Rome Underground and Appian Way: Exclusive Private Tour

Highlights

• Ancient Appian Way
• Christian Catacombs
• Mausoleums and Villas

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Appian Way (Via Appia Antica)

   1h

   The Appian way was the starting point for Roman traders and warriors journeying to the far eastern reaches of the Empire

2. 2

   Catacombe Di Domitilla

   45min

   Unmissable the Christian Catacombs, the burial grounds of the earliest Christians who were laid to rest after death deep below the earth in maze-like underground galleries.

3. 3

   Villa dei Quintili e Santa Maria Nova - Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica

   45min

   It is an ancient Roman villa built by the rich and cultured brothers Sextus Quintilius Valerius Maximus and Sextus Quintilius Condianus (consuls in 151 AD) The villa included extensive thermae fed by its own aqueduct, and, what was even more unusual, a hippodrome.

4. 4

   Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella e Castrum Caetani - Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica

   15min

   The Tomb of Caecilia Metella (Italian: Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella) is a mausoleum built during the 1st century BC to honor Caecilia Metella who was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, a consul in 69 BC, and wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus (quaestor) who served under Julius Caesar and was the son of the famous triumvir Marcus Crassus.

Before you go

Location

Via Appia Antica 42, 00178, Italy