Well done Informative and interesting, our guide was excellent. Learned a lot, and enjoyed this excursion very much.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- 1/2 L mineral water per person
Excludes
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Cecilia Metella's Tomb and Quintili's Villa entrances are not included (no need to purchase any)
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- How to reach us by public transport: – Line 118 (running every 30 min) from Circo Massimo (subway B line) or Piazza Venezia – Line 218 (running every 30 min) from Piazza San Giovanni (subway A line) Both lines stop close to our office, get off at the bus stop “Appia Antica/Domine Quo Vadis”.
Return
- How to reach us by public transport: – Line 118 (running every 30 min) from Circo Massimo (subway B line) or Piazza Venezia – Line 218 (running every 30 min) from Piazza San Giovanni (subway A line) Both lines stop close to our office, get off at the bus stop “Appia Antica/Domine Quo Vadis”.
Itinerary
The fist stop will be at the Domine Quo Vadis Church - where the encounter between Jesus and Saint Peter took place and the miraculous footprints are still preserved. According to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, Saint Peter met here the risen Christ while Petrus was fleeing persecution in Rome. According to the tradition, Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?" (Latin: Domine, quo vadis?). Christ answered, "I am going to Rome to be crucified again"
Entrance ticket and guided tour of the Catacombs of S. Callisto or S. Sebastiano (according to availability) is included. The catacombs of St. Callixtus are among the greatest and most important of Rome. They originated about the middle of the second century and are part of a cemeterial complex which occupies an area of 90 acres, with a network of galleries about 12 miles long, in four levels, more than twenty meters deep. In it were buried tens of martyrs, 16 popes and very many Christians.
Once on the Appian Way again we will stop and enter the Circus Of Maxentius – the second biggest Roman circus that was probably never used, set of the film Ben Hur. The Circus itself is the best preserved in the area of Rome, and is second only in size to the Circus Maximus in Rome. The only games recorded at the circus were its inaugural ones and these are generally thought to have been funerary in character. They would have been held in honour of Maxentius' son Valerius Romulus, who died in AD 309 at a very young age and who was probably interred in the adjacent cylindrical tomb (tomb of Romulus).
On the top of the hill we will have a stop and explanation of the biggest tomb of the via Appia, the Tomb of Cecilia Metalla and the Caetani castle (entrance not included, you don't need to buy any ticket); on the opposite side of the road the guide will take you close to one of a kind example of Cistercian gothic style: S. Nicola Church.
The private villa of the multi-millionaire philosopher, preceptor of the emperor Marcus Aurelius
One of the biggest residential areas of the suburb of Rome, originally owned by the brothers killed at the hand of Emperor Commodus, who sadly went down in history as one the worst emperors throughout time. Entrance not included, you don't need to buy any ticket.
If you take a look at the map, you’ll notice incredible burial places lining the Regina Viarum. Catacombs, churches, sepulchers and mausoleums, but why all this burial places here? Well, this is one of the many answers you’ll get during our guided tour on golf cart on the Appian Way.
We will drive back to the starting point along the Ancient Appian Way
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Reviews
Wonderful!! Our guide Luca was so knowledgeable and accommodating. He had a wonderful sense of humour which made our time so much more enjoyable. Doing by golf cart, especially in the heat was perfect. Recommend highly. Thankyou Luka for a wonderful and educational time!!
Absolutely great ride very knowledgeable and personable. Answered a lot of questions and really learned a lot about the Appian way
This was very informative. We loved the info. And being away from the city. The golf cart was perfect. Our guide was knowledgeable and understandable. The catacombs are very interesting, but even the road sites and history was interesting!!
This was great tour of a portion of the Appian Way provided by a very knowledgeable guide. We learned so much about the early Roman republics history and customs. The catacombs are a must see.
The golf cart tour was outstanding. Our guide was a wealth of information and made our tour very enjoyable. Highly recommend this tour.
Doing this tour on a golf cart is brilliant. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable. Very personable and made the experience a lot of fun. We learned a lot while throughly enjoying ourselves. Strongly recommended!
Fredrick and his trainee were amazing. Full of historical knowledge. The tour was great and I’d recommend it to anyone.
Had a blast on this tour. The Appian way is LOOOOOONG so the golf cart gave us a real sense of the distances travelled by the Romans. Great guide as well with interesting facts and history.
We loved our Appian Way golf cart tour. It is a great way to experience both the Appian Way, catacombs and many other fantastic sights along the way. Our guide Flavia was the best, so knowledgeable and passionate. We would highly recommend this tour. As an aside it is a great alternative to the huge crowds at other main sights in Rome and easy to get to by bus
Its a great learning experience. Well worth the visit, away from the crowds of Rome. This should be on your list of musts.
It should have been a wonderful tour. However, the tour guide spent most of the time with one person in our tour of 5. She ignored the rest of us most of the time.
Fascinating. A gem tour that is not widely known. Guide was excellent. Well worth the effort to get there and away from the city center.
Unfortunately the weather was not good showers of rain and cool. However, we enjoyed the tour immensely and we would not have been able to see as much as we did without the golf buggy. We've wanted to see the apian way for some time and it didn't disappoint. It will be even better when all the monuments are renovated and the scaffolding comes down
My husband and I were received by a young guide Federico who invited us to take seat in the golf cart and start the visit. He began telling us the history about Vía Apia Antica. He was skillfull and well prepared. He explained everything during all the trip, walking among tombs, buildings, ruins and chuchs, and answered all our questions very detailed and with great willingness. We highly recomend this tour.
This is a wonderful activity for someone who been to Rome before and already seen the main sights. I am personally very glad that we did golf cart instead of bikes because we could enjoy sightseeing without being tired or concentrating on riding. The catacombs impressed me more than I would think. And of course our guide was on the point!
Disappointing. Not worth the price. The Catacombs were interesting, but there are cheaper ways to see them. Would have liked to learn more about the history of the area.
The best part of the tour was our guide Alexander. Amazing guy, funny and well informed. We learned so much from him especially because two less about the Appian Way. He explained so much and took the time to answer our questions. It was supposed to rain but we ended up having a spectacular day weather wise. So glad we took the golf cart tour as we wouldn’t been able to walk it.
Excellent tour of the Appian Way including a visit to the St Sebastian catacombs. Our guide gave an excellent commentary and plenty of time was allocated to stopping and viewing major sights. We also visited a beautiful 5th C church, St Giovanni a Porta Latina. There were only 4 of us on the tour which made it very personal. The guide also very kindly took as back to the Circus Maximus and gave us great advice on other things to see. A great way to get a feel for the Appian Way.
Sara, our guide, was amazing. She was very informative and made sure we were having a good time hiring the golf ride. The catacombs were very interesting as well.
Meeting point was a bike shop on the Appian Way where the people there welcomed us warmly to wait and told us where we could catch a bite to eat. Our guide Frederico was simply the best guide ever. Showed us so much history of the land and shared his awesome knowledge with my friend Linda and me. His love of Rome and its history is evident! Simply a magnificent guide and tour! And his care for the customers shines!
The catacombs and the most descriptive details of the tour by guide Flavia. The Appian way was most historicall.
Fabulous!! If you’re passionate about history, you cannot miss this and my guide, Sarah, was wonderful!
This was an interesting tour that I would recommend. Most people were saw were on bicycles to see this amazing area. I was thrilled we chose the golf cart. Our guide showed us so many details we would have missed. I highly recommend this tour if you want to get away from the tourist area for a day.
Very knowledgeable guide. The catacombs were amazing. It is hard to hear the guide when in the 3rd row on cart.
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