Appian Way and Roma Pass Question

I think you want to see the aquaduct park in south Rome which you reach via metro (Cinecitta metro stop). It is free and has aquaduct sections and parts of the Appian way. We are planning to go there in March.

The old Appian Way from the Aqueduct Park to the city walls is free, free as a bird if you want to walk it or ride a bike or whatever. Certain days the oldest bits are car free.

There are the Quo Vadis and catacombs. The church is free, the catacombs charge. Looking at the Roman memorials along the road is free and wide open.

There is a visitor centre about midway which has a coin operated coffee machine like the ones on trains, there may be a pay section but we wandered all around for either free or a Euro or two.

I can't imagine what the Pass is offering.

If what you really want is a transportation pass, you can buy a one-day ticket for €7, a 48-hour ticket for €12.50, 72-hours for €18, or a 7-day pass for €24. One of the reasons to buy the Roma Pass is to avoid the long line at the Colosseum, but there are other ways to do that - the line at the Forum is usually much shorter, start there. Take a tour. Maybe you can just pay a couple euro more and buy advance tickets.

Here's some more info on the (free) park from the Parco Appia Antica website:

http://www.parcoappiaantica.it/home/itinerari/acquedotti

It's 'in' the larger park but not actually 'on' Via Appia Antica.

The attractions along the Appian that the Roma Pass covers are the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella, Baths of Caracalla, Villa dei Quintili and Circus of Maximus (Circo di Massenzio). They are all some distance apart, and they all have specific entrances (we've been either by or to all of them).

http://www.romapass.it/p.aspx?l=en&tid=9

As already mentioned the Vi Appia antica is free, it's basicly a public road. The aquaduct park is, as Kathy points out, not actually on the via appia antica, in fact it's a couple of kilometres from it. When I visited last year in April we took the regular commuter train (not the metro) to the station Capanelle, which lies between the Aquaduct park and Via Appia antica. The train goes right trough the aquaducts, so if you don't feel like the extra walk, you can see it out the window (on your left hand side, when travelling from Rome).
The walk from Capanelle station to the Via Appia Antica is on a boring stretch of road with some traffic, so if you could hail a taxi that would be preferable.

Kathy I'm sorry, but have I to correct you, it's not the Circus of Maximus, but Circus of Maxentius. Circus Maximus is elsewhere and there is little to see. I really enjoyed both the Circus of Maxentius and the baths of Caracalla. Both are quite impressive in their size and unlike the main sights like the Colosseum and the Pantheon, they are almost devoid of tourists. Sights like these would be top sights anywhere else in the world, but they play second fiddle to the truly amazing sights like the Colosseum and the Pantheon.

Kathy I'm sorry, but have I to correct you, it's not the Circus of
Maximus, but Circus of Maxentius.

Darn autocorrect anyway... Yes, I mean Maxentius, and yes, we've been there. Thanks for catching that!

The walk from Capanelle station to the Via Appia Antica is on a boring
stretch of road with some traffic, so if you could hail a taxi that
would be preferable.

We did it from the Torricola station and while it wasn't boring - an interesting series of dives into the shubbery along a road with little-to-no shoulder! - I think we'll try it from Capanelle next time. :O)

In fact there is more to see at the Circus Maximus - newly opened after a 7-year restoration project.

Edit - just reporting what I read. I'm hoping to visit it later this month. Ah Roma, so many choices, so little time.