Private Tour Piaggio Ape Car Appia Antica & Food Tour

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3 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English and 1 more

We begin this unique journey next to the Pyramid where you will meet your expert guide in the morning or early afternoon and board a vintage 1972 Piaggio Ape Calessino. Some know it as the Italian tuk tuk.

Our tour will cover the Aurelian walls towards the Baths of Caracalla. Your professional guide will tell you his story. We will visit one of the oldest churches in Rome, the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo.

During the tour, you will have the chance to see the curious church of Domine Quo Vadis, delve into the history of the miraculous encounter between Christ and St. Peter. We will stop in the oldest part of the Appian Way for a walk.

A TRUE TASTE OF ROME

Now our fun part starts! Our first stop is with Jacopo a true master of cheese and ham. We will sit and enjoy the salty flavours.
Our second stop will be at the famous Nero Vaniglia where you get to taste 3 pastries, freshly hand made accompanied with the best coffee or cappuccino.

Our tour ends at the metro of Piramide

What's Included

Private transportation
Professional guide

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

outside the bar

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 3 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Piramide Cestia

    We will admire the unique and only pyramid of Rome

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Porta San Paolo

    The most southern entrance gate to Rome

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    San Saba

    We ride along the Aurelian Walls built in 270 AC and visit a part of the conceptual San Saba district

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Terme di Caracalla

    We will admire from the outside the grand thermal baths of Caracalla, the unique complex of thermal baths

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Basilica di Santo Stefano Rotondo al Celio

    We visit the unique ancient circular basilica of Santo Stefano Rotondo, dating back to the 5th century

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Porta Latina

    We pass by the ancient Porta Latina, famous access gate part of the Aurelian walls

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Porta San Sebastiano

    We admire the most stunning fortified entrance gate of Rome

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Appian Way (Via Appia Antica)

    We pass by the first mile stone on the Appia Antica road

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 9
    Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis

    We pass by the famous Quo Vadis church where St. Peter met Jezus and asked him: Where are you going to?

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Catacombe di San Callisto

    We enter very peaceful part of the Appian Road, the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, one of the oldest Christian cemeteries of Rome

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 11
    Villa di Massenzio

    We get to the oldest part of the Appian way where the emperor Maxentius had his villa and mausoleum.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 12
    Parco Regionale dell'Appia Antica

    We park the vehicle and make a nice stroll on the Appia Antica waling on the 2300 years old stones. We stop for a coffee in the park that is now Unesco world heritage

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 13
    Catacombe Di Domitilla

    We pass by the ancient catacombs of Domitilla

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 14
    Quartiere Garbatella

    We enter the famous conceptual district of Garbatella, also called 'Garden Village' dating back to the 20 and 30s of the past century.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 15
    Fontana della Carlotta

    Strolling through its narrow streets, among period villas and beautiful courtyards, you can admire a small fountain in Piazza Ricoldo da Montecroce, realised in the 1930s by the architect Innocenzo Sabbatini. Called the fountain of Carlotta, it has a large jar - a vase in cement grit, which surmounts a quadrangular pillar in concrete with dog-tooth moulding. In the centre, a pink female face with long hair pours the water into a basin below. According to legend, the work depicts the "gentle and beautiful" (gentle and beautiful) innkeeper who welcomed travellers in this area, once countryside, giving the characteristic Roman neighbourhood its name.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 16
    Quartiere Ostiense

    We make a stop at the amazing pastry Nero Vaniglia in the popular Ostiense district

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 17
    The Eataly Rome Market

    We stop at the luxury 3 store food market Eataly, all the best products of Italy in one place!

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • no infants allowed
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