Useful Tips on How to Get Around the City of Rome
Rome is one of the most famous cities in the world hence it should be a hassle if you are planning on visiting this city this year. Mezzi pubblici is the term used for public transit in Rome. To ride in the local trains, buses, trams, and metros requires that you get a ticket. The tickets can be bought in self-service in kiosks in bus stops, metro stations and newsagents you can buy the BIT single ticket which has 100 minutes enabling you to travel in all public means. This BIT can to travel in trams or connecting buses and valid for 72, 48 or 24 hours.
For tourists who are going to be in Rome for a few days this is a good choice. The CIS is a good option because it is valid for weekly, monthly or annually. Tickets should be validated upon boarding as bus inspectors will not care if you are a tourist or not. Both the bus or tram has the yellow machine to validate tickets. Automatic barriers found in metros stamp the tickets. Roma pass is good for tourists too as it allows access to museums, public trusts, discounts among others. Trains are also easy to get around Rome.
Using public tickets in trains is good especially for the inner city. These public tickets allow you to go up to the red line found on the ATAC map on the train tickets. Buy a train ticket if you want to travel beyond the red line. Tourists go for the Roma Lido train line as the best choice. Stamp your ticket to avoid being fined. Moving around Rome with metro is tiring because they are only two lines, A and B. Small tourists sites do not have metro stops near them, but big tourists sites like the Colosseum and the Vatican have metro stops near them.
A plan B is advised if you are a tourist visiting Rome because public transport strikes are very common. Only taxis marked “Commune di Roma” should be used to navigate around Rome. Keep watch that the meter is always at 1 because if it jumps to 2, it means the taxi guy is overcharging you. The meter starts counting as soon as you call for a taxi.
Available also in Rome is Uber. Uber black is more expensive, but their cars are nice. Ubers are only available in Milan and Rome but rare in other Italy cities. We hope that this guide is useful for people visiting the Eternal City and who intend to use public transport.