Rome (Civitavecchia) Cruise Reviews

Always interesting Worth planning the time to get out of the port to one of many destinations WE did Vatican Museums, Sistine chapel, St peter's Basilica, Colliseum, Piazza Venezia, Trevi Fountain and shopping streets in mid Rome. My favorite tour company is luigi@limocarinrome.com . personalized tours for 6-8 persons. ...

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We stayed in port as the children were very tired. Interesting castle opened at the dock. Very simple to go to Rome from the nearby railway station for under €20 return. Make sure you validate your ticket in the machine before you board! Ticket also give you free metro in Rome, accessible from Station Termini. I recommend Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon and Colosseum and Forum, in that ...

civitavecchia is quite a pleasant place should you decide to wander around ...

Aside from the many history in the city Rome is by far our least favorite. People aren't friendly and everything even the transport system is out to scam you. If someone is trying to help you they got their motivations and would ask you to pay them. So just be alerted. Not to mention the train from Civitavecchia to Rome can be confusing if you didn't do your research before hand. So just be ...

Costa were charging €39 per person for a coach transfer into Rome - we went on the train for €9.20 each with afaster journey time and choosing how long we spent there ...

We took the free shuttlebus to the smaller city port then walked to the train station but was a fair detour so might have been quicker to just walk to the train station from the start. The city also offered a 2 Eu shuttle from the small port to the station which we caught back on returning to the ship. We caught a train into Rome Termini (36 eu for the four of us return - when buying ticket at ...

We were disappointed that there was no excursion of Rome or the port. We had several hours before sailing so we just toured the ship. ...

too much walking for older people ...

I walked from the entrance at the cruise port to the Civitavecchia railway station and this took about 40 minutes. I caught the local bus back to the cruise port, and in hindsight this would have been a better option both ways as it is cheap and quite quick. The train to Rome was late and took over an hour. I have been to Rome previously so did not have an extensive list of places to visit. I had ...