ROME TOURS
A Rome Catacombs tour is one that will take you back into history to the 3 century. The Catacombs is another name for the famous cemetery found under the Basilica of the Saints John and Paul to the Celio on the Appian Way, the oldest road in Rome.
Underground Rome as many call this area is home to 20-frescoed room’s all-dating back to between the 2 and 4 century. It is believed the underground cemetery was the temporary burial place of Saint Paul and Saint Peter both martyred at Rome after 60AD.
With one of our guided Catacombs Rome tour, you will learn as much as possible about the catacombs along with strolling through these once hidden and secret rooms.
Your official and personal guide from Touring Rome will explain the Christian Art including many scenes from the Old and New Testament as you learn what it was like to live in Rome during 180 to 410 just before the Visigoths captured Rome.
You will feel like an early Christian as you envision the life they had as you learn all the secrets hidden away in this underground cemetery. Your personal licensed tour guide will be able to give you more secrets about these rooms as you slowly make your way. An interesting stop is St. Celmente which as was built in the 12 century will show you how the passage was made from paganism to Christianity while the visit to the St. Peter’s in Chain will have you standing in awe in front of Moses by Michelangelo.
A Rome Catacombs tours is one that everyone loves as it lets you see what many never get the chance to realize and only wonder about. The history unfolds in each secret room, as does the tales as you listen to the official guide walk you through history. As you stroll through the rooms you can imagine being there and living during this time in Rome where Christianity began.