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 Inside where you buy your 1
Euro ticket by icunme
My fabvorite mini grey electric bus winds all through Villa Borghese and circles near the Borghese Museum - exits Villa Borthese at San Paolo del Brasile (Via Veneto) before arriving at the last stop around the corner on Pincio. A bus ride in Rome doesn't get any better than this. I don't like the Metro - use it only where I have to - but here is a good deal in Rome for 16 Euro you get a week's pass on public transportation.
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The central bus-station is right outside of Termini, where you can also find the office of the bus-company (ATAC). The web of bus-routes spans all over Rome; after midnight the regular buses stop, but special night-buses will run till the morning hours.
We experienced a ride on a bus during rush-hours, which meant we were squished like sardines, without room to hold on to a handle or something - wasn't really necessary - since we were stacked into the bus so tightly, there wasn't a chance that anybody would topple over.
Tickets are available at all metro-stations, newspaper-stands, some convenience stores, and at the ATAC office. You can buy tickets for the nightbuses directly from the driver. There are several options of tickets:
- Biglietto Integrato a Tempo (BIT). Valid for 75 minutes upon entering the bus. €1.--
- Biglietto Integrato Giornaliero (BIG). Valid for 24 hours. € 4.--
- Carta Integrate Settimanale (CIS). Valid for 1 week. € 16.--
- Abbonamento Mensible. Valid for 1 month. € 30.--
We found the 24-hour ticket to be most useful, since we were in Rome for only 3 days and didn't use the bus each day. This card is aprx. €4.-- per person, per day and is also valid for the metro. Leave a Comment
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 This is the mini bus stop in
Pzza San Francisco by icunme |
 Young tourist waits for
the last train at Termini by melissa_bel
There are only 2 subway lines and they run from 5 AM to 11:30 PM.. Line A, the red line, goes (more or less) East-West and stops near the Vatican (Ottaviano-Vaticano), Piazza Del Popolo (Flaminio),the Spanish steps (Spagna), Piazza Barberini, Termini Station, and Piazza della Repubblica.
The Line B, the blue line, goes north-south and stops at the Tiburtina Station, Termini Station, the Colliseum (Colosseo), the Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo), the Pyramide (Piramide), San Paolo Basilica (San Paolo) and three stops at the EUR.
ATAC also has some trams (the Tram 8 that you can catch at Largo Argentina will take you Trastevere) and many, many busses! You can easily recognize the bus stops with their yellow posts. The number of the busses are on it. If you see a number and an owl, it is a night bus, a great service for all night lovers. They can bear the same number as a day bus but their itinerary may be slightly different.
Better check on ATAC's website (they can compute your itinerary for you) or with the driver.
A single ticket (BIT) is 1,00 Euro; a Day ticket ( BIG) is 4,00 Euros; a weekly ticket is (CIS) 16,00 Euros. You can buy your ticket at the machine in the subway station, in selected supermarket and (important if you take the tram or bus) at Tabacchi and bookstands. Leave a Comment
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 by belgianchocolate
Rome has got an easy and convenient bus
circulation circuit. The bus stops are ranked
on a board with the number of the bus.
The stop you are waiting at is circled is red..
all the names under that are stops.
That is very easy.
Keep an eye on the symbol on top.
An owl means it is a night bus.
They also come frequently... if you learn
to read those tabels and find out were there
are gathering points you can get home
every time during nighttime.
One thing is - the busses can get very 'filled'.
Sometimes it feels like a tin of sardines in
their own soggy.
Take also the small busses 116 , 117 , 118.
They bring you true little streets and are quit
convenient as well.
Since we stayed for a longer time we chose to
take a week card for 16 euro.
We never had a check. You can also get a ticket
for one day - 4 Euro.
In Belgium we are used to time tables ,
and the bus comes late anyway.
Here such things do not excist.
Just wait is the message...
we never had to wait long. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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You know that your Metro bus ticket BIT has to be validated when starting the journey. This is a must. But what if the validating machine "obliteratrice" doesn't work?
First try another one, but it can happen that all machines of a station are "fuori servizi" don't work. During all February 2008 the six machines at the urban railway station Gemelli (deserving the major Roman hospital) were out of service!
What to do? Don't think it is not your problem. On your ticket is written, only in Italian, in very small characters, that you have to validate your ticket by writing on it datum, time, station "In caso di malfunzionamento dell'obliteratrice il viaggiatore dovra annulare il titolo di viaggio apponendovi la data, l'ora ed il numero di vettura o la stazione sul retro".
Do that, at Gemelli station (urban train line FM3) I had just hand filled in my BIT ticket that there was a control on the train.
Another thing; when validating your ticket in a machine turn the illustrated side down. The machine prints on the upper side.
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Roma Pass is the latest innovation (as of April 21, 2006) by the local gov't of Rome. This pass is good as a ticket to all buses, subways and trams valid for 3 days plus 2 free entrances in museums/sites of your choice plus discounts on your visits to other museums/sites and even in ongoing exhibits and events.
You can get it from any tourist information kiosks (Punto Informazione Turistico-PIT) around Rome or at the museums.
If you are staying in Rome for only 3-days, this pass is definitely very convenient for you. Cost is 18euros. Leave a Comment Theme: BusPhone: +39060606/+390682059127Website: http://www.romapass.it/ Other Contact: http://www.zetema.it/mostre_ed_e
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Metropolitana is definetely the best way to get around, it is rather cheap and very fast. The ticket is available in any Tobacco shop or at the station terminal. It costs one euro for the tickest which last 75 minutes or four euro for the ticket which last 24 hours. To change your route, you have to get to Termini, which is central city atation. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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 Metro Map by Dutch1980
But the Metro is the easiest way to travel around.
It's quite safe in Rome but be careful of Pickpockets on crowded metro's or buses.
Carry documents and money in a secure bag or in front of you. Always keep an eye on where other people's hands are.
The Metro system has just two lines, A and B, witch cross at Termini.
You have still to walk to some of the famous sight seeing in Rome. Thats because there is still a lot of ancient Rome beneath the modern city, that they can't dig a tunnel through 2000 old years ol brick walls, mosaic pavements and marble colomns. You can see some evidence of this in the Republicca and Termini Stations.
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USEFULL METRO STOPS:
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Spanisch Steps ===> Line A : Spagna (from here walk to the trevi fountain)
Vatican Museum ===> Line A : Cipro/ Musei Vaticani
ST.Peter's Bassilica ===> Line A : Ottaviano
Colosseum ===> Line B : Colosseo
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 The sharpest of you will
notice this isn't a bus.. by baronedivandastad
So how to find out bus timetables and routes? the easiest way is to browse the ATAC site (linked below), though a little problem is that it's in Italian only. Once the first page displays, you can see three sections on the top orange-coloured banner. One says "calcola il percorso", with boxes labelled "partenza" and "arrivo". This will enable you to figure out the best way to get from A to B. Tip: when writing a street or square name, omit the via or piazza, simply writing the name. The site will produce a map of Rome where your route is drawn with (sometimes confusing) colours. Other tip: the route will be produced according to the (Italian) time when you enter the query, so if you browse in the middle of the night expect some strange results.
Another box says "Trovalinea" (ignore the trova indirizzo, which will simply spot an address into the map). This enables you to find out facts about all bus lines. So if you want to look for the timetables for bus line n.64 simply type 64 in the box and click on "cerca". The following page will usually have two clickable entries at the very top, under "risultato della ricerca". These correspond to the two end points of the selected line. Clicking on either of them will give you the timetables from that endpoint. So if you want to look for the timetables for line 64 leaving from Termini you must click on "partenza da Termini" and voila, here's the timetable!
Some lines have different timetables on holidays, in which case you are likely to see two additional entries (labelled "festiva") and on schooldays (scolastica).
Additionally, the page produces a map of the line, and you can localize each stop by clicking on its name under the map (scroll down if you have a lousy display like mine). Leave a Comment
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