Experts' Choice Award Catacombe di San Callisto
What the experts agree on
Rome's largest catacombs hold 500,000 burials across four levels, including early popes and St. Cecilia. Expect crowds from tour groups, but the ancient funerary tunnels are genuinely impressive.
“The crypt of St Cecilia is the spot where this patron saint of music is believed to have been buried before she was moved to her eponymous church in Trastevere.”
– Time Out
Fodor's "The 4th-century church was named after the saint who was buried in the catacomb, which burrows underground on four different levels." Full review
Frommer's ""The most venerable and most renowned of Rome," said Pope John XXIII of these funerary tunnels." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"These are the largest and busiest of Rome’s catacombs." Full review
Frommer's "These catacombs are often packed with tour-bus groups, and they run perhaps the most standard tour, but the funerary tunnels are phenomenal. " Full review
Lonely Planet "It's home to Rome's best-known catacombs, including the extensive Catacombe di San Callisto. These eerie underground tunnels are where the city's early Christians buried their dead."
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