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 the Chaplin Bed and Breakfast Rome and the Hostel Little Italy B&B.

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Rome to Civitavecchia by train

There is no direct train connecting Fiumicino and the international Leonardo Da Vinci Airport with the city of Civitavecchia, the harbour close to Rome, departure point of the mediterranean cruis ships.

If you wish to avoid spending lots of money on taxi cabs to Civitavecchia or on pricey pickup services your friendly travel agent will be more than happy to arrange for you, you can take the regional railway line FR1 to the Stazione Trastevere in Rome and from there a train to Civitavecchia.

The total cost, at the moment (2008), will be around 8 Euros per person for a one way trip.

I have heard of many different prices of taxi rides from the airport to Civitavecchia and also of several bus companies with different rates. Please be welcome to write a comment below if you know of better, cheaper or more convenient ways of travelling to Civitavecchia harbor from Leonardo Da Vinci Airport.

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Domus Aurea reopens to the public

After having been closed for a little bit over a year for restorations on February 4th the Domus Aurea will open its doors to visitors again.

Weekend without football

After major irregularities leading to the death of a policeman after the football match between the Sicilian teams of Catania and Palermo the government has decided to suspend all league football matches for the weekend, including the top match between Roma and Inter.

Car-less Sunday

On February 18th no cars will be allowed in the center of Rome. For one day you will be able to cross the road without having to fear for your lives. Enjoy!

Rome’s first golf course to be ready in 2008

Mayor Walter Veltroni has official announced the construction of Rome’s first golf course, to be built near the Rome-Fiumicino motorway. The 7,000 meter course is supposed to be ready in 2008. Time to get out the funny pants

It happens fairly often that guests arrive at one of my Roman hostels/bed and breakfasts the proud owners of a weekly public transport pass, not knowing that there might have been more convenient options (the Roma Pass, to name but one) for them. They might also have been cheated by a taxi driver, not knowing that there are fixed rates from either airport of Rome to the center of the city, where both the Chaplin Hostel Rome and its sister hostel, the Little Italy B&B Rome are located.

Therefore, the information blog. My guests (but of course also the guests of other hotels, hostels and bed and breakfasts in Rome) by reading this before even arriving in Rome will have the answers to questions they didn’t even know existed (e.g. How can you ask about a Roma Pass when you don’t know there is one?).

I hope many visitors to Rome will find the information here helpful. And if you think I have made a mistake somewhere, feel free to correct me.

Happy holidays in Rome!