Monte Ciocci–San Pietro cycleway

The Monte Ciocci–San Pietro cycleway is a 1.1–1.5 km-long (0.7–0.9 mi) cycle track opened in April 2025 in Rome, Italy, to connect Monte Ciocci Park [it] to Roma San Pietro railway station. The route combines old railway infrastructure and crosses the Vatican railway with a new level crossing.

Monte Ciocci–San Pietro
Location	Rome, Italy
Established	2025
Trail map Legend tunnel portal Monte Ciocci Park [it] incline ramp to viaduct Via di Valle Aurelia Via Anastasio Secondo Via Angelo Emo Valle Aurelia viaduct tunnel portal Pontifical Minor Roman Seminary [it] tunnel portal incline ramp up to street Via Aurelia Via Nicolò Quinto Viale Vaticano incline ramp down to railway Vatican Railway Passeggiata del Gelsomino St. Peter's Square This diagram: view talk edit

With its connections to other routes, it now forms a branch of the Via Francigena walking/cycling route from Canterbury to Rome.^[1] Upon opening, Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri compared the route to the High Line in New York.^[1]

Route

At the north end of the route is the Monte Ciocci Park [it] indirectly connecting to the existing Monte Mario‒Monte Ciocci cycleway [it]. After descending and ascending to reach Valle Aurelia viaduct, the route uses the single-track viaduct, and single-track former railway tunnel under Pontifical Minor Roman Seminary [it]. The south end of the tunnel is approximately 8 metres (26 ft) below street level. A zig-zag ramp structure raises the route allowing continuation via a segregated path along the north side of Via Nicolò Quinto.

Next to the Vatican walls, the route drops using a ramp opposite the Vatican City railway station [de] platform back to railway track level to cross the Vatican railway at the end of the station platform. Here is a junction with the existing Passeggiata del Gelsomino east along Via della Stazione Vaticana towards St. Peter's Square, or southwards over the railway viaduct to Roma San Pietro railway station.^[2][3]

Construction

Construction of the route was estimated at €5 million^[1] and cost €6.7 million.^[3]