Our bike tour of Roma started at 9 am near the Colloseum, a 40 minute walk from our convent hotel in Trastevere.
We had a whole day cycling planned taking in the city sites and then the catacombs and Appian Way after lunch. You cover a lot of country by bike and we took in the Colloseum, Forum, Capitoli Hill, Pantheon, Vatican City and a number of the fountain filled piazzas. History everywhere and informative commentary from our guide Glen.
A nice lunch and relax from 12.30pm until we started again at 2pm with Victor for stage 2. We rode through the old city wall to the catacombs where we had a tour into a very small part of these underground Christian tombs. Up to 500 thousand were buried in 30 km of tunnels including many popes.
Bouncing along the Queen of Roads, The Appian Way, the oldest paved road in the world was the next objective. 2500 years of wear and tear leaves a few bumps. Passed a few milestones, the markers showing each mile Roma. Our tour then took us through the Appian Park with its ancient aquaducts. Some spring mineral water and wine and then back to base. A long and enjoyable day that gave us a great oversight of Roma.
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