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Appian Way – Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella loop from Santa Maria delle Mole

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Appian Way – Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella loop from Santa Maria delle Mole

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Appian Way – Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella loop from Santa Maria delle Mole

02:04

30.8km

210m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 1, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 14.6 km for 68 m

After 14.9 km for 320 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.73 km

Appian Way (Via Appia Antica)

Highlight • Historical Site

Is there a better place to cycle than in the most famous street in the whole ancient world? I do not believe.

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10.3 km

The Via Appia Antica is therefore a road with reduced traffic (and almost completely closed to traffic on Sundays), constituting a route of indisputable charm for cyclists who want to travel it. In fact, you cycle for long stretches in a very special atmosphere, among ancient funerary monuments and beautiful pine trees immersed in the Roman countryside, and in some places it is easy to think that you have stepped back in time. As if that weren't enough, from the Appia Antica it is very easy to make a detour to the beautiful Caffarella park, a vast natural area that is hard to believe can be found in the middle of Rome.
Starting from the center of Rome, the Appia Antica runs from its own location to the town of Frattocchie, where it rejoins the new Appia.

(source: bikeitalia.it/la-regina-viarum-lappia-antica-in-bicicli/)

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11.3 km

Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella

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The Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella is a grandiose Roman funerary monument dedicated to a wealthy Roman matron, a member of one of the most important noble families of the time. The complex was built between 30 and 10 BC. and reused in medieval times as a tower of a perfectly preserved castle. The residential part of the fortification houses the "Appia Museum", a collection of statues, sarcophagi, inscriptions and reliefs from the Via Appia Antica and relating to the rich funerary monuments that overlooked it.

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11.5 km

Villa of Maxentius

Highlight • Historical Site

The villa of Maxentius, built in a panoramic position on the slope of a hill facing the Alban Hills, is an imperial villa in Rome that belonged to the Roman emperor Maxentius. The complex is located along the ancient Appian Way and consists of three main buildings: the palace, the circus of Maxentius and the dynastic mausoleum.

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13.7 km

Tomb of Priscilla

Archaeological Site

14.5 km

First milestone of the Appian Way

Highlight • Monument

Looking to the right just outside Porta San Sebastiano you will notice a copy of the first milestone of the Via Appia Antica. It marked the distance of a Roman mile (equal to 1,480 meters) from Porta Capena, where once the Via Appia Antica began. The original was found in 1584 and was moved to the Capitol in 1910, where it is still preserved today.

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14.5 km

Porta San Sebastiano

Highlight • Historical Site

Porta San Sebastiano is the largest of the gates in the defensive walls of the Aurelian Walls of Rome, as well as one of the best preserved. The original name was Porta Appia because the Via Appia emerged from it, while the current name derives from the proximity to the basilica and the catacombs of San Sebastiano.

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14.9 km

Sepolcro degli Scipioni

Archaeological Site

19.2 km

Appian Way

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Appian Way is the ideal continuation of the discourse on imperial monumentality. If the forums and palaces were proof of power within the city, the Appian Way (or Via Appia) was a demonstration of Rome's power beyond its borders, a peerless feat of engineering and propaganda.

Called by the ancients Regina Viarum (Queen of Roads), the Appian Way is more than just a route: it is an open-air museum that embodies the wealth, politics, and ambition of every Roman era. Cyclists, both Roman and otherwise, love to travel, a journey through nature and history.

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21.7 km

Via Appia Antica (Ancient Appian Way)

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The first suburban miles of Via Appia Antica in southeastern Rome are a Grade I archeological site and a popular recreational area. The road and its surroundings are protected as a regional park from the further approach of suburban development. As an arterial road, the Appia was in antiquity lined with tombs, estates and spas. In addition to numerous aboveground monuments on the edge of the road are some excavations and the entrances to several early Christian catacombs. (Source: Wikipedia)

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22.4 km

Parco Naturale Regionale Appia Antica

Nature Reserve

30.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.7 km

2.92 km

2.65 km

2.17 km

1.24 km

150 m

Surfaces

14.1 km

9.36 km

5.24 km

2.00 km

114 m

Elevation

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Friday 26 June

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23°C

18 %

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Appian Way – Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella loop from Santa Maria delle Mole

Appian Way (Via Appia Antica)

Appian Way

Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella

Villa of Maxentius

First milestone of the Appian Way

Porta San Sebastiano

Appian Way

Via Appia Antica (Ancient Appian Way)

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