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You know the saying "when in Rome..." Well to do as the Romans do you MUST rent a scooter, or find a resident with one willing to let you hop on the back. One of my most beautiful moments in Rome occured at 4AM whipping by the Roman forum all lit up at night on the back of a scooter.
Be careful though, I have seen more accidents since I have been here. And, you must wear a helmet. A friend of mine has a very funny story. She was getting a ride on a scooter but the owner only had one helmet. They got pulled over and her friend ended up talking his way out of a ticket by saying that he had this opportunity to sleep with an american girl so he had to take the risk of riding without a helmet!!! The officer let him go. Now only in Italy would that be a significant excuse!!!!! Leave a Comment Theme: Motorcycle
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as tourists, my friend convinced me to rent a vespa for an afternoon. as a young, terrible driver in a foreign city with chaotic traffic, i was apprehensive. but i bit the bullet, and subsequently crashed into a curb, sending me and the vespa flying...as my friend sped off, having the time of her life!! So, yes they are cool and very italian, be aware of your driving skills before embarking! Enjoy! Leave a Comment Theme: Motorcycle
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Forget driving in Rome: the traffic is MAD!!! The only people drivers tend to slow down for are the clergy, so try to cross the street with a priest or nun when you get the chance. Renting a scooter might seem a very Italian thing to do and it probably is, but again you're taking your life in your own hands and do you really want to risk crashing into a car?
Better to use the bus and metro then. Have a look at the map and rest assured: everything is within easy walking distance in Rome! A very handy bus line is 64 or 40 (Express) from Termini via the city centre to the Vatican, and a one-way ticket costs EUR0.77. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Rome is not a good place to enjoying driving. It is a typical big city with lots and lots of cars, buses, trams, tourists etc. etc. A driver must be vigilent and never lose its concentration. I know its diffcult because you pass by so many beautiful buildings that u can't control yourself.
I drove from Bergamo to Rome and it was in Easter Holidays. There was too much traffic on the Motorways and it took us 14 hours instead of 7 hours to reach Rome ! When we reached there we were extremely tired and sleepy. So, My advice is to never drive to Rome in Easter vacations.
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Road distances from Rome to:
- Paris (France): 1.427 kms.
- Berlin (Germany): 1.524 kms.
- Madrid (Spain): 1.970 kms.
Here you can find the driving times together with the best routes:
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Via Dei Fori Imperiali brings from Piazza Venezia to the Colossium...Mussolini built it to have a road on wich celebrate italians army (italian what?!),it is said he crushed a beatiful medioeval zone in order of doing it....well,every tourist that comes in Rome pass through this road.It's really impressive and here I just wanna say do not be scared or disgusted by the car traffic and noise,try to take two step on it during the deep night time,then tell how does it looks.The city must live,over the ruins and the glories of the past,under the gas clouds and noise of the present. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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I read this: You are fifty times more likely to die on the roads in Rome than you are in London or Los Angeles.
Take the metro. Where only your pockets are in real danger... Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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Italy is full the small cars, the motorbikes ... and funny cars :)
It is amazed me, how tightly they parking their little cars.
Of course most of cars were scratched. Only big and expensive cars looks like new cars, without scratches.
One year later I was possibility to ask from one Italian, why it is so ... and she explain, that the big and expencive cars are scratched too, but they owners are usually on the better economical condition and their cars be repaired as soon it is possible. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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At first glance, traffic in Rome seems crazy, but it's amazing how it works out so well. Horn is probably the first part that wears out in Italian cars, they use it more than braking pedal :)
I'm sure there are traffic rules in Italy, but unwritten rules are the ones to obey. Police don't bother drivers or pedestrians unless they do something extraordinarily stupid.
Crossing streets in Rome is easy once you get hang of it (it takes just a couple of crossings). Drivers don't stop but they won't hit you unless you step on the street totally unexpected (or when there's red traffic light for you). Just use your intuition and common sense.
Traffic lights are green for pedestrians for short time in Rome, but once it gets yellow, you have about half a minute left to cross the street. If it's red, expect to wait a couple of minutes, traffic light cycles are long. Traffic lights are mostly accepted by drivers, but not pedestrians.
There are lots of cars in Rome, and, naturally, many scooters, too. Cars are mostly 10+ years in age and some 25 per cent have a dent or two, but it probably doesn't bother drivers at all. I really like this attitude!
And last but not least, you really don't want to drive in Rome, choose rails and buses! Theme: Other
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For people who never wasn't before in Italy it is the exciting experience...
In summer, when weather is hot, it looks like some madness arriveing to Rome. Our arrival time was at evening, when the working time was ended and peoples hurry to home.
There were hundred cars who waiting in several checkout-queues in checkpoint, to pay the road tax.
I think when you hurry to home, it is very stressful wait so in disarrangement of cars ...
we were tourists in bus with contitioner and for us it was really exciting watch for show what was happen behind the windows of our bus.
There were much to see - some peoples was eating, another couple was kissing self-forgetfully ;) ... there were young peoples sitting with feet on the control panel, there were family who pushing own car, because the radiator of car started to leak ...
And so we spend the time, till we pass through checkpoint. Leave a Comment
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