Guide
Practical guides for getting around Rome
Honest comparisons between train, shuttle, taxi and a private car with driver, with real door-to-door times. Including when another option wins.
Civitavecchia to Rome
Eighty kilometres separate the pier from central Rome. There are four options and none of them is right for everyone: it depends on how many you are, how much time you have, and when you must be back on board.
Read the guideFiumicino to the centre
Thirty kilometres, five ways to cover them. The fastest is not always the easiest, and two suitcases reshuffle the ranking completely.
Read the guideRome's traffic zone
There is not one ZTL and it is not always active. The fine arrives anyway, months later, at your home address. Here is what to know before you drive in or ask to be dropped in the centre.
Read the guideAmalfi Coast in a day
Yes, but it is a long day and it has to be built properly. Here are the real numbers, what fits into a single day, and when you should sleep down there instead.
Read the guideBoarding at Civitavecchia
On departure day the problem is the opposite of a shore excursion: you do not have to get back in time, you have to be there. And the ship waits for nobody.
Read the guideThe Castelli Romani
Thirty kilometres from the centre and another Italy: volcanic lakes, white wine and porchetta. Half a day is enough, but not for all of them at once.
Read the guideWhat getting around costs
Rome is mostly walked, and that changes the arithmetic more than any travel pass. Here is what you actually spend, and where it is worth spending more.
Read the guideRome to Puglia
Five hundred and eighty kilometres, and at least five and a half hours on the road. The direct train exists, the flight only shortens part of the journey, and a car with driver makes sense in specific cases.
Read the guideTuscany in a day
The train to Florence can be the better option, but it depends on how many of you there are, how much luggage you carry and, above all, where you actually want to end up: the railway does not reach the Chianti or the Val d’Orcia.
Read the guideRome to Milan
Three hours against five and a half: on paper there is no contest. Then luggage, the number of people and the chance to stop halfway come into it, and stopping is something the train simply cannot do.
Read the guideNaples and Pompeii
Both are possible in one day, but only in the right order and with an early start. Here are the real numbers, how long Pompeii needs and what is worth giving up.
Read the guideTivoli and its villas
Thirty kilometres from Rome, two Unesco sites six kilometres apart. That gap is the real problem of the day, and it decides how you should get there.
Read the guidePractical guides for getting around Rome
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