Airports
Rome is excellently served by three airports, the intercontinental Leonardo da Vinci airport, known as Fiumicino Airport (and the main Italian airport for commercial flights), the international Giovan Battista Pastine airport (known by the name of Ciampino) which has the dual role of military and civil airport and, finally Rome’s dell'Urbe airport in via Salaria, just 6 kilometres from the city centre, used as a tourist airport and heliport. Thanks to a punctual and efficient shuttle service you can reach the centre of Rome very easily from the airports or use the day and night taxi service.
Rome Airport website: www.adr.it
Trains
Rome is one of central Italy’s main railway stations. The most important stations in the city are Roma Termini (the main national station, with over 600,000 passengers daily) inside which is a modern shopping centre, the "Termini Forum ", with over 100 shops selling 180 types of goods. There is also the Roma Tiburtina station (where there will soon be a stop for the High Speed/High Capacity trains to and from the North and South), Roma Ostiense, Roma Trastevere and Roma Tuscolana.
Station website: www.ferroviedellostato.it
The Underground
Rome has two underground lines (a third is currently being built) which cover the whole area well and allow tourists and inhabitants to move extremely rapidly and easily from one part of the city to another, optimising travel and visits to Rome’s most important monuments.
If you are going to stay in the city we advise you buy a cumulative ticket, which allows you to use overground and underground public transport with notable savings.
Underground website: www.metroroma.it/Metroroma/
Buses e trams
For a more comprehensive visit to the city, or to reach different areas of the city centre more rapidly, you can use Rome’s public transport service. Overground public transport is made up of a network of buses, trams and trolleybuses, managed by a council-run company created in 1929 that was then transformed into a joint-stock company in 2000. The ATAC currently manages a road transport network (buses) stretching over 2,152 km, with 2,760 vehicles and 339 lines, with around 5.4 million km and 932 million passengers per year. Public transport maps are available on the ATAC site (link to the company site). Thanks to Rome’s buses, you can reach every corner of the city in a short time, passing through the most characteristic areas, experiencing the day-to-day life of the capital and the rhythms of a city with a thousand colours and a thousand nuances. As well as the buses, tourists can also use Rome’s trams. The service was updated in 2005, offering a suggestive itinerary through 28 centuries of history in the Eternal City.
Transport company site: www.atac.roma.it
Administration
For a better and more efficient use of resources and services offered by the city council, Rome is divided into 19 municipalities, while the city districts show the same characteristic historical division as in the imperial age in which the historic centre was divided.
Link to Rome City Council: www.comune.roma.it
Link A.P.T. Roma: www.aptroma.com
Link to the Gemelli Hospital webprd.rm.unicatt.it/gemelli
Universities
Rome is the largest centre of higher education in Italy, thanks to numerous private and public universities, such as the universities of La Sapienza and Tor Vergata. La Sapienza was founded in 1303 and is today one of the most prestigious centres and important universities in Europe, with 150,000 students. Leading private universities include:
LUISS – The Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies and
The Catholic Sacred Heart University, known for its faculty of medicine.
Trade Fairs
The famous trade fair area of the city is centred around Rome-Fiumicino and is a business and exhibition complex created to meet the needs of the economy and companies. The Rome Trade Fair Complex, inaugurated in September 2006, covers a gross area of 900.000 m² and hosts events for the public and sector professionals, making the capital part of the most important European exhibition circuits. A large car park with over 5000 places welcomes visitors who want to reach the new Rome Trade Fair Centre using the city’s ring road (the Grande Raccordo Anulare), but there are also efficient public transport and railway connections that allow you to arrive quickly and easily.