Ancient tunnels used as an underground tomb, named after St. Sebastian, a martyr who is buried here.
At a glance
#224 of 280 Tourist attractions in Rome #31 of 48 Museums in RomeLocalGuideWorld score: 4.50
Rating breakdown
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Quick facts
- What is the rating of Catacombs of Saint Sebastian?
- Catacombs of Saint Sebastian is rated 4.5 out of 5 based on 3,216 reviews.
- How does Catacombs of Saint Sebastian rank in Rome?
- Catacombs of Saint Sebastian is #224 of 280 Tourist attractions in Rome by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
- Where is Catacombs of Saint Sebastian located?
- Via Appia Antica, 136, 00179 Roma RM, Italy — 5.1 km from the center of Rome.
- How can I contact Catacombs of Saint Sebastian?
- Phone: +39 06 785 0350 · Website: catacombe.org
A must see when you visit the Via Appia Antica. Need to take a good guiding tour. Very interesting. App. 40minutes
Very beautiful and worthy visiting, dispite the fact that our tour guide (we couldn't get on line tickets without one🤨) he knew epidermally the history and he spoke inside of his teeth ...we barely listened to him...the access is very easy with the bus 118 from Colosseo and reaches also the St Kallisto Catacombs. We reached one hour earlier and we could get in with the previous group so we gained time. If you go in the morning there is no queue at all. Same as Castel Sant'Angelo, we pre-paid 4times up the ticket and in 9 'o'clock in the morning there was no one there..We could take our tickets from there. Any way, catacombs was worthy.
We enjoyed our visit to the catacombs as part of the bike Appian Way tour. We stopped for a snack and coffee at the cafe before the tour began. Our guide was a lovely lady who was very knowledgeable and informative about the catacombs and how it began life as a quarry and then evolved over the centuries.
Wonderful experience but on the tour I feel like your rushed through I didn’t enjoy that part but it was such a cool experience!
Unterirdischer Friedhof wo 250000 Menschen auf ca 21 Fußballfeldern in mehreren Ebenen bestattet wurden. Sehenswert!
A catacomb with a religious connection. This is where st Sebastian, St Peter and Paul were initially buried. And you can found also the alleged footprints of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I was a little confused when I was looking up information for the place. So basically, during busy period, you can just turn up (note the opening hours tho!), get a ticket on the spot and wait for a group to form in the language you preferred. For English, and arriving when the site opens in the morning, it was less than 15min wait, basically for everyone present to pay for their tickets. Then a guide (included in the ticket price) will take the whole group on a guided tour through part of the catacomb. It is not possible to visit the catacomb on your own, and I can see so many reasons why. The risk of getting lost is real! Tour groups with their own guides also visit and they will just go straight through. The experience is really quite a unique and amazing one. The guide was very informative and the group size was not too big. There are not too many visitors so you don’t really see or hear too many people around unlike another catacomb I visited where you see a big group at every turn. Emerging in a pretty church after the catacomb was a pleasant surprise.
We had a very excellent guide who seemed to be a scolar . Seemed ok to just drive up park and buy tickets. There are lots of tours in different languages. Like 5 or 6 languages. Each tour about 45 minutes. Walk is not too hard. 50 or so steps down and up each side. Clean bathrooms and beautiful roses 🌹. No skulls and well lit. Its cool down there but not cold. Felt nice actually. No photos or videos allowed in the actual Catacombs
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