Get from Fiumicino Airport to Rome with an English-speaking driver who will wait for you in the arrivals hall

‘Welcome Pickups’ is a new service that charges just €4 more than a taxi, but allows you to book in advance, and gives you the advantages of a limo service: pay online in advance, and get a named driver (you’re emailed their details in advance) who will wait for you in the terminal with a name board, will wait up to an hour if your flight is delayed, speaks English, and can provide insight to Rome as well as tourist advice. Book a Welcome Pickup >

Get from Fiumicino Airport to Rome using the train

There are two kinds of train that service Fiumicino: the express and the local train.

Getting into Rome on the express train

The ‘Leonardo Express’ takes 30 minutes to get to Termini, Rome’s main train station. It’s modern, direct, air-conditioned, has wheelchair accessible toilets on board, and is very frequent. It costs €14 each way. Buy your Leonardo Express ticket in advance here >

Getting into Rome on the local train

The local FL1 metropolitan train is slower but cheaper. At the station it might be signed as ‘Orte’, ‘Monterotondo’ or ‘Fara Sabina’, and stops at several stations in Rome including Trastevere, Ostiense, Tuscolana and Tiburtina. Ostiense and Tiburtina stations are both connected to the Metro. There are toilets on board (one of which is wheelchair accessible) available in the front and back carriages, and tickets to the city are €8. Book your local train ticket here >

A note on buying train tickets from Fiumicino Airport to Rome

If you don’t book your train ticket in advance, they can be bought from the machines in the airport station, or from the ticket booth or private ticket stand if open, though you sometimes get charged a small booking fee. Either of the options above will leave you at a train station, and from there you will of course have to travel to your final destination.

Note that when you buy a ticket from one of the machines (which have an English language option), it will ask you which specific train time you want to travel on. This is misleading, as all tickets bought from the machines are valid for three months from the date of issue – so just choose the next available train time and you’ll be fine. If you buy a ticket online just carry a printout of your voucher with the QR code on it.