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Underground Cities of EuropeThe free travel guide as a PDF

18 underworlds from Paris to Cappadocia: what is down there, what it costs and how to get in. With a ticket compass, three theme routes and clickable links to current hours and prices.

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Cover of the free PDF travel guide Underground Cities of Europe showing the ossuary of the Paris Catacombs
18underworlds in 9 countries, from the Paris Catacombs to the rock cities of Cappadocia
94individual sites – crypts, bunkers, cisterns, tunnels – each with price and duration
1ticket compass: admission, booking, photo rules and access for every place on one double page
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A look inside

Double pages like a printed guidebook, with links in the PDF: every place and every QR code leads to its current page on this site.

  • Ticket compass in the PDF Underground Cities of Europe: admission, booking and photo rules for all 18 places
  • Double page on the Catacombs of Rome in the PDF travel guide Underground Cities of Europe
  • Pages on the catacombs of San Callisto, Domitilla, San Sebastiano and Priscilla in Underground Cities of Europe
  • Theme routes on bunkers and water beneath the city in the PDF Underground Cities of Europe

What's inside

  • Ticket compass: all 18 places compared – admission, booking rules, bottlenecks, age limits, photo rules and accessibility.
  • Five chapters: France and Britain, Italy, Central Europe, Germany and Türkiye – each with a map.
  • A double page for every place with history, “Before you go” and a box on “What others get wrong”.
  • Three theme routes: bones, crypts and Capuchins · bunkers and the Cold War · water beneath the city.
  • Places by occasion: no booking, with children, free, step-free, photos allowed. Plus an index of every site.

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The 18 places in the book

Each place has a detailed page on this site with current opening hours, prices and tickets.

An open iron gate in the ossuary of the Paris catacombs, walls of skulls and bones behind it
Francefrom $43.62
Catacombs

Paris Catacombs

Six million dead, 200 at a time: how to get a ticket.

−20 mdeep14 °C243steps
 Underground London: the disused platform of Aldwych tube station, an old train standing in the tunnel
Englandfrom $45.54
Bunkers & urban underground

Underground London

War Rooms, ghost stations, deep shelters: prices and tickets for 2026.

−3 mdeep15steps120 min
 Brick-lined tunnel of the underground hospital in the Dover Castle tunnels
Englandfrom $36.43
Bunkers & tunnels

Dover Castle Tunnels

Wartime tunnels, hospital, medieval passages: 2026 prices and access.

−15 mdeep240 min
 Brick chambers in the vaults under Edinburgh's South Bridge, numbers painted on the niches
Scotlandfrom $28.93
Urban underground

Underground Edinburgh

A lane buried in 1753, bridge vaults from 1788: which is which?

60 min
 A narrow gallery lined with burial niches in the Domitilla catacombs in Rome
Italyfrom $16.07
Catacombs

Catacombs of Rome

Five catacombs, five different closing days: 2026 prices and rules.

16 °C50steps40 min
 A green-lit cistern with a railing in the underground of Naples
Italyfrom $20.66
Urban underground

Underground Naples

Five operators, one name, and no ticket that covers them all.

−40 mdeep17 °C136steps
 Matera underground: the Palombaro Lungo cistern lit in blue, with a steel walkway crossing the water
Italyfrom $29.96
Cisterns & cave city

Underground Matera

No guide, no booking: 15 minutes and €3 under the main square.

−16 mdeep15 min
 The corridor of the trades in the Capuchin catacombs of Palermo, clothed mummies lining the walls
Italyfrom $10.33
Catacombs

Capuchin Catacombs

1,252 mummies, a €5 ticket sold only at the door, and no photos.

 A vaulted passage in the catacombs beneath St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
Austriafrom $17.22
Crypts & catacombs

Underground Vienna

Three crypts, one film sewer, no joint ticket: 2026 prices and times.

30 min
 Prague underground: the Gorlice hall in the Vyšehrad casemates with the original statues from Charles Bridge
Czechiafrom $30.99
Urban underground

Underground Prague

Buried streets, not tunnels: 2026 prices and who speaks English.

60 min
 Pilsen underground: wooden fermentation vessels in the historic cellars of the Pilsner Urquell brewery
Czechiafrom $11.48
Urban underground

Underground Pilsen

13 km of cellars, 800 m walkable, and shut for all of January.

10 °C60 min
 Budapest underground: a dimly lit passage in the labyrinth under Buda Castle Hill
Hungaryfrom $19.55
Urban underground

Underground Budapest

Two closing days, two rival labyrinths, one $4.50 trap.

−15 mdeep60 min
 Krakow underground: excavations in the Rynek Underground museum, four metres below the main market square
Polandfrom $40.18
Urban underground

Underground Krakow

Free on Tuesdays, shut every second Monday, and not a salt mine.

−4 mdeep
 Underground Berlin: the high bunker at Anhalter Bahnhof, now the Berlin Story Bunker, with the slogan “Wer Bunker baut, wirft Bomben”
Germanyfrom $20.66
Bunkers & urban underground

Underground Berlin

Eight tours in English, and a car park where the bunker was.

90 min
 The Green Bunker in Hamburg (Flak Tower IV) with its new roof garden
Germanyfrom $26.87
Bunkers & urban underground

Underground Hamburg

A free roof garden on a flak tower, and very few tours in English.

335steps90 min
 Underground Nuremberg: a vaulted passage in the historic rock-cut cellars beneath Castle Hill
Germanyfrom $13.44
Urban underground

Underground Nuremberg

Beer cellars, not catacombs – and English tours at four of eight sites.

−20 mdeep60 min
 Rows of lit columns in the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, reflections in the shallow water
Türkiyefrom $52.22
Cistern

Basilica Cistern Istanbul

336 columns, two tariffs: prices, queue and the pass myth.

52steps40 min
 A round rolling stone door beside a narrow staircase in the underground city of Derinkuyu
Türkiyefrom $21.12
Underground cities

Cappadocia Underground Cities

Derinkuyu or Kaymaklı: 2026 prices, open levels, tight corridors.

−85 mdeep13 °C60 min

Frequent questions

Is the PDF really free?

Yes. Download it without signing up, keep it, print it and share it unchanged.

How up to date is it?

Everything was checked against sources as of September 2026. Because hours and prices change, every place in the PDF links to its current page on this site.

Which places are included?

Paris, London, Dover, Edinburgh, Rome, Naples, Matera, Palermo, Vienna, Prague, Plzeň, Budapest, Kraków, Berlin, Hamburg, Nuremberg, Istanbul and Cappadocia – with 94 individual underground sites.

Can I read it on my phone?

Yes. It is A5, 12 MB, and every link is clickable.

Is there a printed edition?

A print-on-demand edition is in preparation.

Is there a German edition?

Yes, as “Stadtunterwelten Europas” on unterwelt-atlas.de.

Deutsche Ausgabe