If the Appia is the Roman road that people tend to imagine first, all grandeur and memory and textbook authority, the Via Salaria belongs to a different register altogether. Lesser known, yet appealing, if you think it’s just a lesser version of its more popular sister, you’d be mistaken.
The Via Salaria is a pleasant surprise, one that needs to be discovered slowly, mile after mile, village after village. If you take the time, you’ll realize this road brings you to another idea of Italy entirely, one tied to movement, geography, and a slow accumulation of places that reveal themselves one after another.
