Ancient Appian Way: Explore Rome's Hidden History

Explore Rome’s ancient history on an eBike tour of the Appian Way, Catacombs, and Aqueducts. Enjoy a delicious lunch and afternoon aperitif.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Porta San Sebastiano - A grand southern entrance to Rome, the Porta di San Sebastiano is part of the Aurelian Walls constructed around 275 AD. It also marks the start of the historic Via Appia Antica. Be captivated by its charm and explore the numerous medieval graffiti that bear witness to the passage of pilgrims over the centuries.
  • **Catacombs…
What's Included
  • Guided visit of the Catacombs
  • High quality e-bike
  • Lunch
  • Child seat until 25 kg
  • Helmet
  • Mobile phone holder
  • Handlebar holder
  • Child (6-10) is valid only if they are less than 4/7 feet
What's Not Included
  • Optional Tips
Additional Information

This tour guides you through the Ancient Appian Way Regional Park, one of Europe’s largest urban protected areas. Participants will be immersed in the history of the Ancient Appian Way, a Roman road from the 4th century BC, stretching over 500km and connecting Rome to Brindisi in southern Italy. It served not only as a military road but also conceals…

Location
Roma STARBIKE - Rome eBike Tours & Experiences
Roma STARBIKE - 0,03 mi from the "Colosseo" Metro station (Line B) - Next to the Carrefour Supermarket
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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664judaha
Jun 3, 2025
What an Incredible Experience - My wife and I unfortunately missed our tour of the Appian Way due to unforseen circumstances. Roma Star Bike was able to seamlessly slot us in for the next day, which was incredibly generous. This was by far my favorite tour we did in Italy! Shout out to our tour guide, Chris, for giving us an incredible experience. We highly recommend Roma Star Bike for any bike tours in Rome as they are excellent. Be prepared for an active day, including bringing water and using sunscreen.
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Lisa_r
May 15, 2025
The best day! - We had a great time! Myself and my two sons, ages 18 and 20. Highly recommend the tour to get to see the Roman countryside, the Appian Way, aquaducts and other sites we would not have seen otherwise - as well as get some exercise. Our guides Lorenzo and Paulo were excellent and Lorenzo shared so much interesting information along the way. Lunch sandwiches and biscuits were delicious. Highly recommend!
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805sarahs
May 10, 2025
Secret treasures - There is no way we could have seen so many different sides of Rome without this tour. Our guide was so kind and just so happened to be a secret photographer as well. We would highly recommend this for your trip to Rome!
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Ddizkomende
May 1, 2025
A perfect combo of nature, history and sports - We booked a tour of the Via Appia with Roma Starbike for two families, consisting of four adults, three teenagers, a 10y old and a 5y old. Not an easy mix to manage, but our guide Alex made it an unforgettable experience for all of us. The wonderful staff upfront prepared all the different e-bikes for us, quickly explained how to use them and off we went to our trip. The tour itself was already very beautiful bringing us out of the city into nature and giving us some welcome exercise and relaxation as a nice counterbalance to all the great historical attractions and churches we have visited in the days prior. Our guide Alex, however, made all the difference. He created for us the right balance between fun, history and joyful bike riding, so that all of us, from adults to teenagers to the little ones came back from the trip with a big smile on our face. Further to that, Alex took care we felt safe and relaxed the whole trip. The kids (incl. the teenagers!) were quick to tell us that this was by far their best part of visiting Rome. And frankly, it was at the top of the list also for us adults. Strongly recommend this activity to anyone who would like to enrich their Rome experience with a great combination of nature, history and sport.
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Lesleymz6828sf
Apr 27, 2025
10/10, Highly Recommend - My adult son and I did the Appian Way with Catacombes tour. It was just the 2 of us led by the fabulous guide Sergio. We had the best experience. Sergio was full of information and passionate about having discussions regarding topics related to the sights and Rome in general. It truly was one of our favourite activities whilst in Rome. Bonuses were seeing Sergio light up at the mention of Bacchus at the Nero statue and him being kind enough to provide a restaurant recommendation. Everyone at Starbike was very friendly and welcoming. I would highly recommend if like Sergio, you are not a fan of traffic and love green spaces. 🙂
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Borisc748
Apr 24, 2025
Trip with Ricardo - We reallx enjoed our tour, It was different than other toured in thr city,exploring the beautiful nature inside the city of Rome Ricardo was profedsional and we loved rbrty moment. I recomend to people who want to escape crowds for couple of hours
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Patcharak2017
Apr 21, 2025
Great Cycling Trip - One of the best cycling trip ever, fabulous routing incredible scenery beautiful nature and plus very rich of historical and our guide, Alex is great as he always keep the eyes on the whole group and make sure that everyone doing alright and very informative and knowledgeable it’s very good combination adventure and historical very highly recommended and if I have chance to come back to Rome again I definitely will do it again! Uma from Bangkok, Thailand
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D4610zenickd
Apr 18, 2025
Nico is the best - Nico was an amazing tour guide for us! Not only was he knowledgeable about everything we saw in the tour, but also extraordinarily passionate about it! 10/10 recommends!
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4v9cw7d5s7
Apr 14, 2025
Great e-bike ride with Matt - We had a great time! Matt was an amazing tour guide. He prioritized safety but made it very interesting and entertaining. I highly recommend!
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Y_f
Apr 6, 2025
Really fun and unique experience. - Wow! This was fun. I will start by saying that we rode bikes for about 5 hours. If you aren’t up for that, then this isn’t the tour for you. That being said, they were e-bikes. This was my first time using an e-bike. Wow! It was super cool! It made the hills really easy. Going by bike was definitely the way to see everything. We started with the Catacombs tour. They already had our tickets waiting, and we went right in. After that, we rode out the Appian Way, which was so cool. We saw the ancient aqueduct and had time to take photos. We also stopped along the way to learn about the things we were seeing. They told us all the cool stories and history. On the way back, there was a stop for a light lunch. It wasn’t anything to write home about, but it was a nice end to a great tour. Overall, this was a wonderful way to spend the day. We couldn’t have seen this any other way. If you are interested in these sights, this is a really great tour.
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From $102
up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).