Hidden Rome by Golf Cart: Catacombs, Crypts and Sacred Art

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Hidden Rome by Golf Cart: Catacombs, Crypts and Sacred Art

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3h
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Selective hotel pickup
Multiple languages

Overview

Discover a lesser-known side of Rome with this private experience exploring places that reflect the city’s history of faith, martyrdom, and remembrance. Your tour begins with pickup directly from your hotel, where you will meet your private tour leader and travel through Rome by golf cart.

The first stop is the Basilica of Santo Stefano Rotondo on the Caelian Hill, famous for its striking 16th-century frescoes depicting the martyrdom of early Christian saints.

You will then continue to the Catacombs of Domitilla, one of the largest underground burial complexes in Rome, where you will join the official one-hour guided tour through ancient galleries carved into volcanic rock.

At the end of the visit, your driver will accompany you to the Capuchin Crypt, where the golf cart tour ends. You will receive entrance tickets with an audio guide to explore this unique site independently.

The private golf cart tour lasts about three hours, excluding the visit to the Capuchin Crypt.

Activity location

Basilica do Santo Stefano Rotondo
- Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo 7,
- 00184, Rome, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

Basilica do Santo Stefano Rotondo
- Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo 7,
- 00184, Rome, Italy

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Hidden Rome by Golf Cart

3h
English

Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time: 09:30

Price details

£341.71 x 1 Adult£341.71

Total

Until Thu, 26 Mar

What's included, what's not

Crypt of the Capuchin Friars Entry + Audioguide
Domitilla's Catacombs Guided Tour
Licensed Tour Leader
Private golf cart and driver at your disposal for the entire tour, allowing you to comfortably reach each site while also enjoying views of Rome’s historic streets and landmarks between stops.
Meals

Know before you book

Public transport options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travellers
Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Basilica do Santo Stefano Rotondo

One of Rome’s most unusual and atmospheric churches, the Basilica of Santo Stefano Rotondo on the Caelian Hill offers a powerful reflection on death and martyrdom in early Christian history. Built in the 5th century and inspired by the circular design of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, its unique round structure creates a solemn and timeless space. What makes this church especially striking are the dramatic 16th-century frescoes that cover its walls. These vivid paintings portray the martyrdom of early Christian saints, showing in powerful detail the suffering endured for faith. Created as a moral lesson for missionaries preparing to travel abroad, the images confront visitors with the reality of sacrifice and devotion. Within the theme Rome and the Art of Death, Santo Stefano Rotondo reveals how early Christianity transformed death from a symbol of fear into a testimony of faith, courage, and spiritual victory.

Catacombe di Santa Domitilla

1h
Admission ticket included

The Catacombs of Domitilla are among the largest and most fascinating underground burial complexes in Rome, offering a profound glimpse into the early Christian relationship with death and the afterlife. Here, visitors will join a guided tour led by the official catacombs guides, who will accompany the group through this extraordinary underground world. Developed between the 2nd and 5th centuries AD, these vast subterranean galleries extend for several kilometres and served as a burial place for thousands of early Christians. Carved into the volcanic rock along the ancient Via Ardeatina, the catacombs preserve tombs, inscriptions, and symbolic frescoes reflecting a strong belief in resurrection and eternal life. The Catacombs of Domitilla reveal how the first Christian communities transformed burial spaces into places of memory, faith, and hope beyond death.

Museum and Crypt of Capuchins

1h
Admission ticket included

The Capuchin Crypt offers one of the most striking and thought-provoking encounters with the theme of death in Rome. Located beneath the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione, this unique site will be visited at the end of the three-hour golf cart tour, when your driver-guide will drop you off at the entrance. From there, you will have about one hour to explore the crypt independently with the official audio guide. The chapels are decorated with the bones of thousands of Capuchin friars, arranged in intricate patterns that create a powerful and symbolic space dedicated to reflection on life, death, and eternity. Far from being macabre, the crypt expresses a deeply spiritual message. Through this extraordinary artistic display, the Capuchin friars sought to remind visitors of the fleeting nature of life and the universal destiny of death, perfectly reflecting the theme Rome and the Art of Death.

Location

Activity location

Basilica do Santo Stefano Rotondo
- Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo 7,
- 00184, Rome, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

Basilica do Santo Stefano Rotondo
- Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo 7,
- 00184, Rome, Italy

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