Rome Taxi cost

I sure wouldn't think it would be over 50€ (think in euros and not US $) being you can take a cab clear from Fiumicino airport into central Rome for 50€ I have to ask, though: if you're near the Re di Roma Metro station, why not just take the metro to the Vatican? You don't even have to switch lines at Termini as both are on the A line, and it would cost you a whopping 1.50€ apiece. :O)

Shouldn’t be more than 15-20 euros ?

if you're near the Re di Roma Metro station, why not just take the metro to the Vatican? You don't even have to switch lines at Termini as both are on the A line, and it would cost you a whopping 1.50€ apiece.

When I checked Google Maps, I put our room address as the starting point and it routed me via bus, with a couple transfers, for a total of 53 minutes. (It didn't send me by Metro.) I'm looking at an early morning tour start, 7:00, and wanted a faster way to get there.

When I posted the question I specified Re Di Roma, rather than our room address, because it's only 700m from our room and people would know it. Using Re di Roma rather than our room routes via Metro and takes 37 minutes. That's quicker than bus and, clearly, a lot cheaper than taxi. I don't know why Maps didn't recommend that.

Thank you!

Jim, Google maps gives directions based on the local (Rome) time. If you did your search when it was late at night in Rome and the metro was closed, it would not give you that option. It is always wise to check the "depart at/arrive by" options (right below the to/from window) and input the times/dates for best travel options.

About 15€, maybe a few euro more if you call (fare starts at the time of taxi is dispatched to you).

But I’d take the metro A.

Jim, Google maps gives directions based on the local (Rome) time. If you did your search when it was late at night in Rome and the metro was closed, it would not give you that option. It is always wise to check the "depart at/arrive by" options (right below the to/from window) and input the times/dates for best travel options.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.

About 15€, maybe a few euro more if you call (fare starts at the time of taxi is dispatched to you).

But I’d take the metro A.

Agreed, not only a lot cheaper but not much longer time.

Jim, be sure and validate your Metro ticket before you get on your train, OK? Let us know if you don't understand what that means. :O)

Are you intending on visiting the Vatican Museums first or the Basilica? It might make a difference which station you want to disembark from.

Jim, be sure and validate your Metro ticket before you get on your train, OK? Let us know if you don't understand what that means. :O)

I do remember reading about validating tickets, though not specifically how to. I assume there's a kiosk or machine of some sort that stamps them. I do hope I remember to do so; it's not a usual practice for us.

Are you intending on visiting the Vatican Museums first or the Basilica? It might make a difference which station you want to disembark from.

I don't know the answer to that. All the official Vatican tours (at least the good ones) were sold out for our dates, so we'll go through a private tour company, probably either WalksofItaly or ThroughEternity. They both have availability.

Jim, here's a nice little youtube on using the Metro in Rome. It's very easy, trust me! I'm a complete knob when it comes to sorting public transit so if I can do it, anyone can! :O)

The "orange" line the speaker is referring to is the A line you will be using to get to the Vatican. While he covers the transfer process from A to B (blue line) at Termini, you won't need to do that; just stay on the A-line train all the way to whichever station close to the Vatican you'll be disembarking at. The one thing to remember is that you want to get on a train heading in the direction of Battistini: the northern terminus of that line.

You'll also see the speaker feed his ticket into a turnstile: that's what validates it for a metro ride. A single, 1.5 euro TI ticket is good for one metro ride, although you are allowed to transfer lines at Termini as long as you don't go outside the turnstiles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC0sB_p0OsI&t=165s

Editing to add: Jim, be sure and keep your ticket until you've exited the metro station.

it's not a usual practice for us.

How do you open NYC subway's turnstiles these days? Time-stamping on trams&buses may be not intuitive if you are not used to time-based tickets, but if you want to enter the metro you must do it.

anyway, even if I keep paper tickets as souvenirs, I'd just tap my card in Rome's metro.

Jim, here's a nice little youtube on using the Metro in Rome.

Thanks, that explains it.

How do you open NYC subway's turnstiles these days?

I live in the opposite side of the state from NYC, in a rural area near Buffalo, NY. The closest I come to public transportation is watching a school bus go by :-)