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- Please note: All flights will be at participants' charge.
HOW TO ARRIVE TO THE CITY CENTRE
There are two airports in Rome: Fiumicino and Ciampino.
If you arrive at Fiumicino Airport, you can take The Leonardo Express train at the train station of the airport. It is a non-stop service between FCO and Rome Termini. Trains depart every half an hour from 6:23 to 23:23, and the trip takes about 30 minutes. The cost is 14 euros one way.
If you prefer the bus (T.A.M. or Terravision), the bus station is on the right side of the exit of Terminal 3. The cost varies from 5 to 8 euros one way.
If you arrive at Ciampino Airport, you can take the ATAC bus number 520 (that leads you to Cinecittà, from where you can catch the metro line A to Termini -direction Battistini- whose cost is of 1,50 euros one way (includes one metro trip as well) or the bus T.A.M. or Terravision whose costs vary from 5 to 8 euros one way.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Those of you who are going to be allocated in Foresteria Sapienza or in Hotel Archimede, can easility reach their hotel by walking from Termini station.
Those of you who are going to overnight at Casa dell'Aviatore can either catch the metro (line B) from Termini to Policlinico and then walk a bit or catch the bus n. 649 from Termini station and get off in Bari/Como.
THE HOTEL
The Visiting Partners will be accommodated in three different Hotels in Rome.
- Foresteria Sapienza (address: Via Volturno, 42), fairly close to the main central station (5 minute walk) and to Sapienza University of Rome (15 minute walk).
- Casa dell’Aviatore (address: Via Spallanzani, 42), close to the metro station "Policlinico" (5 minute walk) and to Sapienza University of Rome (15 minute walk).
- Hotel Archimede (address: Via dei Mille, 19), close to the main central station (6 minute walk) and to Sapienza University of Rome (10 minute walk).
VENUE
Most of the meetings will take place at Sapienza University of Rome.
Address: Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5
The public transport system in Rome is wide-ranging.
The metro of Rome only has three lines and is currently the smallest metro system in Europe. Nevertheless, it reaches the city's most important landmarks (i.e., Colosseo, San Pietro, Musei Vaticani). The metro opens every day at 5:30 am to 11:30 pm. On Friday and Saturday, the metro runs until 1:30 am.
Line B of the metro will close at 9 p.m. every weekend due to some maintenance works.
Tickets of metro, bus and tram can be purchased at the metro stations, at news-stands, tobacconist shops and in most corner shops.
The temperatures during your stay are expected to be between 12° and 22° (or more), with few chances of getting rain.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- Emergency number (police): 113
- Emergency number (medical emergencies and ambulance): 118
- Telephone of Foresteria Sapienza: (+39) 0649910128
- Telephone of Casa dell’Aviatore – Viale dell’Università, 20: (+39) 064927161
- Telephone of Casa dell’Aviatore – Via Spallanzani, 42: (+39) 0644291835
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