Roman Catacombs
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Roman Catacombs Reviews
We've found 102 Roman Catacombs reviews from Viator.com travelers and members: what they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved. It's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
Review by Kylie D, June 2012
Doing what: Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour
Great well organised tour. Bus trip to reach the catacombs very comfortable and nice air conditioning in the warm weather. Highly recommend!
Review by Marshall P, June 2012
Doing what: Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour
This was a great tour! Our guide was really interesting and the catacombs, church and crypt was fascinating! We have recommended this tour to friends traveling to Rome next week.
Review by Tony, June 2012
Doing what: Ancient Appian Way, Catacombs and Roman Countryside Bike Tour
Excellent tour, biked for 6 hours in a leisurely manner around the Appian Way, the Colosseum, toured the catacombs, saw ancient tombs, the wall built around Rome, and rode through a park to a nice farm where we ate great cheese (made right there), drank wine, and ate a selection of breads. Wonderful way to see places you won't see otherwise in the tourist areas of Rome.
Review by Francesco, May 2012
Doing what: Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour
It was an absolute pleasure to have Shannon, an American student from Alabama as our guide. Her knowledge, enthusiasm, and love was evidenced in every word she spoke. My wife and I look for tours that are unique and the Crypts and Catacombs were amazing. Paraphrasing the quote as you were leaving the Crypts, what you are today, we were yesterday and what we are today you will be tomorrow, sums up how real the experience was. Highly recommend the tour!
Review by Elizabeth R, April 2012
Doing what: Ancient Appian Way, Catacombs and Roman Countryside Bike Tour
This was by far the best tour we had in all of Italy. Its a great way to get outside of Rome, see ancient aqueducts, and bike on the oldest rode in the world. Our guide Manuel was fantastic and very informative. This was the only tour I happily tipped the guide and wished I had more to give!
We did the 6 hour tour with the catacombs. In hindsight I wish we could have skipped the catacomb tour as I thought it was very over-hyped and way too long. It was basically just walking through some restored underground tunnels (the catacombs were ransacked by barbarians and there's almost nothing down there except empty holes cut into the sides of the tunnels and one partial skeleton in a glass case that you have to line up to see). Unless you are specifically interested in seeing catacombs for religious reasons, an option to do the 6 hour tour without the catacombs would be ideal!
The sheep farm was very much a working farm as opposed to a quaint touristy stop, but I really appreciated the 'realness' of it and the owners were very welcoming and gracious, bringing out pizza and bread after learning I couldn't eat cheese.
One last note, coming from the US this tour seems to require more of a high level of fitness than medium! Its not all an easy stroll but definitely the best tour I've ever done. Highly recommended!
Review by Miriam, April 2012
Doing what: Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour
Although the guide had some administration trouble with one of the catacombs not being open and paying problems, she dealt with it all very well and we were not left waiting around or missed any aspects of the tour. She was excellent with her explanations and she had great knowledge on all subjects. Amazing tour, well recommended!
Review by JoAnn A, March 2012
This tour was great! Our guide, Shannon, was what made it so special. She was so educated and informative. Her stories behind the history of everything were so interesting and she couldn't have been sweeter. We really enjoyed this tour!
Review by Sherri B, January 2012
Doing what: Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour
Our guide did a good job conveying a lot of detailed information about the catacombs in an understandable way as well as the building design for the basilica. The shuttle ride, with the added commentary on important sites on our way, like the church of Domine quo vadis, made the evening go by smoothly. I recommend this trip for anyone who wants to gain more than a superficial understanding of the city. The catacombs are absolutely amazing to see just on their own and make the tour worth the price. These sites are not as easy to find as the Trevi Fountain or the Vatican so I appreciated being guided to these spots.
Review by Dean M, December 2011
Doing what: Ancient Appian Way, Catacombs and Roman Countryside Bike Tour
Highly recommend this tour. Tour guide, Bruno, was great. Friendly and very knowledgeable about the areas we biked through. Especially enjoyed the catacombs. Has me wanting to do more bicycle touring.
Review by Peyton, December 2011
Doing what: Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour
I really enjoyed this tour. Our guide, Graham, was very good. We saw the Catacombs, San Clemente, and Capuchin crypts. To any history fans -- San Clemente is a must see in Rome -- it is truly phenomenal to walk through layers of history like we did. You may not have heard of it, but it really is a must see. And the photo does not do it justice, the Capuchin crypts are like nothing I have ever seen in my life --- imagine rooms covered in art, which just happen to be made by various human bones --- really creepy, but rather amazing at the same time --- overall, I was very happy with this tour.
Review by Susan P, December 2011
Doing what: Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour
Brilliant tour! So much learnt. Caught a bus out to the Catacombs first the back to tour two churches we never would have thought to look twice at but they turned out to be amazing. Guide was very knowledgeable.
Review by feliciatd, November 2011
Doing what: Catacombs and Roman Countryside Half-Day Walking Tour
Visiting these catacombs was a great experience. The guide was very knowledgeable and passionate about describing the history of them. Thinking about these being constructed with no motorized heavy equipment of any kind is astounding. A must see in my book. The brief stops at a tomb, the Appian Way and aqueducts were also interesting. Amazing to realize these are in public parks that people walk and ride bikes through every day! Our guide, Inger, an American ex-pat, was very good also. It was most helpful to have the tour to take you to these places, and I would recommend it. Not a walking tour though - a short distance off the bus at each stop is all the walking that is required.
Review by Gregory C, November 2011
Doing what: Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour
The Catacombs and tour was great but let down by our guide. We had 18 in our group and others only had 10, so at times could not hear what was being said. Not that it mattered that much, as our guide was not a native English speaker, so he was difficult to understand! The other groups did have American guides, which would have been much better, so perhaps we were unlucky. The guide spent most of the day moaning about his employer and texting them over his next shifts.
So the crypts 5 stars (you must visit) but the guide 0 Stars and disappointed after such a great guide on other tours booked via Viator.
One note:- you must wear trousers!. I was in shorts and had a mad panic trying to buy some 5 mins before tour started otherwise would not have been allowed in.
Review by Meredith P, October 2011
Doing what: Ancient Appian Way, Catacombs and Roman Countryside Bike Tour
This was a great trip. Very fun and different from everyday touring of Rome. It might have been my favorite thing we did. The trip starts in Rome then out to the Catacombs and a long-ish ride through the aquaducts and then a stop a sheep farm for wine and cheese. I would totally do this trip again, really cool to see the countryside of Rome.
Review by Susan, October 2011
Doing what: Skip the Line: Crypts and Roman Catacombs Small Group Walking Tour
Loved this tour! Our tour guide Massimo was great and really bought everything to life. Would recommend this tour to anyone who has even the slightest sense of curiosity to see the crypts and catacombs.
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