Rome Underground Tours — Tour Guides

Honest, detailed guides to every tour we feature — what each one includes, what it costs, and what real travelers say.

Chapel vault lined with human bones in geometric patterns, as in the Capuchin Crypt in Rome

Capuchin Crypt Rome: Tickets, Hours and the Dress Code

Six chapels decorated with the bones of nearly 4,000 friars. Ticket prices, opening hours, the dress code and why no city pass works. See the details.

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Half-buried early Christian basilica cut into pale tufa, as in the Catacombs of Domitilla

Catacombs of Domitilla: Hours, Tickets and the Buried Basilica

Rome's oldest and largest catacomb, and the only one with a semi-underground basilica. Hours, the Tuesday closure and ticket prices. See how to visit.

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Worn basalt paving of the Via Appia Antica leading past a brick tomb, the road to the Catacombs of San Callisto

Catacombs of San Callisto: Hours, Tickets and What to See

Rome's largest Christian burial site: opening hours, the Wednesday closure, ticket prices and the Crypt of the Popes. See how to get there.

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Brick service corridors of the Colosseum hypogeum seen from the arena rim, reached on a Colosseum underground ticket

Colosseum Underground Tickets: What They Cost and Include

The hypogeum needs a guided ticket, not standard admission — and the arena floor is separate again. What each option covers. Check the tours.

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Vast buried brick vault with surviving painted decoration, as in the Domus Aurea reached on a Domus Aurea ticket

Domus Aurea Tickets: Prices, Weekend Hours and Booking Rules

Nero's Golden House opens two days a week on a booked slot. Ticket prices, what the VR visit includes and what to wear at 90% humidity. See the options.

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Excavated shaft showing Roman brick below medieval stone below a modern street, the layers plotted on the underground Rome map

Underground Rome Map: 20 Sites, Tickets and Closing Days

An interactive underground Rome map of 20 sites you can actually enter, with each one's ticket, closing day and the tours that reach it. See the map.

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Stone stairway descending between stacked church levels at San Clemente, one of the underground sites in Rome

Underground Sites in Rome: All 20 You Can Actually Enter

Every underground site in Rome you can enter, with its ticket, closing day and the tours that reach it — including the ten no tour goes to. See the list.

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Ancient Roman brick water channel with clear water still running, as under the Trevi district at Vicus Caprarius

Vicus Caprarius: Tickets, Hours and What Is Under the Trevi

Rome's cheapest archaeological site, ten metres under the Trevi district: hours, the Monday closure and how to book. See what is down there.

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