Highlights
- Discover this unique area with our passionate and professionally-trained guides
- Follow an expertly designed, safe itinerary - an ideal blend of nature & history
- Experience the top quality of our mountain bikes / e-mountain bikes
- Enjoy an underground guided visit of the Catacombs (6-hour tour)
Description
Explore the Roman countryside on a quality mountain bike / e-mountain bike with anti-puncture tires and a comfortable saddle. Enjoy an open air experience in the company of an expert guide and in maximum cycling safety, as you navigate the great highlights of this archeological area: the millennia-old Appian Way, the great Aurelian walls, the towering Roman Aqueducts, an Imperial Villa and countless remains of ancient Roman funerary practices.
You will leave the city through St. Sebastian's gate and set out on the 2300-year-old Ancient Appian Way. The great extension of this open-air museum, peppered with mausoleums and villas, will tell the fascinating story of Rome's rise and fall. You will bike through vast areas hiding miles of underground Catacomb tunnels - and even stop to descend their corridors for a guided visit (only in the longer, 6-hour version of the tour).
As you continue, you will reach the Park of the Aqueducts, where monumental arches - once bringing in enormous quantities of water into Rome - loom over the landscape in the afternoon glow. Return to civilization through the green Caffarella Valley, a patch of true Italian countryside in the midst of the city.
Includes
Quality mountain bike or e-mountain bike (with anti-puncture tires and comfortable saddles)
Guide
Guided visit of the Catacombs (only in the 6-hour tour)
Helmet (mandatory)
Bottle of water
Important Information
- The length of this tour is 27 km (17 mi), 60% of which off-road. The level is intermediate (difficult with a child seat/child extension).
- Around 40% of this tour takes place in the city, on carefully chosen streets. However, but some traffic is unavoidable to connect the Appian Way to the Aqueducts Park. In the remaining 60% of the route (riding in parks), there is no traffic.
- On Wednesdays (as well as in the period between mid January and mid February) this tour may last up to 30 minutes more than usual.
- Child policy: Infants aged 1-4 travel on a child seat (140cm/55' tall) can ride their own Bike or E-bike.
- This tour doesn't include any food/drinks; however, the route offers possibilities to purchase some.
- Our bike equipment carries a weight limitation of 300 lbs (136 kg).
- A minimum of 4 participants applies.
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
