Underground Catania Tour: Discover Historical Monuments, Religious Buildings & Legends

From the period of antiquity to the 18th century, traversing sacred structures, graveyards, majestic Roman landmarks, subterranean waterways, folk tales, and archival records… A captivating route that explores every epoch of Etna’s city. The vestiges of a bygone Catania persist beneath us, concealed from our sight.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Terme Achilliane - Vast thermal complex, dating back to the III-IV century AD, which extended into the area of Piazza Duomo. The thermal plant was made up of numerous rooms, but the only portion remained accessible is located just below the cathedral
What's Included
    • Carbonated beverages
    • Entrance fees included
Location
Piazza del Duomo
Right under the elephant!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jccn5430ze
Oct 9, 2025
Fascinating and fun way to see Catania's underground spaces you can't visit on your own! - My aunt and I loved this guided tour. Oreste, the guide, is an archaeologist by profession and was able to give us tons of fascinating information about the locations we visited. He is friendly, punctual and professional and a Catania native, and even kindly offered to walk us to our next stop after the tour. I highly recommend you take this tour if you're in Catania and want to see its underground wonders with someone who knows them well and is working on getting the city to open up and excavate more underground spaces.
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Josephc923
Sep 20, 2025
Excellent underground tour. Not to be missed - Excellent tour of underground parts of Catania that we never would have seen. Mathilde was very knowledgeable, had pictures to show of of what we were seeing and how they looked long ago. She even stop and got us local refreshments which was a very nice touch. We definitely recommend this tour
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J4456nqevan
Sep 18, 2025
Enjoy the cool underground - Mathilde was a great, local guide with lots of facts and knowledge on Catania. The underground is a great way to escape the heat in the summer!
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Micheleri6975lb
Sep 3, 2025
A journey into the pulsating history of Catania - Matilde was a fantastic guide, she answered all our curiosity with enthusiasm and an immense dose of patience and smiles. I have been coming to Catatnia for more than 30 years and thanks to her I was able to discover corners of the city that were totally unknown to me.
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Sandra_m
Aug 27, 2025
Catania and its fascinating history - We really learned a lot about Catania from our guide, Oreste, who put the history of this city in context so that its current condition is understandable and makes sense. The underground experience is quite memorable.
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Vusggustric
Aug 17, 2025
Catania underground to see absolutely - I did this tour of almost 3 hours, among other things one day it rained a lot, our guide Oreste prepared made us spend these hours without making us bored and showing us particular sites divas the keys to access ke had only him, if you do not do this tour you can not see them independently. Highly recommended
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Luciebc977at
Aug 17, 2025
very good visit - Thank you to Mathilde for the visit, which was very clear. We had a great time and learned a lot. The first visit under the cathedral was unexpected and this is the part I preferred.
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Terence_m
Aug 14, 2025
Must do - This tour is a must see. It shows a side of Catania that most people dont know. Rich history underground
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Cp062020
Aug 20, 2025
To do! - The guide was really impressive, his explanations very interesting; we see 4 different sites in Catania (warning: sites are not connected); the first one was under a restaurant, the group was divided in smaller groups in order to visit. We had to wait about 30min before getting in;
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Meryp331
Sep 5, 2025
Crazy prices - Crazy prices Venice Catania really expensive prices low availability. Not to mention if you book 1 month in advance even higher
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From $87
up to 5 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).