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The Colosseum
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The flag in the front, the marching goes on
Does anyone know if the Fuimicino Airport is linked by train to Civitavecchia, so that we can get to our cruise ship without having to take an expensive shuttle?
No direct train. You could get the train from the airport (the Leonardo Express)into Rome Termini, and then another train to Civitavecchia. This will take you longer, but cost considerably less. You could, of course, take a taxi to Termini.
Airport trains are frequent (every halfhour or so)and take around 35 minutes.
The Trenitalia site will give you info (in English) on train times/fares for the journey to Civitavecchia (again, trains are freqent). Journey times vary from around 45 minutes to 1 hour 20, depending on which train you take. No need to buy tickets online, unless you wish to do so.
http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html
The railway station in Civitavecchia is about 10 minutes walk from the port. Again, you could take a taxi if you wished.
J is absolutely correct about there being no direct service from Fiumicino to Civitavecchia .
There is another alternative you could try which will save you going to Termini Station and back out again.
Trenitalia's solution is Fiumicino to Civitavechia via Trastevere or Ostiense.
You will still have to change trains but it will save you going right into the centre of Rome and returning again.
The average time for their solution is approx.2 hours
When you use the website that J gave you, use "Fiumicino Aeroporto" for the starting point, and "Civitavecchia" as the destination, even for the English pages. You should then get the solution that Dominic talked about (change of train in Trastevere). Note that the train from Fiumicino to Trastevere is NOT the Leonardo Express, but the FM1. They both leave from the same station at the airport.
This solution has the advantage of not only being faster than going all the way to Termini (which, as Dominic alluded to, is on the other side of town from both the airport and Civitavecchia), but is cheaper to boot.
Bill
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Bracciano is a beautiful little town, some 40 km. from Rome, located at a scenic lake and also a location of a magnificent castle.
It can be quite crowded, since many people visit it, but nonetheless it is an excellent destination for a one day trip outside Rome.
There is an amazing pastry shop with the most phenomenal mousses in different flavours.
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We found Il Pepperoni while looking for Hard Rock Café. What caught our attention immediately is that the restaurant is located in a glass house on the sidewalk, and we actually ended up calling it "the glass house".
Both hubby and I had excellent pasta at good prices and a feel of the local scene. The staff was eager to see us have a good time, and we actually enjoyed eating dinner and watching the traffic on Via Veneto.
If you are at all interested in Roman remains, I can't recommend a trip to Ostia highly enough! It's easily accessible, huge and wonderfully atmospheric. Imagine a mini-Pompeii without the hordes, but with shops, houses (some with second floors), a theatre, warehouses, baths, market hall, wall-paintings, temples, streets, mosaics, gardens, a palace...the list is vast. Ostia is a brilliant introduction to what a Roman town was really like, and its museum contains some truly beautiful sculptures
There are cafes and restaurants around, but I like to take a picnic, settle down in a shady place somewhere quiet and just dream myself back 2000 years.
My Ostia pages are on http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/73696/23dd5/
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