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About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Skip-The-Line Entry Tickets
Excludes
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- 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
- Walk through the Bus parking lot for San Domitilla Catacombs Through the garden gate and we meet at the picnic tables in the garden.
Itinerary
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
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.
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.
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Mike was really funny and respectful! He had great interactions with my group and made the experience really comfortable even for claustrophobic people!!
Mike is so knowledgeable! I really enjoyed all the history and facts. He has a wonderful sense of humor. HIGHLY recommend!
Mike is the best! Would 100% book with him again. Super knowledgeable and funny!
Mike was very knowledgeable and funny. He definitely knew his stuff I would suggest a tour with him.
Great stories and Mike’s energy makes for an amazing tour.
Very knowledgable, always tries to teach and keep everyone engaged :)
Mike was wonderful, lively and informative during our tour of the Catacombs. Visit to the underground can be slightly unnerving but Mike made it fun!
Mike was a great guide—knowledgeable, engaging, and a pleasure to listen to. The catacombs were fascinating, and his insights made the tour even more memorable. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone visiting Rome.
Mike is an amazing tour guide! He has extensive knowledge with a cool dude, punny vibe. Being from California, it was nice to encounter a slice of home while receiving an in-depth tour. Book with Mike! He’s worth every penny!
Great tour, lots of information delivered in a fun and memorable way. Our group was small compared to all the other groups we waw which gave Mike lots of time to answer everyone's question individually. Location was very interesting to see and the value for the money was great.
Fantastic tour, with a fantastic guide. Cannot recommend this experience enough. Educational, fascinating, and interesting. Easy 5*. Thank you, Mike.
Fantastic experience with Mike, he really bought the authenticity along with the tour, full with knowledge and enthusiasm! Thank you for a wonderful tour!
Incredible tour with Alan as a guide! Amazing to walk through history.
Mike was an absolutely wonderful tour guide! Honestly, one of the best tours I’ve ever been on. He was charismatic, funny, incredibly engaging, and had a great way of connecting with everyone in the group. His knowledge went well beyond the catacombs, and he shared so much fascinating history that really brought the entire experience to life. His delivery was excellent, clear, easy to understand, and entertaining from start to finish. He had a natural way of making history interesting without ever making it feel like a lecture. I can’t recommend Mike enough. If you’re planning to visit the catacombs, do yourself a favor and book a tour with him. You won’t regret it!
Absolutely amazing experience! Mike was hilarious and we had a great time. We definitely got more out of this tour than we expected!!
This was an outstanding tour, and experience. Mike was a wealth of knowledge, this is not your mothers tour. I highly recommend this for anyone wanting to have a great time seeing and learning the history of the Catacombs.
Mike was great! He was incredibly informative and shared fascinating stories and historical facts not only about the catacombs but also about Rome in general. He explained everything in such a creative and fun way that made the information easy to remember. You can tell he’s passionate about what he does. Highly recommend!
We had a fantastic tour of the Catacombs! Our tour guide Mike was excellent, full of fascinating facts, and had a great sense of humour. They made the whole experience really entertaining and enjoyable, bringing the history to life in such an interesting way. The perfect mix of knowledge, humour, and storytelling. Highly recommend this tour!
Pleasant guide. Funny and tells stories in a great manner. Much better than my last time in 2019 :)
Mike was incredibly knowledgeable, engaging and humorous! I highly recommend this tour!
Absolutely great experience with Mike! He was very knowledgeable and funny through the whole tour. Highly recommend!
Mike is a pro, tour was highly engaging, very-good humoured and the tour was fantastic
Enjoyable and informative experience
Funny guide with lots and lots of knowledge. Speaks quickly to fit as much info in as possible. Well worth a personal tour guide.
Absolutely outstanding tour with Mike. Informative, funny and we learned a ton. Highly recommend!!
Mike was the best guide! Had a great experience
Great tour with a lot of incredible info!
Maryam was very knowledgeable, friendly, and funny. Great choice for something to do in rome! Would absolutely return.
The tour was amazing from start to finish. John was so knowledgeable and charismatic, he really brought all of the history alive and made it so engaging. We loved exploring the catacombs and absorbing all the history.
One of the best things we have done in Rome Fascinating and informative ! We loved this tour Would recommend
Sal was our tour guide. He shared his knowledge about the history of catacombs, what the environment was like when the catacombs were built, and a day-in-the-life during the Roman empire. These stories helped make the catacombs tour interesting and come alive (excuse the pun). There was a warning that the temperature in the catacombs could be around 60 degrees F, so we brought a light jacket. We discovered it actually wasn't too cold.
Fun Tour - our guide was excellent. Made it fun and informative! We did not find it claustrophobic - it was a nice underground tour!
Alain did a great job leading the tour and was very knowledgeable. He had lots of good stories and information on the catacombs.
Funny and original tour to do outside of Rome main central touristic areas. Would highly recommend
The Tour to the catacombs was a very nice experience for us. The guide was great at presenting in an entertaining manner. It was clear that he knew a lot about the subject and took a personal interest in it. The meeting point was easy to find and it was located in a lovely garden. When we came out of the catacombs again, we had learned a great deal about Roman history and the way the early Christians lived.
Alllen was awesome. The tour only had 4 of us. I loved how small it was and that I could actually hear and understand him. He had a good sense of humor.
It was such a wonderful & insightful tour! Our guide, Alain, was very knowledgeable, answered all our queries, and made the experience worthwhile :)
Alain was wonderful! Very informative and me and my wife learned new things on the history of the catacombs and also christianity and the period before.
Alain was AMAZING! It was great to hear about the history of not just the catacombs we were visiting, but also all the things in Rome occurring at various times over the centuries. HIGHLY recommend this tour! PS - for being born/raised in Rome his English is very good ❤️
Maryam gave a great tour! She knew so much about the history, but also made it fun and personable. One of the best tours we had in Rome!
Great experience. Knowledgeable guide. Really surprised us in the best kind of way. Would recommend.
Ask for Peter- the man is amazing, fullnof knowledge and fun- tremendous tour - learned a lot on this tour
Great experience with a knowledgeable and fantastic tour guide!
Jenelle very clearly LOVES her job and is passionate about the history here which made this experience even more enjoyable. Highly recommend!
Janelle was fantastic. Very clearly so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about Italy whether that is food , history , the city quirks. This was our first guided tour and I couldn’t recommend her enough. Thank you for making our first time in Italy so memorable and fun
Mary was very nice, funny, & knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend if you’d like to know more about the history of the catacombs.
This tour was excellent and the guide super funny and very knowledge
Great tour & guide very informative & entertaining
Fantastic guide, very funny and knowledgeable
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