Rome the eternal city, Rome the open city, but also a green city. All roads lead to Rome, but they also depart from Rome. Roman holidays, as long as they're by bicycle.

Romano Puglisi reaffirms his dedication and devotion to Rome with a new and enriched edition of "Rome and surroundings by bicycle" (Ediciclo, 192 pages, 16 euros), 16 itineraries for everyone. Here they are: four in the Tiber Valley north of Rome (Middle Tiber Valley from the confluence with the Nera; between Etruria and Sabina along the Tiber admiring Mount Soratte; along the Tiber encountering the bend nicknamed "the flask"; the Tevere-Farfa Natural Reserve), three in the Roman Tuscia from the Sabatini and Cimini Mountains to the sea (the Allume railway to the bridge over the Mignone; the descent towards the sea from Manziana to the castle of Santa Severa; the tour of the volcanic crater of Martignano), three in the State Natural Reserve of the Roman coast, the reclaimed lands and along the Tiber up to Rome (Pagliete and Torre in Pietra; Maccarese and Porto; the Regina Ciclarum along the right bank of the Tiber), three among parks, monumental villas and Roma Natura reserves (Villa Pamphilj, Villa Borghese, Villa Ada...; Monte Ciocci and the Pineto; the Castel di Guido estate) and three in the great archaeological park of the Appian Way and in the Castelli Romani park (Lake Albano, the Appian Way, Roman aqueducts with Tor Fiscale and the Caffarella Valley).

Puglisi (who is Roman by name and in fact, on foot and especially on pedals, in spoken and written words, in studies and discoveries) proposes destinations easy to reach by train (between 15 minutes and 1 hour and 20 minutes), suitable for young and old, therefore for families, suggested to experts and occasional cyclists, muscular and electric, nature lovers and also art enthusiasts. Each itinerary is introduced by a general explanation and then analyzed with a detailed description, plus map and figures, length and elevation gain, type of route (gravel, asphalt...), traffic intensity (from protected routes to little or very little frequented roads), type of bike (mtb, gravel, trekking...) and recommended period, plus color photos.

Pure, coherent, tenacious, resilient, precise, serious, Puglisi is a guarantee. And his tested, reliable guides, full of everything.

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Today, Thursday June 18, at 6 PM, in the BiblioPop library of Santa Maria delle Mole in the Appian Way archaeological park, Romano Puglisi presents "Rome and surroundings by bicycle" with Anna Longo, the journalist and essayist who wrote the preface, and journalist Angelo Melone. Free admission.