Appian Way and Aqueducts Biking Guided Tour

Start your e-bike adventure by cycling along the ancient Appian Way, one of Rome’s oldest roads. This iconic route takes you through stunning landscapes and past well-preserved ruins. The electric mountain bike ensures a smooth ride over the cobblestones, allowing you to cover more ground and fully appreciate the historic significance of this legendary road.
As you ride, you’ll encounter various Roman ruins and monuments that line the Appian Way.
The tour takes you through picturesque Roman countryside, where the e-bike makes for a relaxed and enjoyable ride. Surrounded by rolling hills and lush landscapes, you’ll experience the natural beauty that contrasts with the historic site.
The tour concludes with a sense of accomplishment and a deeper appreciation for Rome’s history. You’ll have explored significant historical sites, enjoyed beautiful landscapes, and experienced the unique thrill of an e-bike adventure.

Located in the park of the samen name, the Appian Way keeps a historical, archaeological, and architectural heritage unique in the world. Walking or cycling among these 2300 years old extraordinary testimonies is an unforgettable experience to try at least once in a lifetime.

The Appian Way was designed in 312 BC by the censor Appio Claudio Cieco: his goal was to build a road axis that quickly connected Rome to Capua for the movement of troops southwards during the Second Samnite War (326-304 BC). Later on, the route was extended to Brindisi to directly connect with Greece, the East, and Egypt, for military expeditions, travels, and trade. It was the most famous route in the Roman era: the Regina viarum (the queen of the streets).

The tomb was built during the reign of Augustus, in the years between 30 and 10 B.C., for the noblewoman Caecilia Metella, as indicated in the large funerary inscription walled on the top of the mausoleum. Daughter of the Roman consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus, Caecilia was probably also the daughter-in-law of the famous Licinius Crassus, a leading figure in Roman political life and a member of the first triumvirate along with Caesar and Pompey. The wealth and prestige of the family to which she belonged explain the mausoleum’s dominant position and its monumentality.

The imposing residential villa located between the third and fourth mile of the Via Appia Antica which has been attributed to Emperor Maxsentius (306/312 AD) adversary of Constantine the Great in the battle of Ponte Milvio on October 28th, 312, is one of the most exquisite and impressive archaeological complexes of the Roman countryside. Composed of three separate buildings, the family mausoleum, the circus, and the remains of the Imperial palace, closed from the outside but connected to each other through internal pathways. The most well-known monument in the complex is the circus, the only Roman circus well-conserved in all its architectural components that still preserves its central median strip or spina. Following an important restoration project completed by the city’s Sovrintendenza, it is now possible to visit the mausoleum of the dynasty of Emperor Maxentius known as the “Tomb of Romulus” after the emperor’s young son who is presumably buried there.

It is one of the most fascinating parks in Rome and is enclosed between Via Appia and Via Tuscolana. It extends for about 240 hectares, within the landscape attractions of the Roman countryside up to the Castelli. The atmosphere of this park seems suspended in time and is especially enjoyable in the pink light of the sunset when the imposing arches of the Claudio and Felix aqueduct stand out against the sun in all their evocative beauty, framed by pine trees.

Rich in history, the Park of the Aqueducts is one of the green lungs of the city and is part of the Parco Regionale Suburbano dell’Appia Antica. It was the fundamental point of connection of the water network of ancient Rome, where the aqueducts that supplied the large patrician villas, the spas, and fountains of Rome, intersected, joined, and overlapped.

Today it is an oasis amidst sprawling high-rise buildings comprising a fascinating mix of archaeological and ecological wonders set in a picturesque rural landscape.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Not recommended for those who do not know how to ride a bike
• Only for people over 12 years old

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