Appia Antica and Catacombs Tour

Built in 312 BC by the consul Appio Claudio Cieco, the Appia Antica was considered the "Regina Viarum" because it allowed the Romans to reach the south as far as Brindisi.

Our guided tour on the Appia Antica, one of the extra-urban roads of Rome, is an opportunity for an excursion to a suggestive place surrounded by one of the largest open-air archaeological parks in the city. Noteworthy are the Mausoleum of Romulus and the Circus of Maxentius, the best preserved. We will then pass into the fell of Castrum Caetani, whose core is the famous Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella, transformed into a tower of the fort in the Middle Ages.

You’ll continue on to the catacombs where you’ll find that in the 1st century AD, Christian cemeteries did not exist in Rome. Roman custom tended towards cremation, but Christians, believing in bodily resurrection, would not cremate their dead. However, few Christians had enough money to purchase land to bury their dead, and thus the catacombs were born. Today you can explore the hidden corners of Rome’s catacombs and learn the fascinating story behind these troubled tombs.