Explore the ancient Appian Way and other Rome, Italy Off The Beaten Path Tips

Our tour with the Archeobus was a great experience and there was a lot to see, I can really recommend it. The Archeobus tours daily from Piazza Venezia to the Via Appia. It costs around 7 Euro and there is a bilingual guide on the bus. The bus leaves hourly, you can exit at the stops and get on the next bus again to go on with the tour.
These are the stops:

Bocca della Verità
Circo Massimo
Terme di caracalla
Porta S.Sebastiano
Sede Parco Appia Antica
Valle della Caffarella
Catacombe di San Callisto
Catacombe di San Sebastiano
Circo di Massenzio, Cecilia Metella
S.Urbano
Villa dei Quintili
Casal Rotondo
Villa dei Quintili
Acquedotti Romani

We did the tour on a Monday so many of the sights along the way were closed but on the other hand those that were open were pretty empty. We stopped at Catacombs di San Sebastiano and the Aquedotti Romani.
The bus is also allowed to drive on the the part of the via appia which normally closed for traffic and still has the original pavement of the Roman times.
I would recommend booking ahead.

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You can't really call the Palazzo Farnese of the beaten path because it's right behind Campo di Fiora. But since visiting isn't that easy I thought it best fits here.
Palazzo Farnese is a beautiful renaissance palace that today holds the french embassy. Famous architects like Antonio da Sangallo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Giacomo Della Porta built the palace for the Cardinal Farnese the later pope Paul III.
It is famous for its architecture and the frescos by Caracci.
If you want to visit it today you have to write a letter in advance to the french embassy in Rome asking them for a visit. The tour is free and is only held in french but its really worth it even if you don't understand french.

Here is the mail adress I wrote to: consulat-rome@France-italia.it

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