Naples San Gaudioso & San Gennaro Catacombs Combo Ticket - Guided Tour Included

Descend into the Catacombs of San Gaudioso
beneath the Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità

Meet your guide at the ticket office of the Catacombs of San Gaudioso and spend about 45 minutes exploring the catacombs and the Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità. This is the second most important early Christian cemetery in Naples, and your guide explains how the site expanded after Saint Gaudiosus, a bishop from North Africa, was buried here around 451–453 AD.

Admire early Christian frescoes and mosaics

Take a close look at the saint's tomb, 5th–6th century frescoes and mosaics with typical early Christian motifs. You also visit the tombs of the nobility dating back to the 17th century, when the catacombs were used again as a burial site.

Discover the 17th-century tombs decorated with skulls

Learn about the unusual 17th-century practice of displaying skulls on the walls of the corridors, and admire the frescoes of the painter Giovanni Balducci, who refused payment in order to be buried alongside the city's nobles.

Visit the Catacombs of San Gennaro for free

With this ticket you can also enter the Catacombs of San Gennaro free of charge. The free entry to the Catacombs of San Gennaro is valid for 12 months.