This tour is the first of its kind! This original Crypts and Catacombs tour will take you to explore early Christian art in the Catacombs. Your guide will lead you through the dark tunnels of the Roman catacombs and show you hundreds of burial chambers. As you continue your mysterious journey, your group will explore Basilica San Martino Ai Monti and feel as though you are going back in time with every different level of the Basilica you visit as you hear your guide's in-depth commentary, bringing it to life.
You'll wrap up your tour with a visit to the truly eerie Capuchin Crypt, fascinating chapel hidden away in central Rome decorated with the bones of 4,000 Capuchin Monks.You'll spend time discovering the intricate decorations and the official museum which will give you a chance to see Caravaggio’s magnificent canvas ‘St. Francis in Meditation’ and relics from the life of St. Francis himself.