Hello,
I will be traveling back to Rome from Palermo on a Thursday evening in November 2025. I arrive at FCO about 5:00 pm. My flight the next day leaves at 9:30 AM back to the US.
Would you recommend I stay at hotel near FCO? If so, which ones?
Do you have any dinner recommendations. I prefer to not eat at hotels unless they are my only or best option.
Thank you!
Hilton right at the airport
Just stayed there last nite
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/romaptw-hilton-rome-airport/?SEO_id=GMB-EMEA-TW-ROMAPTW
You can eat there or walk to terminals
We had dinner at hotel
It was fine
ETA
You don’t really have a lot of time to spend leaving airport then returning early am
Our direct flight to US left at 10:20-got to check in at about 7:15 and had just the right amount of time
Huge airport
Half of the moving sidewalks from hotel to terminal were down
About two weeks ago we stayed in Fiumicino for the first time and we loved it. Because of the number of people in our party, we stayed at a BNB, but many people raved about about the Hotel Tiber - it just didn’t work for us due to the number in our party.
Fiumicino is a neat place, easily walkable, lots of restaurants, etc. We had a rental car so we just drove to the airport the morning of our flight. I timed it-from the time we left our BNB at the harbor on the south side of the canal/river (left around 7:00), driving into FCO, turning in the rental at SIXT, walking across to the terminal, checking bags (we have Delta priority status) going through security (I did buy Fast Track passes- 21 euro, worth it to us) to our gate was less than 1:20.
In the future, if it is just my husband and me without a car, we will likely book the Hotel Tiber. The hotel has shuttles (check times and fees on their website) to and from FCO.
Staying at the airport has its conveniences but it was so easy and quick to get there from Fiumicino and have a better “last night in Italy.”
Edited to add: I think we ate at Tarumbo - it was a little pricey - airport adjacent$, but the food and staff were good. We literally decided to eat there because of all the places we passed, the aroma there was the best and our son wanted another round of seafood. It did not disappoint.
Are you sure your 9.30 is a direct flight to the US and not a connecting flight to a direct flight back?. Flights that early are generally connecting flights. Makes a difference on recommendation.
No question, stay in the town of Fiumicino. Take a local taxi to your hotel from FCO; it is a different taxi line than the one for Rome city. We stay at the HOTEL SECCY but I've also heard good things about HOTEL TIBER.
There are some great places to eat in this lively town at the mouth of the Tiber River.
