Private Tour Piaggio Ape Car Appia Antica & Food Tour

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  • Price from
    €130
  • Duration
    3 h
  • Group size
    Private tour
  • Guide languages
    English, Spanish

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    Overview

    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

    What you will do

    • Piramide Cestia

      We will admire the unique and only pyramid of Rome

      10 min

    • The most southern entrance gate to Rome

      5 min

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

      10 min

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

      10 min

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

      15 min

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

      5 min

    • We admire the most stunning fortified entrance gate of Rome

      5 min

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

      5 min

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

      5 min

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

      10 min

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

      5 min

    • 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 min

    • We pass by the ancient catacombs of Domitilla

      5 min

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

      15 min

    • 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 min

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

      10 min

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

      10 min

    Meeting point

    outside the bar

    End point: outside the bar

    Important information

    • 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
    • no infants

    Cancellation policy

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