Rome Caravaggio Tour: Madness, Murder and a Local Tasting

Highlights

• In Caravaggio's footsteps
• Licensed English-speaking guide
• Local tasting included

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo

   30min

   Step inside the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo to admire The Crucifixion of Saint Peter and The Conversion of Saint Paul, where Caravaggio's revolutionary vision—dramatic light, deep shadows, and ordinary people as models for saints—redefined religious painting over 400 years ago.

2. 2

   Piazza Navona

   30min

   Just a minute's walk from Piazza Navona, step inside the often-overlooked Basilica of Sant'Agostino to discover the Madonna of Loreto, where poor, exhausted pilgrims with dirty feet kneel before the Virgin and the Christ Child in one of Caravaggio's boldest and most moving works.

3. 3

   Church of St. Louis of the French

   30min

   Enter San Luigi dei Francesi to experience the complete Saint Matthew cycle in the Contarelli Chapel. From the Calling to the Martyrdom of Saint Matthew, these three paintings became Caravaggio's first great public commission and the moment that changed his career forever.

4. 4

   Palazzo Madama

   30min

   Pause outside Palazzo Madama, where Caravaggio lived under the patronage of Cardinal del Monte before the surrounding streets became the stage for his turbulent life of taverns, quarrels and legendary brawls.

5. 5

   Via dei Coronari

   30min

   End your journey with a local tasting and a glass of wine in the neighbourhood Caravaggio once called home.

Before you go

Location