| Rome Walking Tour #1 - Termini to Colosseo - Page 1 |
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| Monday, 18 August 2008 | |
Rome Central Train Station area to ColosseumI recommend the Lonely Planet Map, small gatefold map or the Rough Guide Waterproof map.
There are a lot of budget hotels & hostels around the Termini area. Termini is where the express train come to from Rome Fiumicino Airport, so you don't have to haul your bags very far & a lot of the inter city trains go here too. There is also another major train stop, Roma Tiburtina, which is in the north east of the city, you can catch the B Subway to Termini from Tiburtina.
I have stayed at both. Hotel Papa Germano is a basic 2 star hotel / hostel, Stargate Hostel is a reasonable hostel with private rooms.
If you stay at the Papa Germano and you walk out to the main street you will hit the Baths of Diocletian (Thermae Diocletiani / Terme di Diocleziano) and the Museo Nazionale Romano which houses the coin collection.
Baths of Diocletian
Walking tour is about 2.5km / 1.5mi end to end, I've walked this straight in about 1/2 an hour without stopping. Taking 30 minutes at each church enroute and going via the Domus Aurea I would say Total Time about 3 hours.
If you are coming from the Stargate Hostel you'll pass Termini first and the baths & museum will be on your right across the bus interchange. I would use the Rome Bus Map inner city (3.1MB) as the starting point for the walking tour but I'd be worried your head would explode. It will definitely explode with the Full Area bus map (11.4MB), but if you have a color laser printer handy these are amazing. Termini is alos where A & B Subway lines in Rome cross over Rome Metro Map in PDF. If you are not up for walking take the B Subway (Blue) one stop from Termini to Cavour and skip down below. The #16 Bus also goes from the north side of the station past the hotels to Sta Maria & the #75 Bus goes down Via Cavour. Rome Walking Tour Page 2
Other walking tour pages Rome Walking Tour #1 - Page 2 - Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore Rome Walking Tour #1 - Page 3 - Cavour Station & Steps, San Pietro in Vincoli - St Peter in Chains, Domus Aurea, Colosseum Rome Walking Tour #2 - Colosseum to Musei Capitolini via Roman Forum Rome Walking Tour #3 - Spanish Steps to Piazza Navona Rome Walking Tour #4 - Outside Trips
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