Rome Catacombs & Ancient Appian Way Tour with Tickets Included

Highlights

• Underground Christian Catacombs
• Ancient Appian Way & Mausoleum
• Guided Tour & Tickets Included

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Appian Way (Via Appia Antica)

   1min

   Halfday tour 3 hours in total. You will visit one among the following Catacombs: St. Callixtus or St. Sebastian or St. Domitilla. Visit duration is about 1 hour. Skip-The-Line Tickets included. Once you get to the Catacombs you'll start your visit inside with a small-group guided tour in your preferred language given by the Catacombs staff (available in English, French, German and Spanish). After the Catacombs visit, with your licensed guide, you to will see: -  Ancient Appian Way  - Cecilia Metella Mausoleum (from ouside) At the end of the tour your driver will take you back to your accommodation in Rome.

2. 2

   Catacombe di San Callisto

   1h

   Catacombs of San Callixtus (admission included): The Crypt of the Popes, or the Catacombs of Callixtus, were built after AD 150. It takes its name from the deacon Saint Callixtus, proposed by Pope Zephyrinus in the administration of the same cemetery - on his accession as pope, he enlarged the complex, and soon it became the official one for the Roman Church. The arcades, where more than fifty martyrs and sixteen pontiffs were buried, form part of a complex graveyard that occupies 15 hectares and is around 12 miles (20 km) long. We can change with other roman Catacombs according availiability.

3. 3

   Complesso di Capo di Bove - Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica

   15min

   During the second century, A.D was built here baths of a rich Roman family. Nowadays we can see here how decorated were the roman spa, with mosaics on the floor and dozens of rooms for different treatments.

4. 4

   Appian Way (Via Appia Antica)

   20min

   Considered the mother of all the nowadays highways, it was built in the fourth century B.C and at the end of its construction reached “Brindisium”, an ancient Roman city called today Brindisi, situated in the Puglia Region, at the bottom of Italy. The ancient Appian way was built to connect the Roman Empire to the greeks for commercial exchanges.

5. 5

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

   Pass by

   The Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella is one of the symbols of the Ancient Appian Way. Was built a few decades B.C as the tomb of Cecilia Metella, daughter of a Roman Consul, situated in the inside of the burial chamber located into the Mausoleum.

Before you go

Location

Via Appia Antica 42, 00178, Italy