes, martyrs, and, according to legends, even some apostles.
The catacombs we'll visit (San Calisto, San Sebastiano, or Santa Domitilla) will change depending on the day.
Let be guided by an official tour guide and reach in a relaxed way the catacombs, just outside the center of Rome. Long the way, it will be possible to see many other important sights: The Aurelian Walls, the Caracalla Bath, the Appian Way, the Circus Maximus, and many other incredible monuments of Rome.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from city center only (if it is communicated)
- Professional Guide for the catacombs Small Group Tour
- Private Sightseeing Tour of Rome chauffeured and not guided
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (if it is not communicated)
- Guide on board during the sightseeing Tour
- Guide service during the transfer to the Catacombs
Meeting and Pickup
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Pickup details
Your chauffeur will come to pick you up at your accommodation; please indicate your Hotels, B&B, and Apartments details. Be aware that the pick-up location is mandatory to perform the current service and best serve you! If out of the city center, pick up and Drop off rates to be arranged on request!
What To Expect
Appia Antica Archaeological Park
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.
Walk 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.
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Catacombs of Saint Callixtus
The Catacomb(s) of Callixtus (also known as the Cemetery of Callixtus) is one of the Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way, most notable for containing the Crypt of the Popes, which once contained the tombs of several popes from the 2nd to 4th centuries.
The catacomb forms part of an ancient funerary complex, the Complesso Callistiano, that occupies thirty hectares. The boundaries of this are the Via Appia Antica, the Via Ardeatina, and the Vicolo Delle Sette Chiese. The area of the catacomb proper is about fifteen hectares, and it goes down to five levels. A rough estimate puts the length of passageways at about twenty kilometers and the occupancy at about half a million bodies.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Terme di Caracalla (Pass By)
The Baths of Caracalla (Italian: Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, were the city's second largest Roman public baths, or thermae. The baths were likely built between AD 212 (or 211) and 216/217, during the reigns of emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla.[2] They were in operation until the 530s and then fell into disuse and ruin.Both during and since their operation as baths, they served as inspiration for many other ancient and modern buildings, such as the Baths of Diocletian, the Basilica of Maxentius, the original Pennsylvania Station in New York City, Chicago Union Station, and the Senate of Canada Building. Artworks recovered from the ruins include famous sculptures such as the Farnese Bull and the Farnese Hercules.
Circus Maximus (Pass By)
The Circus Maximus (Latin for "largest circus"; Italian: Circo Massimo) is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. The valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire. It measured 621 m (2,037 ft) in length and 118 m (387 ft) in width and could accommodate over 150,000 spectators.[2] Its fully developed form became the model for circuses throughout the Roman Empire. The site is now a public park.
Foro Boario (Pass By)
The Forum Boarium, Italian: Foro Boario) was the cattle forum valium of ancient Rome. It was on a level piece of land near the Tiber between the Capitoline, the Palatine, and Aventine hills. As the site of the original docks of Rome (Portus Tiberinus), the Forum Boarium experienced intense commercial activity.The Forum Boarium was the site of the first gladiatorial contest in Rome, which took place in 264 BC as part of an aristocratic funerary ritual—a munus or funeral gift for the dead. Marcus and Decimus Junius Brutus Scaeva put on gladiatorial combat in honor of their deceased father with three pairs of gladiators.The site was also a religious center housing the Temple of Hercules Victor, the Temple of Portunus (Temple of Fortuna Virilis), and the massive 6th or 5th century BC Great Altar of Hercules.
Piazza Venezia (Pass By)
La piazza è dominata dall'Altare della Patria, uno dei simboli patri italiani; tre palazzi monumentali la circondano negli altri lati. Il più antico è il quattrocentesco palazzo Venezia, che dà il nome alla piazza e che è sede dell'omonimo museo nazionale. Gli altri palazzi sono il secentesco palazzo Bonaparte e il palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali, costruito nei primi anni del Novecento.Su piazza Venezia si incontrano i confini di tre rioni: ad ovest di essa si estende il rione Pigna, ad est il rione Trevi e a sud il rione Campitelli.
Teatro di Marcello (Pass By)
The Theatre of Marcellus (Latin: Theatrum Marcelli, Italian: Teatro di Marcello) is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. At the theatre, locals and visitors alike could watch performances of drama and song. Today its ancient edifice in the rione of Sant'Angelo, Rome, once again provides one of the city's many popular spectacles or tourist sites. Space for the theatre was cleared by Julius Caesar, who was murdered before its construction could begin; the theatre was advanced enough by 17 BC that part of the celebration of the ludi secular took place within the theatre; it was completed in 13 BC and formally inaugurated in 12 BC by Augustus,[1] named after his nephew Marcus Claudius Marcellus who had died in 23 BC.
Terrazza del Gianicolo
Janiculum Hill, considered by many as the eighth hill of Rome, is a peaceful and refreshing attraction close to the city center. As you walk up its pathways, you'll enjoy superb city views.
The Janiculum is one of the best locations in Rome for a scenic view of central Rome with its domes and bell towers. Other sights on the Janiculum include the church of San Pietro in Montorio, on what was formerly thought to be the site of St Peter's crucifixion; a small shrine known as the Tempietto, designed by Donato Bramante, marks the supposed site of Peter's death. The Janiculum also houses a Baroque fountain built by Pope Paul V in the late 17th century, the Fontana dell'Acqua Paola.
Janiculum became very popular due to its significant historical role in the city's defense. Becoming the setting for the battle in which Garibaldi repelled an attack from French troops, its paths are full of sculptures of the heroes, including Giuseppe Garibaldi.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Colle Capitolino (Pass By)
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill (/ˈkæpɪtəlaɪn, kəˈpɪt-/ KAP-it-ə-lyne, kə-PIT-;[1][2] Italian: Campidoglio [kampiˈdɔʎʎo]; Latin: Mons Capitolinus [ˈmõːs kapɪtoːˈliːnʊs]), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome.The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.[citation needed] The word Capitolium first meant the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus later built here. Afterward, it was used for the whole hill (and even other temples of Jupiter on other hills), thus Mons Capitolinus (the adjective noun of Capitolium). In an etymological myth, ancient sources connect the name to caput ("head," "summit"), and the tale was that, when laying the foundations for the temple, the head of a man was found,[3] some sources even saying it was the head of some Tolus or Plus. The Romans regarded the Capitolium as indestructible and adopted as a symbol of eternity.
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo (Pass By)
The tomb of the Roman emperor Hadrian, also called Hadrian's mole,[1] was erected on the right bank of the Tiber, between AD 134 and 139.[2] Originally the mausoleum was a decorated cylinder, with a garden top and golden quadriga. Hadrian's ashes were placed here a year after his death in Baiae in 138, together with those of his wife Sabina, and his first adopted son, Lucius Aelius, who died in 138. Following this, the remains of succeeding emperors were also placed here, the last recorded deposition being Caracalla in 217. The urns containing these ashes were probably placed in what is now known as the Treasury Room, deep within the building.
St. Peter's Basilica (Pass By)
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal enclave that is within the city of Rome, Italy. It was initially planned by Pope Nicholas V and then Pope Julius II to replace the aging Old St. Peter's Basilica, which was built in the fourth century by Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Construction of the present basilica began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626.[2]Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture[3] and the largest church in the world by interior measure.[note 1] While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not accessible for walker users
- Not recommended for people with motor difficulties
- We kindly inform you that any kind of disability (visual impairment, hearing impairment,... ) or anything that might prevent you to regularly join the tour, MUST BE communicate in advance to our staff.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Customers have a mandatory meeting time stated 15 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time for both tours, due to managing and organizational reasons.If you arrive late to the stated meeting time, it will not be possible to join the group or reschedule, unless you pay for the activity again. As per "No Show" rules you will not be entitled to a refund.
- To get inside the monuments it is used group ticket and not individual one. It cannot be asked just the ticket entrance.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The activity can suffer 20/30 min variation due to organizational resons
- Cancellations, changes or issues due to weather, security and events held by the monument are beyond our control and are directly decided by their administration team. These issues will be reviewed by us and dealt with on an individual basis but are the responsibility of the monument.
- You must have a valid photo ID to enter the monuments (student's ID, Driver License, Passport or State ID all work.) You will be asked to also provide your name, last name and date of birth (at the beginning of the tour, if not provided beforehand.) Security may prevent you from entering the site if the information provided is not accurate and/or don't match the one on your ID.
- Child discount is applied only with a valid ID card
- Due to uneven surfaces, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair.
- Transpostation to the Catacombs will be lead by a professional dirver (not a guide)
- The catacomb temperature is about 60°F and the moisture content is high; please dress appropriately
- No one can visit the catacombs on their own, nor stray from their group along the route, nor cross the gates that delimit the paths open to the public
- It is forbidden to touch the exhibits along the visit path
- It is forbidden to remove any object and/or material
- For the safety of all guests, the tour operator reserves the right to refuse service to passengers who are intoxicated or show signs of intoxication. If, as a result, your tour is canceled, you will not be entitled to a refund
- Pets are not allowed
- Every refund request MUST be done within and not later than 48 hours from the day of the tour
Frequently Asked Questions
(6)Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Rome Private Sightseeing and Catacombs Underground Group Tour with Transfer?
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
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Activity code: C-20905P23
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Frequently Asked Questions (6)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Boat Tours customers.
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What is the cancellation policy for the Rome Private Sightseeing and Catacombs Underground Group Tour with Transfer?
A:Apr 2025
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CEST).
- This tour 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.
Q:
What's included in the price?
A:
Apr 2025
The following is included:
- Private transportation.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from city center only (if it is communicated).
- Professional Guide for the catacombs Small Group Tour.
- Private Sightseeing Tour of Rome chauffeured and not guided.
The following is NOT included:
- Gratuities.
- Food and drinks.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (if it is not communicated).
- Guide on board during the sightseeing Tour.
- Guide service during the transfer to the Catacombs.
Q:
What is the minimum age for this tour?
A:
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025
Q:
My date is not available in the calendar, I am just checking to see if it is available?
A:
If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025
Q:
Is this an accessible tour?
A:Apr 2025
Accessibility information for the Rome Private Sightseeing and Catacombs Underground Group Tour with Transfer is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not accessible for walker users
- Not recommended for people with motor difficulties
- We kindly inform you that any kind of disability (visual impairment, hearing impairment,... ) or anything that might prevent you to regularly join the tour, MUST BE communicate in advance to our staff.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Q:
Where is the meeting point for this activity?
A:
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Rome Private Sightseeing and Catacombs Underground Group Tour with Transfer will be included in your confirmation email from City Boat Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024What's Included
- Private transportation
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from city center only (if it is communicated)
- Professional Guide for the catacombs Small Group Tour
- Private Sightseeing Tour of Rome chauffeured and not guided
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (if it is not communicated)
- Guide on board during the sightseeing Tour
- Guide service during the transfer to the Catacombs
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not accessible for walker users
- Not recommended for people with motor difficulties
- We kindly inform you that any kind of disability (visual impairment, hearing impairment,... ) or anything that might prevent you to regularly join the tour, MUST BE communicate in advance to our staff.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Customers have a mandatory meeting time stated 15 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time for both tours, due to managing and organizational reasons.If you arrive late to the stated meeting time, it will not be possible to join the group or reschedule, unless you pay for the activity again. As per "No Show" rules you will not be entitled to a refund.
- To get inside the monuments it is used group ticket and not individual one. It cannot be asked just the ticket entrance.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The activity can suffer 20/30 min variation due to organizational resons
- Cancellations, changes or issues due to weather, security and events held by the monument are beyond our control and are directly decided by their administration team. These issues will be reviewed by us and dealt with on an individual basis but are the responsibility of the monument.
- You must have a valid photo ID to enter the monuments (student's ID, Driver License, Passport or State ID all work.) You will be asked to also provide your name, last name and date of birth (at the beginning of the tour, if not provided beforehand.) Security may prevent you from entering the site if the information provided is not accurate and/or don't match the one on your ID.
- Child discount is applied only with a valid ID card
- Due to uneven surfaces, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair.
- Transpostation to the Catacombs will be lead by a professional dirver (not a guide)
- The catacomb temperature is about 60°F and the moisture content is high; please dress appropriately
- No one can visit the catacombs on their own, nor stray from their group along the route, nor cross the gates that delimit the paths open to the public
- It is forbidden to touch the exhibits along the visit path
- It is forbidden to remove any object and/or material
- For the safety of all guests, the tour operator reserves the right to refuse service to passengers who are intoxicated or show signs of intoxication. If, as a result, your tour is canceled, you will not be entitled to a refund
- Pets are not allowed
- Every refund request MUST be done within and not later than 48 hours from the day of the tour
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