Rome blog for Bed & Breakfast Chaplin Hostel

• Several private bus companies connect the centre of Rome to Ciampino Airport.

• The taxi rate from Ciampino to Rome and vice versa is 30 Euros.

At the moment there are 3 private bus companies connecting the airport of Ciampino to Rome: Terravision, SIT Shuttle and Cotral/Schiaffini.

Terravision used to be the most expensive one of these, but now costs only 4 Euros. Officially they only accept RyanAir passengers and sometimes you are asked to show your flight ticket before you can get on the bus. Terravision has an office at the airport itself and also in Termini station, on the Via Marsala side. They have buses connecting to evey flight.

The SIT Shuttle bus costs the same and also stops in the Via Marsala. Unlike the Terravision buses, which will not drive into Rome unless they are completely full, the SIT Shuttle buses have fixed departure times. Tickets can be bought from the driver.

The Cotral/Schiaffini bus stops on the other side of Termini, in the Via Giolitti and costs 4,50 Euros for a single trip. Tickets can be bought from the driver.

There is no train station at the airport of Ciampino. If you wish to take the train into Rome, you will have to take a Cotral/Schiaffini bus to the Ciampino City railway station and then from there a train to Roma Termini.

Taxis from Ciampino Airport to anywhere within the city walls of Rome and vice versa have a fixed rate of 30 Euros, regardless of the number of bags you have, the time of day, or the day of the week.

This Rome information blog is written for the guests of Bed and Breakfast Chaplin Hostel Rome.

The address of Ciampino airport is: Via Appia Nuova 1651, 00040 Roma Ciampino (Phone: +39 06 65951). The official name of Ciampino is Aeroporto G.B. Pastine. It used to be Rome’s military airport, but nowadays it is used more than anything else for charter flights and low cost airlines. The airport is open from 6am till midnight.

From Rome Termini to the airport of Ciampino and vice versa:

1. By public transport:
• Take the COTRAL bus (either buy your ticket, which costs 1,20 Euros, beforehand from the tobacconist inside the airport or directly on the bus) to Anagnina and from there the metro (line A) to Rome Termini (Via Marsala). (Note that after midnight the 55N night bus subsitutes for line A.)
• Take a bus to the city of Ciampino and from there a train to Rome Termini.
• Both COTRAL and SIT have buses that go directly to Termini (Piazza Cinquecento, the main bus square, for COTRAL and Via Marsala for SIT). They are cheaper than the companies below, but not very regular.
2. Various airline companies have agreements with private bus companies. Sterling has its own bus and RyanAir and EasyJet use a company called Terravision. Tickets for the Terravision buses are sold on the planes and sometimes even in the departure airports. Both airlines recommend that you take these buses 3 hours before the expected departure time of your return flight.
3. As of October 1^st, 2006, there is a fixed rate of 30€ (plus 1€ per big item of luggage) for taxis from Ciampino Airport to the centre of Rome. Since, surprise, surprise, not all taxi drivers are aware of this yet, our advice is to check the rate before boarding and always make sure you have an official white (or sometimes yellow, in the case of very old taxis) cab. You could also just enter the taxi and refuse to pay more than the official 30€ when you get to your destination but that is probably more of a hassle than it’s worth.

To get to the Chaplin Hostel Rome it is easiest to take either the Terravision or the SIT bus since both stop more or less around the corner from the B&B, in the Via Marsala. Face the hotel Royal Santina, turn right and take the 4^th street on your left (Via del Castro Pretorio).

To get to the B&B Little Italy Hostel Rome it is probably better to first take the bus to Anagnina and then metro line A to Vittorio Emanuele.

Parking at Ciampino Airport:

Parking at the Airport of Ciampino costs either 3€ per hour for the first three hours (or fraction thereof) and 1€ per hour from hour 4 till 12. From hour 13 till hour 24 you park for free.

Daily rates are €18 per day for the first 5 days, and 8€ per day after that.