Rome Catacombs Night Tour & Santa Maria Maggiore After Hours

When evening falls, meet your highly-rated private guide at Piazza della Repubblica and luxury chauffeured vehicle.

Start with a short ride to Saint Agnes Outside the Walls, a large complex with ancient catacombs, a remarkably preserved 7th-century basilica, and the 4th-century Mausoleum of Constantia—daughter to Emperor Constantine.

View the early Christian rotunda; be awed by golden mosaics that have survived from the 600s then move on to explore the underground areas.

The Catacombs are the ancient underground burial places of Christians founded almost two thousand years ago by the first Christian communities.

As though on an Indiana Jones quest, one shall traverse a disguised netherworld of corridors to unearth these antique sepulchers and graves.

This tour discusses early Christian symbolism, secret codes, funeral rites, and spine-chilling tales of hunted martyrs such as Saint Agnes.

It is awesome, uplifting, and absorbing to be able to feel what it is like having the real privilege of being there on one’s own inside such a Holy Space.

You will continue with the beautiful Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.

Considered one of the most ancient and beloved basilicas, parts of this building date back to the 5th century.

In this unique VIP tour, you will be allowed access to some special areas as well, climbing up to the Loggia balcony with its lighted medieval mosaics and wandering through the huge Hall of Popes.

Then you shall proceed to rooftop terraces from where panoramic views of domes and spires over Rome can be seen.

The way back leads down Bernini's famous spiral staircase into the peaceful Nave so beautifully alight and entirely devoid of visitors at night.

This is the site chosen by Pope Francis to be his final resting place and has earned an affectionate title: that speaks for itself.

The basilica is known for large apse mosaics of the Virgin, rich side chapels, and burials (notably Bernini’s), but above all for it houses the sacred relics of the Manger.

Exiting through the Holy Door is where your tour ends, stepping into a lovely Roman evening.