Taxi to the airport and other Rome, Italy Transportation Tips

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Getting TO/AROUND: Make sure that if someone orders you a taxi to or from the airport that they are clear exactly what airport you are going to. The reason being is that the reception at the hotel i stayed at wrongly advised the taxi firm to go to the wrong airport.. i.e. there are 2 and not 1 airport in Rome.
Only due to us realising by looking at the signpost we realised. And when we told the taxi driver he was trying to charge us 20 euros more even though the taxi was well over the price it should have been in the first place. It didn't help that he couldn't speak a word of english and i only knew a small amount of italian.. Because we refused to pay the extra amount he threatened to throw us out of the cab on a motorway and then drove us down some country lanes off the main route - thankfully these were only scare tactic to get us to pay for the extra fare. I am very relieved to be here now to warn people about this as we could have been less fortunate..
Flights like ryanair offer buses services to and from the airport this works out a lot cheaper and also a lot safer. Although i appreciate this isn't always practical.

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