Rome has two international airports: Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (Fiumicino) and Ciampino International Airport located south of the capital, and confusingly on Via Leonardo da Vinci. The following airlines operate flights from the UK to Rome:
Leonardo Express Trains leave every 30 minutes to the central train station Roma Termini (30 min trip). Tickets cost €11 (single) and are available from ticket counters. Remember to validate your ticket on boarding the express. Tickets expire 90 minutes after validation. Please check timetables for destinations and times of other trains and destinations from the airporthere.
The Metropolitan Train: leaves from the track on the left but does not stop at Termini. Get off at Tiburtina Station or at Ostiene Station to connect to the Rome Metro. Tickets cost €5.50 (single) plus €1 for the metro. (The extra cost of the Leonardo Express is for the convenience of a direct ride to Termini)
From Ciampino
A bus from the airport will take you to the local train station (€1), from there there is a train to Rome Termini station (€2). Timetables for trains are available at information booths at the airport
By Bus
The airport shuttle offers transfers to and from Fiumicino & Ciampino to hotels. Prices dependant on destination of hotel
From Fiumicino
The regular bus stop for public transport buses into the city centre is located outsoors at ground level - 100 metres left from the arrivals in Terminals B & C. You can buy tickets in tobacco shops in Terminal B or the drugstore in Terminal A. To Roma Termini the cost is €3.60
From Ciampino
COTRAL/Schiaffini operates buses from outside the terminal building to Anagnina metro station (€ 1.20). From there, another metro ticket to central Rome will cost you another €1. The buses operate roughly every 30 minutes. And tale approx 45 minutes to the metro station
Sit Bus Shuttle runs a direct service to Rome Termini. The price is €6 one-way or €10 return (approx 40 min journey time, and 25 services a day)
Other coaches also run to the centre. Please check sites for timetables and prices
Taxis in Rome are white. There are fixed fares from airports to the city centre. From Fiumicino to the city centre it will cost €40. From Ciampino it will cost €30. There is a fee for luggage, around €1 per bag. Watch out for any unlicenced taxi drivers or limousine drivers (dark cars) that approach you at the terminals. Do NOT negotiate the price for the city centre and ensure the driver activates the meter if he is driving to another destination than the centre.
Ciampino Airport is outside of the city limits, this implies that the fare for the first 10 minutes of the journey is higher (a number 2 appears on the meter). The driver is supposed to change the fare to number 1 once he hits the ring highway (GRA) and enters the city limits
From London you take the Eurostar train to Paris, and then take the Palatino overnight sleeper train from Paris to Rome. The costs to be expected amout to approx. £59 for a return ticket on the Eurostar plus approx. £55 return from Paris to Rome in a six-bunk couchette or £90 return in a more spacious four-bunk couchette. more...
The overnight train departs from Gare de Bercy. The station in Rome is called Termini, a transport hub for metro lines and the city centre bus routes.
For online booking services for the trains and more info go to www.eurostar.com (London-Paris) and www.artesia.eu (Paris-Rome).
There is a coach going from London Victoria station to Stazione Tiburtina on Piazzala Autolini in Rome. The journey takes 32 hrs with a 105 minute wait in Paris and 30 minute wait in Milan on the outward journey and the same on return journey. The cost of this is between £71 - £101 depending on when you book, and does not include the booking fee.
For further information and online booking service visit the website of the coach operating company Eurolines.
By Car
A journey by car via France (Reims, Nancy and Moulhouse), Switzerland (Luzern) and Milan is about 1,300 miles and takes around 24hours (according to RAC Route Planner).
By Ferry
There are ferries to Italy from Spain, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia and Malta but no direct connection services to the UK.
