Rocca Paolina

One of the most astonishing places in Perugia, a true underground city where houses, streets, and alleyways were absorbed into a 16th-century papal fortress. Walking through it feels almost theatrical: history emerges from every stone, every archway, every descending staircase. It’s a powerful and evocative journey that reveals centuries of power and urban transformation. An absolute must-see to understand the most authentic and mysterious soul of the city.

Nothing much happening in there. And its really hard to find the entrance. We ended up walking around outside to the bottom of it, yet there was a nice escalator we missed. Unique and spooky underground mini town, well, smaller than that but it has that feel.

I believe everyone visiting Perugia should stop by and explore Rocca Paolina. There is no entrance fee!

This place is so cool!!! Do not miss it. Free to enter, and plenty of informative information in Italian/English. We loved it.

Unique medieval village experience! No cost!

It is a page in the history of Perugia which bears witness to a vanished architectural structure; all that remains are those buildings which were transformed into the basement of the hated Rocca and which today can be visited and explored. The Rocca has a very particular charm, it feels like walking in an ancient medieval street but indoors. Nice sensations.

This is quite an extraordinary spot, underneath the modern city!

A big place where you can take a tour inside, for free, a huge historic place from where you can enter the old town of the city to the The Fontana Maggiore and other monuments.