Civitavecchia to Rome Transportation

There are lots of transfer companies. Check out TransfersRome or ask your hotel. The train is really cheap but you have to carry your bags on/off.

You can easily reach Rome via the train from the Port. You'll need to walk or take a cab from the cruise ship drop off to the train station in Civitavecchia. From there it's an hour train ride to Roma Termini station, about 5 euro ticket. (You'll need to validate the ticket in the machine near the platforms). Or there is a high speed train that takes 45 minutes between both. Showing 12 euro for that and you can purchase ahead. That departs the station at 11:18. You can check Trenitalia for the times of the regional trains.

Unless you are loaded down with luggage, the train is a very easy way to get to Rome. We've done it a number of times. There is usually a free shuttle bus from the ship to the port entrance. Then it is a very walkable distance to the train station. The site "roninrome.com" has good info on this option. At one time he even had a video of the walk from the port to the train station. Don't bother trying to buy tickets ahead, the station is well manned and most of them speak better English than I do Italian. TC

dkerton: You probably already know this, but in case you don't, your cruise line will be offering port to Rome transfers. We did that once and had a mini tour of Rome on the way.

Are you looking for a day's activity - to and from Rome. etc? or transfer to Rome. Difference suggestions for different activities.

When we arrived this past May, we had every intention of taking the train. We had watched the videos. The guys we met walking off had printed the map to the station. But Trenitalia was on strike. We ended up with one of the drivers hawking on the pier after assembling a small group and negotiating a slightly reduced fare. I don't recall the price as it really didn't matter anymore if we wanted to get to Rome, and we did. Perhaps a bit less than the ship transfer or cab service, which I thought were fairly pricey. We were told that train strikes on a weekend was standard practice as it would PO more people and perhaps bring greater pressure for change. I don't know how it impacted management, but it sure raised our blood pressures. Also unsure how common such strikes are, but a ship transfer may give you peace of mind and ease your day.

I hate to say this, Denny, but you may have been hustled - the old train strike, take my cab routine. We have been through Civit... a dozen times and never encountered a train strike.

Curious who told you that train strikes on a weekend was standard practice as it would PO more people and perhaps bring greater pressure for change. Again we have spent about four weeks in Rome over many years with no strike. Strikes can happen but not every weekend or even once a month. A strike during the week is going to bring more misery than on the weekend. Sorry about your unlucky experience but the train is very easy to take in and out of Rome.

Agree with Frank on the occasional strikes - not a regular occurrence, and not regularly on weekends....

Did a little quick searching but could only confirm two transit strikes in Italy in May, 2014. One involving Trenitalia on Thursday, May 29th and a local transit strike in Rome on Friday, May 30th. Neither on the weekend. The strike on Friday might have affected the train from Civit... to Rome.

Hi. We got home in May, my mistake. We arrived in Civit' 13 April of this year. We were positive the fellows hollering "trains on strike today" were hustling us, and walked halfway to the station before I asked the policeman in fairly weak Italian and he assured me in perfect English that indeed the trains were on strike. We had spent nearly six weeks in Italy on previous trips, and this was the first for us, too. On this trip I learned the word "sciopero". We could take our Italo train from Tiburtina to Bologna, but waited 10 hours for the strike to end before continuing to Ravenna that night. As for the weekend bit, well, we heard it from many disgruntled but not surprised Italians in Rome, Bologna, and Ravenna. The consensus was that it disrupted lots of people doing weekend travel. I spoke with many people trying to figure out alternatives. That's what we heard. These were all locals. They seemed to be taking it all in stride and urged us to do the same. Not much else you can do, is there? As I noted above, I have no idea how common such strikes are or when they may be called. But it does happen. Our first trip to Italy was in 1972, and in Rome then you could call Dial-a-strike. I had the number but could never get the hang of gettone in the phone anyhow.