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Via Appia by bike — Rome beyond the Colosseum
20 km of millennia-old stones, catacombs, aqueducts, shaded pines. The road that conquered empires, empty on Sundays.
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20 km of millennia-old stones, catacombs, aqueducts, shaded pines. The road that conquered empires, empty on Sundays.
20 km of millennia-old stones, catacombs, aqueducts, shaded pines. The road that conquered empires, empty on Sundays.
The Via Appia was inaugurated in 312 BC by Appius Claudius Caecus and ran from Rome to Brindisi (560 km) — the world's first superhighway.
Parco dell'Appia Antica is 4,500 hectares, Europe's largest urban park, yet 90% of tourists in Rome don't know it exists.
Bike rental at Centro Servizi Appia Antica (Via Appia Antica, 58/60): €15/day or €4/hour, beside the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella.
Sunday is the only day the Via Appia closes to cars between Porta San Sebastiano and Frattocchie — pedal in total quiet.
San Callisto Catacombs cost €10 and contain 20 km of underground tunnels across 4 levels, holding 16 martyr popes.
20 km of millennia-old stones, catacombs, aqueducts, shaded pines. The road that conquered empires, empty on Sundays.