Civitavecchia to Rome and other Rome, Italy Transportation Tips

'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: If you plan on going into Rome after arriving on a cruise ship at Civitavecchia, depending on where your ship docks, you will probably need to take a shuttle bus out of the dock area. Our shuttle for the QE2 dropped us off at the end of the docks - it would have been an impossibly long walk - and then we had about a 15 minute walk to the train station. It was a Sunday and the lines were moving very slowly - mainly I think because the locals were paying with credit cards where as the tourists seemed mainly to pay with cash. It cost 9 Euros each for a return ticket. Remember to validate the ticket in the yellow machines that are in the center of the ticket office. You can get the train schedule from the Trenitalia web site. It is accurate but the trains can be late.. The train ride in was an express with only one stop and took about 40 minuutes; on the return we stopped at every station and it took twice as long but compared with the $69 the cruise line tour office wanted to take us by bus into town, was well worth it. Remember to validate your return ticket also.

At the Rome Termini, the signs to the Metro were very clear and we easily found our way to the line we wanted. We purchased tickets (one Euro) at the newsagents, and again validated them.

Warning: if you are bringing heavy luggage from Rome to board a ship at Civitavecchia, at the Civitavecchia station there is an underground subway passage you have to take to get out of the station. It has about 30 steep steps down and the same up.

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