Around the main railway station Roma Termini
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Roma Termini is the main railway station of Rome, connecting the city with many national and european destinations. Inside you will find restaurants, travel agencies, bookshops, supermarket, clothing stores, drugstore, banks and much more. Around the station there are every kind of lodging, from cheap accomodation in Hostels and Bed and Breakfast, Pension houses, to 4 star Hotels. For information about timetables and train rates click here. You may also call (+39) 892021. Tickets can be purchased both online than in the station (tickets machines and sellers).
Roma Termini main railway station is also the central point of the transportation network of Rome. Metro Lines A and B stops here, many bus lines, taxis, and car hiring.To get to Vatican City and major attractions of the city, you can go by Metro Line A, or bus (Lines 40, 64). To get to the Colosseum use Metro Line B.
Tourists Information Office is located beside the track number 24 (close to sign Biglietteria). It opens from 8 am to 21. You will find there also car rental and a post office.
The Air Terminal is the track where trains connecting the Fiumicino Leonardo Da Vinci Airport arrives and departs. As it is a little distant from the main atrium, is better that you ask around which is the best door you can exit trough.
In the main atrium of Roma Termini, there are three floors with stores, restaurants and shops where travellers may find what they need for a pleasant stay in Rome.
The current building was designed by Leo Calini, Eugenio Montuori, Massimo Castellazzi, Vasco Fadigati, Achille Pintonello and Annibale Vitellozzi. It was inaugurated in 1950. The building is characterized by the extremely long, modernist façade in travertine and by the gravity-defying double curve of the cantilever roof in reinforced concrete. Because of these, it carries the nickname the Dinosaur.
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Transportation from the Rome Train Station:
To Leonardo Da Vinci Airport: Leonardo Express train every 30 minutes from 6:37 am to 9:37 pm, lenght 30 min, € 5. Taxi: € 45 and up. To Ciampino Airport: There is no rail transport at Ciampino Airport. The options are to take a bus to a rail station (either metro or regular train) or to take a bus or taxi all the way.
To other railway stations from the Rome Train Station: Metro Italian Bus & Train service indicated by a capital red M. Buses: operated by ATAC from 5:30 am to 11:30 pm.
Main train connections: Florence, Milan, Naples, Genoa, Bologna, Venice, Turin, Assisi, Perugia, Nice, Paris, Pompei, Siena, Zurich, and much more. |
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Roma Tiburtina Station is the second-largest railway station in Rome, after Roma Termini. Located in the north-eastern part of the city, it is being redeveloped as a hub for the Italian high speed rail services, which won't pass through Termini, as it is a terminal station. Roma Tiburtina station is served by Line B of the Rome metro (connections to Termini). The station also features a large and important bus station.
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Around Colosseum in Rome
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It is very easy to get to the Colosseum from the Roma Termini Station by Metro (just 2 stops). Around the Colosseum area there are many restaurants, theatres, bars, discos, pubsshops, and lodgings.
The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72; originally capable of seating about 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum remained in use for nearly 500 years.
The Colosseum today is now a major tourist attraction in Rome with thousands of tourists each year paying to view the interior arena, though entrance for EU citizens is partially subsidised, and under 18 and over 65 EU citizens' entrances are free. There is now a museum dedicated to Eros located in the upper floor of the outer wall of the building. Part of the arena floor has been re-floored. Info and bookings: tel. (+39)06 39967700. Expect a queue.
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Brief guide to visit Rome Rome is a open-wide museum itself. The city houses many famous art masterpieces, both painting, sculptures and architecture. Museums, Galleries and Monuments from every era, from antique to modern times. Walking by the Via dei Fori Imperiali, you will see the Colosseum on one side and the Trajan Column on the other. Visit Palazzo Colonna, examine the richly decorated first floor galleries, then onto Via Nazionale to Quirinale Hill to see the Dioscuri, the classical statue of the Horse Tamers. Visit the baroque Palazzo Barberini to see Holbeins portrait of Henry VIII and some fine Raphaels. Galleria Borghese Museum, inside the Villa Borghese, cannot be missed, with masterpieces by Titian, Caravaggio and Bernini. Most of the squares have been there since the antique roman times, many of the main streets are called with the same name antique romans used to, and even in non-central neighboors you may find antique roman arquitecture. Churches and chapels are decorated with painting and sculpture masterpieces, as those inside the S.Maria del Popolo church, S.Luigi dei Francesi church, S.Maria della Vittoria church, S.Pietro in Vincoli church, S.Paolo fuori le Mura church, for not mentioning S.Pietro in Vaticano.
The antique Romans are famous for is their architecture and many examples of this can be seen throughout the city. Walk the via sacra and some other old romans streets as Via Appia. Tons of marvel at the ancient Roman Foro and the awe inspiring Colosseum dating back over two thousand years. Walking down from the Campidoglio Hill, the Marcello Theatre, which was the first building as a theatre in the history. And there are many other magical places as the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps with its impressive flight of marble steps lined with many street side cafes, bars and restaurants. Visit the Pantheon, regarded as one of the architectural wonders of the world due to its dome and its concept of space.
Home to the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican has been one of Rome's most popular attractions for many years attracting millions of tourists each year from all over the world. The Vatican is the administrative capital of Roman Catholicism, it's also the worlds smallest independent state and is the richest country in the world per square foot with a total population of only 750 people. The Vatican Museums houses the most astonishing collection of priceless treasures, with huge collections of Antique Roman sculpture (Laooconte); paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio, Fra Angelico, Titian and many others at the Pinacoteca; an etruscan museum; and at the end of many others collections, the rooms decorated by Raphael, and Michelangelos awe inspiring ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. Visit then St. Peters Basilica and get to the top of the dome where you can enjoy fantastic views over the city of Rome.
You will find a wide range of restaurants to suit all budgets in the city of Rome. You can choose from the traditional Trattoria and Pizzeria where they can enjoy fresh pasta and homemade pizza to the delights of Indian, Chinese, Steakhouses and much more. There are many outdoor cafes and bars where you can sit and enjoy a nice glass of Chianti wine and watch the world go by.
Shopping in Rome is a leisurely experience and has something to suit most budgets. Via del Corso and Via del Babuino is where names like Valentino, Fendi and Laura Biagiotti can be found. For those looking for more reasonably priced goods, head for the lanes around Trevi Fountain for shoes, the Largo del Tritone for leather goods and Via Nazionale for fashion clothes. |
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