Rome Underworld Tour: Explore Bone Chapel & Catacombs

Uncover the secrets of Rome’s underground on a guided tour of crypts and catacombs. Explore the Bone Chapel, Christian Catacombs, and ancient foundations beneath Basilica San Martino ai Monti.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Museum and Crypt of Capuchins - Your first destination is the Capuchin Crypt. Capuchin monks used the bones of nearly 4,000 of their brothers to decorate this somber space in intricate floor-to-ceiling designs, lending it the macabre nickname of ‘the Bone Chapel’. Here you will be free to explore hearing all the interesting details and the reasons…
What's Included
  • Transfers in a private air-conditioned coach
  • Entrance ticket to the Basilica of San Nicola in Carcere
  • Entrance ticket to the Capuchin Crypt and Museum
  • Expert, English-speaking tour guide
  • Rome Catacombs tickets
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Descend into the chill of Rome’s mysterious underworld with Skip-the-Line access to three of the city’s strangest discoveries. Unmask a new side to the Eternal City as you explore the eerie Bone Chapel, adorned with the bones of 4,000 Capuchin monks, and the Christian Catacombs, a series of hidden tunnels where early Christian’s practiced their…

Location
Fontana del Tritone
Piazza Barberini
In Piazza Barberini, at the Tritone fountain located at centre of the square.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Pip_f
Oct 10, 2024
Brilliant, knowledgeable and well paced - Absolutely brilliant. Guide was fantastic. Native English speaker so easily understood. He was VERY knowledgeable, and the tour was well paces. No rushing. Highly recommend.
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Erik_t
Oct 10, 2024
Amazing Tour! - Our tour guide Allen was amazing. Super informative and did a great job answering all our questions. Highly recommend this tour!!
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Marsha_w
Oct 10, 2024
Great tour!! - The tour was wonderful!! Katarina was great and had a lot of information. The museum was very good. Catacombs were good too.
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Ari_w
Oct 9, 2024
Roman and Christian History Galore! - This truly was a special tour, seeing the catacombs of Rome is a MUST SEE for any fans of history! Our tour guides were phenonemally knowledgeable and well organized.
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John_g
Oct 9, 2024
Catholic freak story - Strange but isn't everything with the catholics? Bones, bones bones and more bones...all in all awesome freakyness!
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Sharon_e
Oct 8, 2024
Great experience - What a great historic tour through the centuries of time! Wow! Everything went smoothly. Our guide was knowledgeable, helpful and entertaining. It was quite an experience! Would highly recommend.
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Peter_n
Oct 10, 2024
Paula and Catherine were... - Paula and Catherine were great I do think the overall tour was as too long We did not get finished until 6.00 and I had to abandoned the last stop Maybe just do the catacombs without tue extra add ons
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Hamish_b
Oct 10, 2024
Good and interesting - Walking through the crypts, very knowledgeable and funny guide, bus journey comfortable, did not need to stop at St Nicholas in Chains church
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Justine_s
Oct 7, 2024
Was ok - The tour guides were very nice and well versed in subject matter. Tour seemed a lot longer than initially led to believe. Seemed a bit drawn out. We left the tour before final stop as we had another tour scheduled. As well as there was a family of 4 who were all obviously sick and did not have any qualms about coughing all over not even trying to cover their mouths, was disgusting.
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Sarah_d
Oct 9, 2024
NIGHTMARE THIS COMPANY WANTS YOUR MONEY - Negative. Negative. Negative. My flight was delayed five and a half hours (obviously no fault of my own). I booked this tour for 2:10pm (was suppose to be in Rome at 7am). As soon as I found out about the delay I messaged the tour operator to ask them if I could rebook because I knew we weren’t going to make it with the delay (about 18 hours in advanced). No one responded so I sent a message to VIATOR letting them know, but they were completely useless. They told me they would reach out to the tour guide to rebook.. only to rebook for a more expensive price with no refund for the original. I requested a refund for them to deny it. I understand this is a business and there are rules but I already lost half a day of my trip because of my airline only to pay $140 for a tour I couldn’t even rebook or get a refund from. I have booked 8+ other events through Viator and have had zero issues. This company SCAM and they take peoples money. Do yourself the favor and just go and pay the $10 ticket to see this attention. Not The monstrosity amount of money they are asking you for.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).