Exclusive After-Hours: Crypts, Catacombs & Bone Chapel Tour

Rome, Italy

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20+ bookings last month.

2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Avoid the midday heat and crowds and explore Rome’s eerie side on this night tour of the Capuchin Crypt and Priscilla Catacombs. Discover the city's bygone secrets, tucked away beneath the streets, as you visit the bone-decorated Capuchin Crypt and wander the ancient Priscilla Catacombs with exclusive access after the doors close to the general public. Learn more about their history and lore with an audio guide and live narration.

Privileged access to two of Rome's top underground sites after hours
An audio guide to learn about the bone decorations inside the Capuchin Crypt
Explore the Catacombs of Priscilla with a guide for insights into its history
Transportation between the two attractions included for seamless logistics

What's Included

Transport by air-conditioned coach
After-hours access to the Catacombs of Priscilla
After-hours access to the Capuchin Crypts & Bone Chapel
English Speaking Expert Tour Guide
Audio guided tour of the Capuchin Crypts

Gratuities to your awesome guide

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Piazza Barberini
P.za Barberini, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
In the center of Piazza Barberini, by the large Triton (Tritone) fountain. Piazza Barberini is located at the metro stop “Barberini” on metro line A (red line).

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.5:00 pm

Itinerary

Museum and Crypt of Capuchins Friars

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Catacombe di Priscilla

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.2

based on 32 reviews

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Great tour- a must!

Megan_W, Oct 2025

This was a great tour. Our guide, Maria, was fantastic. I highly recommend anyone visiting Rome, do this tour. The tour details says you cannot wear clothing that show your knees however when we arrived we were told only your thighs can’t show. Misinformation but didn’t negatively impact our tour in anyway.

Interesting

Michelle_W, Jul 2025

Seeing the crypts and catacombs was an interesting experience. I would recommend For an underground learning experience in Italy. Remember to come with your shoulders and knees covered. If not you have to purchase a kimono for 1 euro, but we had a good time.

Definitely Recommend

Marcie_C, Jun 2025

This tour was so much fun! The tour leaders are passionate about their work and it shows! Be sure to ask many questions they do have the answers!

Interesting

KaS98765, Oct 2019

This was an interesting little tour: probably a little over-priced for the time spent in the actual sites. We first saw about 4 crypt rooms that were very morbidly decorative, with the guide providing some background information about them and the Capuchin monks. Next came a bus drive across town to the catacombs. A local guide took us into the catacombs for about half an hour, providing some information about their history. Then the bus dropped us off in the rain on a street near the meeting point.

Not worth doing

Ian J, Sep 2019

The tour wasn’t really worth doing. Our guide Inti was trying to be funny but failed. He also gave his personal views on religion and said that it wasn’t worth going to the colosseum or the Vatican. Whilst he is entitled to his opinions I don’t think this was the right audience to share them with

Didn’t meet expectations

Samuel T, Aug 2019

We were SO excited for this experience, but walked away feeling disappointed. Our experience in the catacombs, specifically, lacked the lively, interesting commentary we had hoped for.

With teens

Diane_M, Aug 2018

Myself and my 2 grandsons loved this tour. They came home with a wealth of information and even they were impressed at how knowledgeable our guide was. Good timing on this too.

Amazing Behind The Scenes Look

Neva_B, Jun 2018

We had a great experience on this tour! We were lost and the customer service was awesome to help us get there!! The underground catacombs were definitely an e oeeiencecww won't forget! Great tour guide!! Very friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable!! The bone art is simply unbelievable, you have to see it to believe it!!

Our tour guide Mike was great! He...

ANTHONY_D, Apr 2018

Our tour guide Mike was great! He was very personable, knowledgeable and made the experience enjoyable. The tour is definitely unique which was great to do something different for a change. It was unfortunate that we could not take pictures of the bone chapel/crypt but understood why and that this is not the fault of the tour company. The advertisement stated that touring the crypts was an afterhours exclusive after the doors close to the general public but that was not the case, not sure if the hours had been extended due to the holiday that day? The catacombs however was a private tour. All in all, the tour was informative and very manageable since its not that long. My only criticism was that I felt there were too many people on the tour which wasn't an issue until we gathered in the Bone Chapel exhibits where we were uncomfortably packed like sardines at each stop.