Rome Exclusive Underground Catacombs Guided Tour & Hop-on Hop Off Open Bus Tour

Starting, with a small group, from our travel agency, near the Colosseum, you will be comfortably transported on an air-conditioned vehicle, in one of the most interesting and visited places in Rome, the "catacombs" on the Via Appia Antica.
With this tour, we will guide you through time to discover a hidden and parallel world in which, for centuries, Jews and Christians have looked after and adored their dead.
Pass by the majestic Aurelian Walls, and come to the archaeological area of the Via Appia Antica. Here, immersed in the green Roman countryside, you will descend into the ancient world of the Catacombs, a complex network of underground tunnels among the longest in the world, occupying an area of about fifteen hectares for about 60 kilometers of tunnels on several levels. The catacombs included in the visit (San Calisto, San Sebastiano, or Santa Domitilla), change depending on the day.

After the tour, your driver will take you back to the original starting point.

This activity includes the Panoramic Hop-on Hop-Off Bus Ticket, so you explore the best of Rome comfortably and efficiently. You can run far and wide in Rome for 24,48, or 72 hours, according to your chosen option. Onboard you'll find 8 languages of audio commentary (English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, and Russian) that will guide you through Rome and its wonders. The Hop On-Hop Off service is operating from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm. A complete Round Trip to Rome lasts about 2,5 hrs. However, you can join this service within the validity of your ticket (24,48,72 hrs). The validity of your ticket independently from the chosen option (24,48,72 hrs) is calculated from the validation of the ticket.
Panoramic Hop-on Hop-Off Bus Itinerary:
1. Termini Station (TERMINAL A/TERMINAL B)
2. Santa Maria Maggiore
3.Colosseo
4.Circo Massimo
5. Teatro Marcello
6. Castel Sant'Angelo
6 Vatican Musuem
7. Via Veneto e Villa Borgehse
8. Piazza Barberini

OPEN BUS TOUR
1 TERMINAL DISCOVER ROME
Termini Railway Station, Roman National Museum, Piazza della Repubblica
2 SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE
Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore, St. Peter in Chains and Michelangelo's Moses, Monti District, Oppian Hill
3 COLOSSEUM
Colosseum, Archaeological Area, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Arch of Constantine
4 CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Circus Maximus, Mouth of Truth, Rome Rose Garden
5 PIAZZA VENEZIA
Piazza Venezia, Altar of Fatherland, Capitoline Hill, Trastevere District, Pantheon
6 VATICAN CITY
Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel, Navona Square, Castel S. Angelo
7 VILLA BORGHESE
Spanish Steps, Shopping Area, Piazza del Popolo, Villa Borghese, Borghese Gallery, Zoo
8 BARBERINI SQUARE
Trevi Fountain, Barberini Square, Barberini Palace, Quirinale Palace

The catacombs are subterranean passageways that were used as places of burial for several centuries. The burials of Jewish, pagan, and early Christian Roman citizens in the catacombs began in the second century and ended in the fifth century.
The word catacomb, which means "next to the quarry," comes from the fact that the first excavations to be used as a burial place were carried out in the outskirts of Rome, next to the quarry site.
The Christians did not agree with the pagan custom of burning the bodies of their dead, for which reason, to solve problems created by a lack of space and the high price of the land, they decided to create these vast underground cemeteries.
The catacombs possess many subterranean passageways forming natural labyrinths several kilometers long, along which rows of rectangular niches were dug out.
The corpses were wrapped in a sheet and placed in the niches, which were then covered with gravestones made of marble or, more commonly, baked clay.