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ROME BUS REGULATIONS
· Your bus will have been issued with a circulation permit (B) for all the services your group requires. This permit includes the possibility to drop off/pick up in a number of different areas of Rome.
· Relevant short drop off/pick up areas (“Sosta Breve”):
– Via Ludovisi (convenient to walk to the Spanish Steps)
– Via dei Cerchi, Via del Circo Massimo, Via Claudia and Via della Navicella (useful to visit to the Colosseum/Roman Forum)
– Via Petroselli (Capitoline Museums, Mouth of Truth, Jewish Ghetto)
– Lungotevere Marzio (“Zanardelli”, next to Ponte Umberto I) (Piazza Navona, Ara Pacis, etc.)
– Lungotevere della Farnesina near Piazza Trilussa (Trastevere, Ponte Sisto, etc.)
– Viale Bastioni di Michelangelo, Viale Vaticano, via Leone IV (Vatican City and Museums)
– Viale Washington (inside Borghese Gardens, near Flaminio metro station), convenient for Piazza del Popolo, via del Corso
– Gianicolo Terminal Bus Park
These drop off/pick up areas are valid for only 15 minutes. Be sure to be on time and keep in touch with your driver.
The Gianicolo Terminal is free for 15 minutes only for pick up and drop off.
Drivers of some non-Roman coach companies (e.g. Starbus) are booked in hotels with coach parking space 20kms outside town. Check your voucher. Bear in mind that the driver will need at least half an hour to reach your hotel in the morning and to get back in the evening.
Public transport Metro and bus tickets are identical and cost €1.50. They can be bought from machines at metro stations and bus stops, newspaper stands and tobacco shops. Passes are also available, valid 24 hours for €7, 48 hours for €12.50 ,72 hours for €18 or weekly (CIS) for € 24.00 On the metro each ticket is valid for one trip only. On buses the ticket is valid for 100 minutes and transfers are allowed. Validate the ticket in the machine on entering the bus. Revalidate if you change lines.
Metro
Buses
Taxis
Open: 05.30-23.30/01.30 weekends. There are 3 lines in Rome, called A (red line), B (blue line) and C (green line, still under construction). A and B cross each other at Stazione Termini, C joins A at San Giovanni. There is an extensive network of bus lines. Many start in front of Termini central train station (convenient for hotels near Termini) and at the central square Piazza San Silvestro (near Trevi Fountain). Bus 64 goes from Termini station to St Peter’s, but be very, very careful of pickpockets on this bus. Bus 40 is an express that goes from St Peter’s to Termini with only a few stops in between. Can be hailed, found at taxi stands or called by phone. If you need a taxi from your hotel, the reception can call one for you. Will take up to 5 people. The present starting rate in Rome is €5,00. There is an extra surcharge after 20.00, on Sundays and holidays, if you have luggage or if you call by phone. The average journey would cost €15-20. A small tip is appreciated.
FREE TIME SUGGESTIONS
For current opening times and prices please see Yellow Pages
Major sights CASTEL ST ANGELO
Previously a fort, prison and papal residence – also where an angel appeared to Pope Gregory the Great, hence the name / no metro / bus to Piazza Cavour or Lungotevere del Vaticano
TERME DI CARACALLA
Ancient bath house ruins in peaceful surroundings / Metro Circo Massimo
CATACOMBS
Pagan and Christian tombs / Most popular are the ones along the Appia Antica – San Callisto, San Sebastiano & Domitilla
SPANISH STEPS WITH KEATS HOUSE
Keats, Shelley and Byron represented in the museum here / Part of Rome’s “golden triangle”= most expensive shopping area (via dei Condotti) Walk from Spanish steps to Trevi Fountain (better gelato possibilities) to Pantheon to Piazza Navona as an evening activity / Metro Spagna
PANTHEON
Temple restored by Hadrian from the original built by Agrippa to house twelve most important deities / Bus to Largo Argentina or Via del Corso. Giolitti (top rated gelato place) nearby
PIAZZA DEL POPOLO
Impressive and fashionable square at the edge of the Pincio house three beautiful churches and a gate remodeled by Bernini for the arrival of Queen Christina of Sweden when she converted to Catholicism. Can walk from here down the via del Corso (main pedestrian shopping street) or take via del Babuino to Spanish Steps (pro tip: take a detour down the via Margutta, one of Rome´s loveliest streets) / Metro Flaminio
PINCIO WITH VILLA BORGHESE PARK
Stunning gardens / good break from noise and bustle / Pincio contains the oldest gardens in Rome / walk up stairs from piazza del Popolo / beautiful view of St Peter’s dome from Pincio at sunset / metro Flaminio (Pincio) or bus to Via Veneto, Corso d’Italia or Via Pinciana (Borghese) Bike rental in the park
Museums For current opening times and prices please see Yellow Pages
GALLERIA DORIA PAMPHILI
Splendid private collection with works of Caravaggio, Velasquez, Lippi, etc / just off the Via del Corso
MUSEI CAPITOLINI
At the Campidoglio / tells a lot about the history and foundation of Rome; many archeological finds / Bus to Piazza Venezia
GALLERIA BORGHESE
Rich collection of sculptures and paintings. Must have a reservation/ worth getting audio guide for €5 / bus to Via Veneto, Corso d’Italia or Via Pinciana
ETRUSCAN MUSEUM OF VILLA GIULIA
Biggest collection of Etruscan art / bus or tram to Viale delle
Belle Arti
PALAZZO BARBERINI
Just off Piazza Barberini / famous palazzo designed by Bernini and Borromini, now open to the public after many years of closure / Houses artworks by Pietro da Cortona, Lippi, El Greco, Caravaggio and Raffaello.
PALAZZO MASSIMO ALLE TERME
very close to the railway station / Vast collection of Roman art and antiquitiy, archeological findings and frescoes
PALAZZO ALTEMPS
conveniently close to the Piazza Navona, this beautiful 15th Century building has a large collection of Roman sculptures and art. Combined ticket with Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, The Crypta Balbi and Diocletian’s Baths.
I CAPPUCCINI
Curiosities Now a museum – entrance with a fee. Interesting collection of bones and skulls of more than 4000 friars in this church on Via Veneto / near the Hard Rock Café.
SUGGESTED ROUTE
You can combine a visit to the Bocca della Verita (Mouth of Truth) in the entrance to the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin with a walk up the Aventine Hill to see the churches of Santa Sabina, Sant’Alessio, the Orange Tree garden and the Priory of the Knights of Malta, famous for the view through the keyhole which reveals the dome of St. Peter
SHOPPING
Shopping area for the more upmarket Golden Triangle runs from Via del Corso to Piazza del Popolo and back via Via del Babuino to the Spanish Steps, including the Via Condotti, Via Frattina, etc. Via del Tritone is good for bargains. Cheaper areas: Via dei Giubbonari, close to Campo di Fiori; Via Nazionale and Via Cola di Rienzo. Termini Station has loads of shopping and food options (a huge Mercato Centrale) both on ground level and one level down.
PARKS
The most central one is the Villa Borghese that starts at the top of Via Veneto; bikes, Segways and carts can be rented here. Villa Pamphili: the favourite park of the Romans. Very big with some beautiful buildings. Well kept, joggers’ paradise, close to the Gianicolo Hill and Trastevere.
Evening activities In Rome most entertainment is outside and in summer Many open air concerts in parks or squares / Several important museums now remain open until 22.00 – see Yellow Pages PIAZZA NAVONA
The Piazza Navona is the place to go for an ice-cream at the Tre Scalini or Giolitti’s, right behind the Pantheon.
TEVERE EXPO
In summer there is a permanent exhibition of handicraft shops along the Tiber banks.
MUSIC CAFÉS
Music clubs, discos and jazz cafes are open particularly in the area of Testaccio.
TRASTEVERE
lively area, lots of pizza places, cafe