Why ride a bike on the Appian Way?

Via Appia is a hidden bicycle touring treasure. It’s easy enough for beginner cyclists to handle, and exotic enough to prove a high adventure for advanced cyclists.
We’ll be going there next spring, and you can go to the Touring Italy by Bicycle category to find out more.
Many sections of the original ancient Roman Appian Way, […]

Bike trip in Italy is official

Bike across Italy next year, if you dare to.
A lot of the people I’ve been talking to are into the idea. My High School reunion last week put me over the edge.
I’ll be putting up a lot of information on the Bike tour of southern Italy FAQs page, including the long answers to all of […]

Bicycling in Italy and the Mediterranean

In this picture I’m with the beautiful Cristina Ottaviani in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. (Sorry guys, she’s taken. And not by me).
This was at the end of a 2-week ride tracing via Appia, the Appian Way, ancient Rome’s highway that crossed half the length of Italy from Rome to Brindisi.
I can’t even […]

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