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Appian Way Aqueducts eBike Tour with Catacombs and Brunch
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Appian Way Aqueducts eBike Tour with Catacombs and Brunch
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Activity Duration (5 hours)
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Hosted in English
No refund if cancelled
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What you'll do
Join us for a unique eBike tour along the ancient Appian Way, featuring stunning aqueducts, catacombs, and a delicious brunch.
Tour Highlight
Explore Italy's ancient Appian Way, one of Europe's largest urban protected areas, on this small-group electric bike tour. Discover the history of this 4th-century BC Roman road, stretching over 310 miles (500 km), and uncover its secrets, including ancient villas and historical landmarks. Visit highlights like the Circus of Maxentius, Cecilia Metella's Mausoleum, and St. Callixtus's Catacombs, and take a break for a refreshing brunch or aperitif.
What is included?
- Infant seats available
- Near public transportation
- Not wheelchair accessible
What is not included?
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- You MUST know how to ride a bike WELL
- Max weight: 120 KG 265 pounds.
- The reduction for children (age 610) is valid only if they are less than 4/7 feet tall (143 cm) because they will have a trailer bike and not a bike alone
- In the afternoon there will be a tasty Aperitif to replace the Brunch
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
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Atlas Culture Co.
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Host since 2018
Itinerary
No meal included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Here is the starting point
Porta San Sebastiano
1
Porta San Sebastiano
Stop: 15 minutes
An imposing southern gateway to the city of Rome. The Porta di San Sebastiano, part of the Aurelian Walls built around 275 AD, also marks the beginning of the historic Via Appia Antica. Be enchanted by its beauty and discover the numerous medieval graffiti that testify to the flow of pilgrims over the centuries.
2
Catacombe di San Callisto
Stop: 50 minutes
Visit to the official funerary complex of the Church of Rome. The largest underground cemetery in the city with corridors that reach a length of about 20km. The catacombs of St. Callixtus, a sacred place dating back to the second century BC, take their name from the deacon Callixtus I. More than 50 martyrs and 16 popes and half a million Christians were buried here.
3
Parco Della Caffarella
Stop: 50 minutes
The Caffarella Park, today an integral part of the Appia Antica Regional Park, is one of the largest green areas not only in Rome but also in Europe. It is a treasure rich in history hidden among its paths and groves where you can see the remains of ancient buildings.
4
Ninfeo di Egeria
Stop: 20 minutes
Let yourself be enchanted by this sacred place that tells the love story between the Nymph Egeria and the second King of Rome Numa Pompilius, where Egeria, learning of the death of her beloved, burst into tears from grief, giving life to a spring.
5
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella e Castrum Caetani - Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica
Stop: 20 minutes
This majestic mausoleum is a pagan tomb dedicated to Cecilia Metella, dating back to the 1st century BC. Incorporated into the Castrum Caetani, it remains the best preserved mausoleum on the Via Appia Antica. Here you can also appreciate the remains of the medieval house of the wealthy Caetani family and the church of San Nicola of which only the perimeter walls remain standing
6
Parco degli Acquedotti
Stop: 40 minutes
7
Parco degli Acquedotti - Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica
Stop: 50 minutes
We resume the e-bike tour along this immense green area crossed in ancient times and still visible today, from the Via Latina, the oldest road in Rome. Crossroads of the water network of Ancient Rome, here it is possible to admire the grandeur of Roman engineering through the remains of some aqueducts in some places well preserved, and surprisingly some still in operation.
8
Villa dei Quintili e Santa Maria Nova - Parco Archeologico dell'Appia Antica
Stop: 20 minutes
At the fifth mile of the Appian Way you can admire the remains of the majestic Villa dei Quintili belonging to the brothers Sesto Quintilio Condiano and Massimo Valerio, consuls in the second century AD, killed by Commodus I who confiscated the villa making it imperial property.
9
Terme di Caracalla
Stop: 15 minutes
Built by the emperor of the same name, the Baths of Caracalla were for about a century the largest public baths ever built, and today most of their structure is preserved. A branch of the Aqua Marcia brought water to the baths through the Antoninian aqueduct. Small remains can be admired at the Porta di San Sebastiano.
10
Circus of Maxentius
Stop: 20 minutes
Located on the Via Appia Antica, the Circus of Maxentius represents the best example of a Roman circus that has survived to this day. Let yourself be transported into the past surrounded by the remains of ancient Rome. The spina, still visible, housed the Agonale obelisk, moved during the Renaissance to the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona.
This concludes the tour.
You’re free to explore at your own pace from here.
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