How to choose the tour
If you sleep in the historic centre
Transport is the first thing to settle, because the main catacombs sit on the Via Appia Antica, well south of the centre. The Original Roman Crypts and Catacombs Tour with Transfers moves between the Capuchin Crypt, the Catacombs of Domitilla and the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti by private air-conditioned coach in 3.5 hours from €49, and it is the most reviewed option on this site with 5439 reviews at 4.6. Rome Catacombs & Capuchin Crypts Group Tour with Transfers starts right in the centre at Piazza Barberini, spends 45 minutes in the crypts and 75 minutes underground, and lasts 3.5 hours from €57. For door-to-door comfort, Private Tour of Catacombs and Ancient Appian Way adds hotel pick-up and drop-off over 2.5 hours from €158 per booking.
If you are staying near the Appian Way or the Caffarella
Travellers who can reach the site themselves get the simplest and one of the cheapest options with Walking Tour at Catacombs as the Coolest Underground: 2 hours from €48, all of it on one site, with a garden introduction, the semi-underground basilica and about 90 minutes in the galleries of Domitilla. It holds the highest rating here, 5.0 from 529 reviews. Rome Underground: Catacombs Tour, Aqueducts and Appian Way is the walking half-day version, 3.5 hours from €55, with a stretch of the old road, the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella from outside, 45 minutes among the aqueducts and 80 minutes underground.
Language and group size
Every tour listed on this site is led in English. The walking tour at Domitilla works with an English mother-tongue guide, and the crypts, Capuchin and Appian Way half-days with an English-speaking guide at each stop. On the private tour the driver speaks English and the time underground at San Callisto is a guided group visit with the site's own staff. Group sizes differ too: the small-group Appian Way half-day runs at 18 people, while the bike and e-bike rides keep to a maximum of 10.
If your budget is the deciding factor
Starting prices run from €45 to €209 per adult. The lowest entry points are the tours gathered on Catacombs Rome Tickets Included with a Guided Tour, from €45, followed by the 2-hour walk at Domitilla from €48 and the three-site coach route from €49. At the other end, Rome Catacombs Night Tour with Santa Maria Maggiore After Hours costs from €209 for 2 hours 45 minutes, and the private vehicle tour from €158 per booking, which can work out well when the price is shared across a family.
If you want to be active
Two rides cover the countryside as well as the underground. Rome Bike / EBike Tour: Appian Way, Catacombs & Roman Aqueducts leaves from a shop near Metro Manzoni for 4 or 6 hours from €59, rated 4.9 from 1966 reviews, with 45 minutes inside San Callisto in the longer version. Appian Way Aqueducts Bike Tour starts near Colosseo metro instead, runs 4 to 5 hours from €69 past the Circus of Maxentius and Cecilia Metella into the Parco degli Acquedotti, and the 5-hour version adds the guided visit of the Catacombs of San Callisto.
If you only have a short slot or an evening
The shortest option on this site is the 1.5-hour express small-group transfer listed among the five tours on Catacombs Rome Tickets Included with a Guided Tour, from €55. For an evening, the night tour visits the Catacombs of St Agnes, the basilica above them and the 4th-century Mausoleum of Constantia, then Santa Maria Maggiore after hours, with a chauffeur driving between the two stops; it is rated 4.9 from 133 reviews.
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