Fiumicino is 32 km from the centre of Rome, and the city has made the journey simple: a fixed taxi fare to anywhere inside the Aurelian Walls, a non-stop train to Termini every 15 minutes and coaches from the Terminal 3 bus station. Here is each option, where it leaves from at the airport, and the way we would reach each of the ten hotels in our Rome edit.
The short answer
Take a white taxi from the rank in front of Terminal 1 or Terminal 3: €55 fixed to all ten of our hotels, typically 30–45 minutes. Travelling light to the Colosseum side of the city, the Leonardo Express from the airport station reaches Termini in 32 minutes for €14. After the last train at 23:27, it is a taxi, a booked driver or a coach to Termini.
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Leaves from the ranks on the main road in front of Terminals 1 and 3, and in front of the railway station. The simplest answer for two or more with luggage and for every hotel away from the Metro.
Meets you at the agreed point in front of the airport exit. Worth it for late or delayed flights, families who need child seats or a larger car, and hotels on pedestrian squares.
Leaves from the station inside the airport, signposted from arrivals. Quick and reliable to Termini, which is not the historic centre, so most of our hotels still need a Metro, bus or taxi after it.
From the same airport station. The cheaper train, stopping at Trastevere and Ostiense, which suits the south and west of the centre.
From the Bus Station on the Terminal 3 arrivals level: Terravision stand 18, SIT 16, T.A.M. 17, Rome Airport Bus 19. The budget choice, and the only public option after midnight, but it ends at Termini.
The onward leg that makes the train or coach work for hotels near a station. No line reaches the Pantheon or Piazza Navona.
Colle Oppio
The Leonardo Express to Termini and Metro line B two stops to Colosseo leave you five minutes' walk from the door, for less than a third of the taxi fare.
Beside the Pantheon and fifteen minutes or more from any Metro station, so the €55 fixed fare to Piazza della Minerva beats a walk over cobbles with cases.
Campo Marzio
The hotel has valet parking, so the taxi pulls up at the entrance for the fixed €55; Spagna or Flaminio after a change at Termini is a walk you will not want with bags.
Campo Marzio
Line A stops a short walk away, but after a change at Termini the €55 taxi straight to Via di Ripetta is the easier arrival.
Centro Storico
The longest drive from Fiumicino in our edit, and the nearest station is fifteen to twenty minutes away, so the fixed fare to the valet is the clear choice.
Piazza Navona
The hotel faces Piazza Navona, a pedestrian square with no Metro nearby, so a booked driver who knows the closest drop-off is worth it; the hotel prices its own car at the same €55 as a taxi.
Velabro
Rhinoceros Roma is in the quiet Velabro, eighteen minutes on foot from Circo Massimo station, so the taxi to the door is the sensible arrival.
Cavour is one stop from Termini but seven minutes uphill from the hotel's cul-de-sac in Monti, so with cases the €55 fare is money well spent; light travellers can take the train.
Trastevere
Trastevere has no Metro and the hotel sits below the Gianicolo, so the taxi beats the FL1 to Trastevere station plus a bus and a climb.
Aventino
The Aventine is quiet, residential and thirteen minutes uphill from Piramide, so the fixed fare to the gate is the way to arrive.
Alone and travelling light, the train: €14 to Termini and €1.50 on the Metro. For two, the train is €28 before the onward leg, against €55 for a car to the door; three pay €42, and four travel for €40 on the Minigruppi ticket, both before the Metro or a taxi from Termini. Then look at the hotel. Palazzo Manfredi and The Inn at the Roman Forum are one or two Metro stops from Termini; the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Campo Marzio, Trastevere and the Aventine are not near any line, and that is where the fixed fare wins.
Yes, if Termini suits your hotel. It is non-stop, 32 minutes, every 15 minutes for most of the day, and the station is inside the airport, signposted from both terminals. Tap a contactless card at the gates or buy a €14 ticket; city Metrebus tickets are not valid on it. Under-4s ride free and each paying adult takes one child aged 4–11 free. The cheaper FL1, at €8, is slower but stops at Trastevere and Ostiense, closer to Donna Camilla Savelli and Hotel San Anselmo, though both are an uphill walk from the station.
The last Leonardo Express leaves the airport at 23:27. After that, the taxi ranks keep working all night and the €55 fixed fare still applies, so a late landing costs nothing extra by car. Coaches to Termini run evening and after-midnight departures from the Terminal 3 Bus Station, but they leave you at Termini when you would rather be at the hotel. A pre-booked driver tracks the flight, so a delay changes nothing.
Two adults and two children aged 4–11 pay €28 for the Leonardo Express, then the onward leg; the taxi is €55 to the door with no stairs or changes. For five or more, a pushchair and several cases, book a transfer and ask for a larger vehicle and child seats; the narrow streets around our hotels are no place to find the boot is too small.
The fixed fare works in both directions, so ask the hotel to call a taxi and pay €55. The first Leonardo Express leaves Termini at 04:50 for an early flight. Check your terminal before you leave: Ryanair, easyJet and ITA use Terminal 1, British Airways, Jet2 and the long-haul airlines Terminal 3.
Questions people ask
€55 per car to anywhere inside the Aurelian Walls, all supplements included, fixed in both directions. All ten of our hotels are inside that zone.
32 minutes non-stop, every 15 minutes, from 05:38 to 23:27 from the airport. A ticket is €14.
A coach to Termini from the Terminal 3 Bus Station, from €4 online with Terravision, about 45 minutes. The FL1 train is €8 to Trastevere, Ostiense and Tiburtina.
At the ranks on the main road in front of Terminal 1 and Terminal 3, at the arrivals level, or in front of the railway station. Take only white cars with a TAXI roof sign.
Typically 30–45 minutes to our hotels, all inside the Aurelian Walls; allow more on weekday mornings.
Not directly. Take the Leonardo Express to Termini, then Metro line B two stops to Colosseo on a €1.50 ticket or a contactless card.
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