Even though the center of Rome is very walkable, so much so that most visitors don’t even set foot on any of the public transport available near the main sights, those wanting to come to the Urbs Aeterna better be armed with some… Eternal patience: August will be a trying month for people wanting to […]
by C. P.
Cerveteri, roughly 20 miles north of the airport in Fiumicino and less than 40 miles from Rome proper, is ignored by mass tourism. Sure, most visitors will pass by it en route to their cruise in Civitavecchia, but very few people actually know that this small town, perched on a tufa rock, is synonymous with […]
by C. P.
Last month we began an exploration of Testaccio, the main Roman neighborhood by our managed accommodation on Via Annia Faustina. This area of the city is known by international travelers as the place where most food tours happen, as well as a clubbing destination. What most visitors ignore is the sheer amount of historic landmarks […]
by C. P.
Testaccio (with nearby Ostiense and Garbatella) is one of those residential areas in Rome that is overlooked by most tourists – those who do come to the district are the ones who are on repeat visits to the city, and are maybe interested in something like a food tour and not much else. When they […]
Cruise travellers docking at the port of Civitavecchia are on the rise (there were 2,427,000 passengers in 2018, making it the first port in our country), so Trenitalia, the main train operator in Italy, has decided to launch a new shuttle service to accommodate all of those wanting to visit Rome and make it back […]
by C. P.
If you are spending some days in Rome at the end of a cruise, you need to think about a way to get to the city from the port town of Civitavecchia, or the other way round if you are setting sail on a ship at the end of your Roman holiday. Worry not, though, […]
by Emanuele Buffa
