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Reaching Rome
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Reaching Rome
From the airports - daytime
Fiumicino Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" (FCO)
Rome's main airport is well-connected to the center during the day by a direct train and slower trains. The direct train between Fiumicino and Termini costs ? 9,50 and takes approximately 30 minutes. Tickets can be purchased at vending machines, tickets offices and other vendors at both Termini and Fiumicino.
schedule: every 30 minutes
Fiumicino - Roma from 6.37am until 11.37pm
Roma - Fiumicino from 5.52am until 10.52pm
There is another train connecting Fiumicino airport to central Rome - when you are at the airport train station look for the train with the destination "Orte" or "Fara Sabina". It is slower (and cheaper) because it stops at some smaller local stations along the way and does not stop at Termini. Trains take about 45 minutes to reach Tiburtina. Tickets cost ?5,00.
schedule: every 15-30 minutes
Fiumicino Airport - Trastevere - Ostiense - Tiburtina from 5.57am until 11.27pm
Tiburtina - Ostiense - Trastevere - Fiumicino Airport from 5.06am until 10.36pm
For more information: www.adr.it
Ciampino Airport "G.B. Pastine" (CIA)
A smaller airport dealing mainly with charter flights and budget airlines. It is connected to Line A metro station Anagnina (about 30 mins by metro from Termini) by Cotral buses; ticket costs ? 1,03. Buses leave every 30-60 minutes. For more information: www.adr.it
From the airports - night time
Fiumicino
For arrivals and departures between 11.30pm and 5am, there is a night bus running between Fiumicino and Tiburtina station. It stops at Termini Station.
From Fiumicino: 1.15am - 2.15am - 3.30am - 5.00am
From Tiburtina: 0.30am - 1.15am - 2.30am - 3.45am
The 40N bus connects Tiburtina and Termini during the night.
Ciampino
Buses connecting Ciampino airport with the center of Rome stop running at 11pm, so the only way to get into town late at night is by taxi.
Taxi
The average fare for a taxi ride fron Fiumicino airport (or Ciampino) to the center is ? 35.00/40.00. After having exited the arrival hall at Fiumicino, you will find the taxi stand.
You may be approched by illegal taxi drivers in the station and at the airport. If you need a taxi, look for the official yellow or white taxis which have meters. There are taxi stands at both Fiumicino and Termini.
By train
Most Inter-city trains arrive at Termini Station. A few trains, particularly those arriving at night, arrive at Tiburtina or Ostiense stations.
Termini Station
The hub of Rome's transport system can be confusing when you first arrive , but the following explanations of its layout should help you get oriented. Once you have gotten off the train and have walked down the platform, you will reach the main gallery. The exit by platform 1 will take you to the north side of Termini; the exit by platform 22 will take you to the south side of Termini. Continuing away from the platforms past the main gallery, you will reach the main hall. Exiting from the main hall you will find Piazza dei Cinquecento, the largest bus terminal in Rome, where the access to the city's two metro (subway) lines, A and B is also located. The night bus to Fiumicino airport stops here as well, although you'll have to look very hard for the sign.
Below is a list of what you will find - besides trains, buses and metros - at Termini station:
Luggage Storage
Open 5.15am - 12.20 am - ? 3,10 per 5 hours, per item.
Alitalia office
Tickets to the airport can be bought here.
Police and Carabinieri Station
If you have lost luggage or documents (or have had them stolen) on the train, report them here.
Tourist Office
Eurail and Train Information Office
English spoken sometimes
Banks and ATM'S
Banca S. Paolo di Torino ATM'S
Ticket offices
You will also find a pharmacy , an electric appliances store, a travel agency, news stands with international newspapers, and restaurants.
In all major Italian train stations you will find an office dedicated to facilitating train travel for disabled people. Upon request (which must be made at least 24 hours in advance for Italian trains, or 3 working days for international trains) these centers can organize transportation for disabled people around the train stations of departure and arrival. Other services include wheelchair use, luggage transport, and train information.
Please contact: 064881726 (office located by platform 1). This office will organize services for disabled people in all the stations of Rome.
Note: Remember to validate your ticket before continuing. Fines are pretty high!
Tiburtina Station
The second biggest train station in Rome, easily accessible by bus and metro (Line B) from the center. The slower (and cheaper) train and night bus to Fiumicino airport leave from here. Facilities at the station include a 24 hour supermarket and exchange office. Across the piazza in front of the station you will find the buses that depart for destinations all over Italy and abroad. The ticket offices are located in the piazza and around the corner on Circonvallazione Nomentana. From Termini: Line B stop Tiburtina or Bus 492.
From Termini: Line B stop Tiburtina or Bus 492
How to read Italian Train Time-Tables
There are train timetables posted troughout the station. In addition to the immense permanent tables located high above eye-level, there are numerous yellow posters with more extensive and current informations. On these yellow posters, you should not check only the "final destination" column. Rather the city you want to reach might also be found in the "principali fermate" (major stops) column or "annotazioni" (notes). The green trains (and some black trains leaving at night) are the normal slower trains, the red trains (IC, EC, EN, and ICN) are faster and require a supplement, while ES (Eurostar) being the fastest of all are even more expensive and require reservations on Saturday and Sunday.
People planning to travel around Italy a lot should consider buying a Kilometric Ticket (Biglietto Chilometrico) . This ticket is good for 3000 kilometers of travel within 2 months, and can be divided among up to 5 people and is available for 1st and 2nd class.
Useful web sites:
www.trenitalia.com official railway site
www.romatermini.it
By Car
Yes, it's true that "tutte le strade portano a Roma" (all roads lead to Rome), but over the course of 2,500 years the Romans have built so many roads that it can be confusing to actually reach the center. If you are on the A1 highway from the north, take the exit called "Roma nord" . If you are on the A1 from the south, take the exit "Roma est". Both of these exits, after a few kilometers, take you to the GRA (Grande Raccordo Anulare), the ring road which surrounds the city linking the highways and the "strade statali" (state roads, marked as "SS"). The most important for the traveller are:
the Via Aurelia (Pisa , Livorno, Genova)
the Via Cassia (Viterbo, Siena)
the Via Flaminia (Umbria)
the Via Tiburtina (Tivoli)
the Via Appia Nuova (Ciampino airport, Castelli Romani)
the Via Pontina (Latina, Sabaudia, Circeo, Sperlonga)
the Via Cristoforo Colombo (Ostia)
From the GRA you will also find the exit for the Autostrada di Fiumicino leading to Leonardo da Vinci airport and that to the A24 highway to Abruzzi (Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Pescara).
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