Why this ride
207 km from Fondi to Fondi, about 4 h 02 of riding. On the way it passes The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae, The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S, Ancient Capua and back through The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Via Appia in Fundi and Ancient Capua
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 207 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 02
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. The Via Appia in Fundi
The Via Appia, the queen of Roman roads, runs straight through the middle of Fondi, and the town's grid of streets still follows the plan of the Roman settlement it once was. Built from 312 BC to link Rome with Capua and later extended to Brindisi, the Appia crossed the coastal plain here, between the mountains and the sea, and Fondi grew up around it as a stopping place. In the historic centre, the main street follows the line of the ancient road, and stretches of the Roman walls survive, built of huge polygonal blocks. The Via Appia was recognised by UNESCO in 2024 as a World Heritage Site, with Fondi as one of its components.
Read the complete The Via Appia in Fundi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Via Appia in Fundi is where the day begins. Next is The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae.
2. The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae
The queen of roads, the Romans called it: the Via Appia, begun in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus, ran from Rome to Capua and later on to Brindisi, the gateway to Greece and the East. Near Formia, the old road comes down from the hills of Itri to the coast of the Gulf of Gaeta, and a stretch of it, with its paving stones and roadside monuments, survives in the countryside. In 2024, UNESCO listed the Via Appia as a whole, and this section between the eighty-third mile from Rome and the ancient town of Formiae is one of its pieces.
Read the complete The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae comes up about 21 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S.
3. The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S
The Via Appia, the Queen of Roads, ran from Rome to Brindisi, and in 2024 UNESCO inscribed long stretches of it as a single World Heritage site. Near Mondragone, on the coast of northern Campania, the road passes the site of Sinuessa, a Roman colony that once guarded the route where it reached the sea after crossing the coastal plains from the north. Not a great deal stands above ground today, so this is a place where you read the landscape rather than tour the ruins.
Read the complete The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 53 km into the recorded legs you reach The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S. Next is Ancient Capua.
4. Ancient Capua
Santa Maria Capua Vetere does not look like much as you ride in, a busy Campanian town of tangled traffic and apartment blocks, but under and around it lies ancient Capua, once one of the richest cities in Italy. The Via Appia passed straight through, and its great amphitheatre, second in size only to the Colosseum, still dominates the edge of town. This was where the gladiator schools trained their fighters, and it was from a school in Capua that Spartacus broke out in 73 BC with a band of fellow slaves, beginning the revolt that shook Rome for two years. The amphitheatre and a small gladiator museum nearby are the obvious stops, and the Mithraeum under the town, with its painted scene of the god slaying a bull, is one of the best preserved in Italy.
Read the complete Ancient Capua write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Ancient Capua, about halfway. Next is back through The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S.
5. back through The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S sits at 139 km, about halfway. Next is back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae.
6. back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae comes up about 185 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Via Appia in Fundi.
7. The Via Appia in Fundi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Via Appia in Fundi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Via Appia in Fundi closes the day.
Leg by leg
The Via Appia in Fundi to The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae
The Via Appia in Fundi → The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae to The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S
The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae → The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S to Ancient Capua
The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S → Ancient Capua is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ancient Capua to back through The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S
Ancient Capua → back through The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S to back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae
back through The Via Appia from Sinuessa to the Pagus S → back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae to The Via Appia in Fundi
back through The Via Appia from 83rd mile to Formiae → The Via Appia in Fundi is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.