Rome's Fiumicino Airport (Leonardo da Vinci)
Logistics of using Fiumicino Airport in Rome with terminal map and transfer options
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Rome Fiumicino airport is near the coast, to the west of Rome city centre. Fiumicino is the major airport serving Rome. The other, Ciampino airport is mostly low cost budget airlines, dominated by Ryanair and charters.
The airport is pretty much a standard international airport with all the usual facilities like car hire and left luggage. The airport is particularly proud of its very large shopping area.
All passenger terminals are clustered very close together, you can walk between terminals without really knowing you have changed terminal location.
The airport has recently changed the names of its passenger terminals from A, B, C to a numerical naming system.
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Terminal 1 is where domestic flights arrive and depart from, though other flights use Terminal 1 as well. Many intercontinental flights use the satellite T5 terminal. Alitalia flights are spread out and not confined to one terminal.
Within the airport is a railway station with frequent trains to Rome city centre (Termini Station). There are also suburban trains that go around the edge of Rome interconnecting with major train and metro stations. Its a 5 minute walk to the train station from the terminal complex, but the route is luggage trolley friendly and much of it uses moving walkways.
Taxi ranks are immediately in front of the terminals and local buses (though none useful to most visitors) depart from in front of Terminal 1.
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Transfers To Rome & Beyond
By public transport the most straightforward option is the Leonardo Express train that runs every 30 minutes.
The Leonardo Express runs non-stop to Termini Station, the main transport hub in the centre of Rome. Termini Station Hotels are a very convenient area for accommodation for independent visitors.
The cheapest transfer option is the Terravision airport bus service that like the Leonardo Express terminates at Termini Station. The Terravision bus is less than half the price of the Leonardo Express, but takes around twice the time for the journey.
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A cheaper train alternative to the Leonardo express into the centre of Rome is to combine a suburban local train from Fiumicino and change onto the Metro system. (The suburban trains from the airport do not go direct into the centre).
For inter city trains to the rest of Italy you will need to first travel into Rome, there are no direct inter city trains from the airport.
Currently there is no direct public transport to Rome's other airport Ciampino.
More details of traveling between Ciampino and Fiumicino Airport.
It is possible to travel to Civitavecchia, the cruise port for Rome by train without going into the centre of Rome.
Shuttle, Taxi & Private Car / Van Services
There is a mini bus service that provides an airport to hotel service but unlike the taxi's run on a shared basis. The service will go to nearly all hotels in Central Rome (defined by being inside the railway line that loops around the city)
There is of course a taxi rank outside each terminal at Fiumcino. The rank cabs are licensed to carry 4 people and have limited luggage capacity for that many. Private advance purchase taxi's with larger luggage capacities and English speaking drivers are also available.
| Public Transport One Way Per Person | |||
| Terravision Bus | €6 | Non-stop every 30-50 minutes to Termini | |
| €14+ | Non-stop every 30 minutes to Termini Station | ||
| Local Train With Metro | €9+ | Local train from airport to outskirts then Metro | |
| Shared Shuttle Van to/from Hotel | €19.33 | Shared transfer in mini van | |
| Private Door To Door Per Vehicle | |||
| Rome Licensed Taxi From Rank | 1-4 pass | €40 | Flat fare from airport taxi rank to within Rome walls |
| Private Car Service | 1-3 pass | €61.39 | - personal meet and greet in airport - no hidden fees, including credit card payments - different vehicles to suit passengers/luggage - 24 hour help line, free baby seats. |
| Private Car Service | 4-5 pass | €77.63 | |
| Private Car Service | 6-8 pass | €92.48 | |
Rome Fiumicino Airport Hotels
The relatively expensive Hilton Airport Hotel is the only hotel on site at Fiumicino - it is linked to the terminals and the airport train station by a covered overpass with moving walkways. Other hotels located close and not so close advertise themselves as airport hotels with airport shuttles.
Of these off airport hotels the frequency of travelers reporting difficulties with the reliability of the shuttle services makes us think you are best off simply getting the train into the centre of Rome. Termini Station, where the airport train terminates is a major hotel district with competitive rates in all sectors of the market.
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