By rail: Rome is easily reached by train and the central station ‘Stazione Termini’ has services all over the country and rail services in Italy are generally fast and efficient. International train services run to Termini, with Paris around 14 hours away, Zurich 12 and Munich 10 hours.

Within Italy, Florence is 2 hours, 30 minutes away while Milan is 5 hours 30 minutes. Termini Station is around 15 minutes walk from Piazza Vittorio, just east of the city centre. Rome has two other train stations; Ostiense and Tiburtina, which handle a number of long distance services as well some night trains.

By car: Italian roads are generally of a good standard and Rome is easily reached by car. The city is surrounded by a major ring road which connects to motorways serving all directions. Motorways in Italy are prefixed by the letter A and the A1 (Autostrada del Sole) links Rome with Milan and Florence. The A2 heads south to Naples, and from the airport the A12 will lead you into the city.

By air: while Rome does have two airports (Leonardo da Vinci known as and Ciampino Airport) in reality, Leonardo da Vinci handles most air traffic into the city. Ciampino is mainly used by budget airlines.

Ciampino Airport is slightly nearer to the city, 20kms away, and is a small, airport with around 5 million passengers served each year. Budget airlines such as Ryanair and EasyJet operate here.