FCO airport to the city transportation

Fixed rate taxi
55 euros
No tip needed

I used Rome cabs- private car service not a cab.
https://www.romecabs.com/

My preference is to take a taxi directly to my hotel. It’s a flat rate to central Rome: €55.
See https://www.adr.it/web/aeroporti-di-roma-en/pax-fco-taxi on the FCO website.

There’s also the Leonardo Express train to Termini Rail Station, then you can take a taxi to your hotel from there.

Depending on how many people are traveling together (and sharing the taxi) and which area of Rome you are staying in, the combination of train plus taxi may or may not make sense, if one wants to save money. With a party of 3, the taxi directly from the airport is probably the best and just as cheap option.

Tell us the hotel address and we can give you the options with the respective prices.

We always use the train -- BECAUSE -- Termini is within a couple blocks of the hotel we use and we walk from the train station. . However if staying in an area other than Termini, then the taxi at the fixed rate is best especially if two or more.

Since we usually stay in the Trastevere, we take the FL1 train to Trastevere station, then the tram down Via Trastevere. Maybe the cheapest way to get into Rome, and it avoids backtracking from Termini.

We've used RomeCabs mentioned by sdw a number of times. Always been pleased. After a long flight, being tired, sleepy, and jet lagged, it's worth to extra money to have a private driver meet us in the terminal and whisk us to the hotel. Nothing wrong with using a regular taxi, but you asked for the best way and, in our opinion, it's a private driver. And the extra cost is really small compared to the overall cost of the trip.

Thank u! Do I have to prebook the taxi?

If you prebook or do a private car, you pay more. Just walk past all the touts to the official taxi rank, the taxi will likely be white, needs to have a "Comune di Roma" sticker on it, flat fee to within the Aurelian walls. Have your address written down, verify the price, and let them know you only have a credit card, no cash.

Reasons:
-Once in a while, people get a Fiumicino taxi, they are not held to the fixed rate.
-Verify your hotel is within the walls, most popular areas are, but some areas of the Trastevere, and near the Vatican are not
-Rome taxis are famous for their "broke" meters, so at the destination they press for cash.

... Do I have to prebook the taxi?

Not if you use a regular taxi from the official taxi rank. If you plan to use Rome Cabs or another private car service, then yes, you do need to prebook.

Just spent two weeks early October in Rome and Tivoli. Spent first night in Rome before Airbnb in Tivoli and last night in Rome before flying to USA out of FCO. My hotel in Rome was walking distance from Termini Station so took Leonardo Express from FCO to Termini first night and taxi from hotel to FCO the last night just to make sure I would catch flight home. Taxi from hotel to FCO drops you off right at terminal 3 for 55 euro. And the driver carried my bag from hotel lobby to cab.

I take the Leonardo train from the airport to Roma Termini, and the metro at the train station onto the Barberini metro stop. Depends if a metro stop is near your hotel… The train is approximately 14 Euro, and you can buy the ticket with the Trenitalia app - no need to wait in a line.

Thank you for all the replies!

So our Airbnb is not available till 2pm and our flight lands around 7am so we decided to use a luggage storage near San Pietro station. It looks like the best and cheapest way is taking the regional train FL1 from the airport to Trastevere and making a transfer to FL3 or FL5. Are the regional trains a good idea?

Thanks in advance!

Sure Regionale trains are fine. Just like all the other trains except ---- no seat reservation -- grab any seat. --- and Regionale trains make more stops.

To add to this thread, I'll be staying near the Radisson Blu GHR hotel late December. Looks like this is north of the walled central part of Rome or am I not seeing that right? There will be 4 of us so I assume a taxi is probably still the best bet from the airport (we will be dropping off a rental car from our first portion of the trip to Tuscany), it might just be more than the standard 55EU if outside the walls?

@n.arribas Your hotel’s website gives you the information you need:

https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/hotels/radisson-blu-ghr-rome?cid=a%3Ase+b%3Agmb+c%3Aemea+i%3Alocal+e%3Ardb+d%3Acese+h%3AITROMGHR

From Fiumicino Leonardo Da Vinci airport

• Take the Leonardo Express train to Rome Termini Station and then bus 910 to the stop Euclide Station. The hotel is then a one minute walk away.
• Taxi rides departing from the airport and traveling to a destination within the Grande Raccordo Anulare cannot exceed EUR 73.

Thanks, I had checked the website before but must have missed that