Catacombs, Appian Way and Roman Basilicas Private Tour
530€
per person
Following the footsteps of St. Peter to this district, home to the warm spirited catacombs and the tombs built by the most wealthy and famous families in Rome, the Appian Way, known as the Queen of Roads, is the first world’s highway. It is dated 312 BC and was the starting point for Roman traders and warriors but it was also flanked by mausoleums and the unmissable Christian Catacombs. Persecution of many Christian martyrs under pagan Emperors, whose bones, once buried underground, became objects of veneration.
PRIVATE TOUR MINIMUM 2 PEOPLE
EXTRA PERSON €330,00
Includes:
- Pick-up and drop off with luxury transportation and private chauffeur
- Private English-speaking tour escort at your disposal
- Professional guide inside the Catacombs
- Entrance tickets in the Catacombs (any one open depending on opening days)
- According to the Vatican regulation the entrance in the catacombs is organized in groups
- Appian Way (Via Appia Antica)
Not Included:
- 22% vat tax
- Gratuities. If you are satisfied with the service, a gratuity is customary.
NOTES
Dress code required: knees and shoulders MUST be covered.
People with claustrophobia may find difficulties inside the catacombs.
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Visiting the catacombs means undertaking a journey through subterranean Rome, where one can discover the gallery of tunnels in which first the pagans, then Christians buried their dead. Fascinating places that narrate ancient Roman customs and traditions, more than 60 catacombs and thousands of tombs exist in and around Rome. Additionally, there were six Jewish catacombs – four of which have disappeared, while the other two remain closed. The Roman catacombs were constructed along the ancient Roman roads (viae consulares) – Via Appia, Ostiense, Labicana, Tiburtina, and Nomentana. Only five catacombs are open to the public today: San Callisto, San Sebastiano and Santa Domitilla in the Appia Antica zone, and Priscilla and S.Agnese in the area of Nomentano-Salario.Roman law prohibited burying of the dead inside the old city walls, for sanitary reasons. The ancient Roman ways were lined with elaborate gravesites of society patricians; they were often cremated and their ashes were preserved in urns. The first Christians, rather, maintaining that they should be ready for the Resurrection, were not cremated but buried in the underground caves, dug in tufo or lava stone.Once their bodies were wrapped in two layers of cloth soaked with lye (to stave off risk of contamination), they were then deposited in niches inside the cave walls.Scholarly opinion varies in regards to the catacombs. While some hold that the first Christians used the catacombs as places of refuge from persecution, others believe that they were meeting-points for honoring the deceased – particularly martyrs and Popes – usually with a banquet or feast. The word “catacomb” is by now used to define just about any underground necropolis. However, the ancient term was “coemeterium” deriving from the Greek for "dormitorium," which emphasized the fact that Christians viewed burial as a passing moment before the Resurrection. Moreover, according to some scholars, the term catacomb can be extended to all the Christian cemeteries, yet in antiquity it actually defined the S. Sebastiano complex on the Via Appia. It was also the reference for the stone quarries surrounding the S. Sebastiano catacomb.