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Getting to Rome


Info on how to get Rome, Italy by plane, train, car including Rome airports and main train stations.

  • BY PLANE
    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 € 11,00 and takes approximately 30 minutes. Tickets can be purchased at vending machines, ticket offices and other vendors at both Termini and Fiumicino. 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 € 5,50.


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    Ciampino airport G.B. Pastine (CIA) is 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 1,20 euro. Buses leave every 30-60 minutes.

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    For more information: www.adr.it

  • 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 got 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.

    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.

    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').