The neighborhood of Fiumicino, Italy, gives you a true taste of a local Italian fishing village. Sure you should head to Rome, but Fiumicino, gives you a true taste of Italy and how the locals live.
Fiumicino is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome , Lazio , central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). It is famous for the presence of the Leonardo da Vinci – Fiumicino Airport , the busiest airport in Italy and the sixth busiest in Europe.
HIGHLIGHTS
Fiumicino is a municipality in the Italian Capital City of Rome underground 79 223 in Lazio. Is the fourth and the fifth most populous municipality in the region. Located on the Tyrrhenian coast to the North of the Tiber. At the end of via Portuense, Fiumicino town is l; the old part you have along the via Torre Clementina second accommodation designed by Giuseppe Valadier. Along the via Portuense you can visit what remains of the castle of Porto. Opposite this is the archaeological area of the port of Trajan. In 1773 Pope Clement XIV commissioned la torre clementina. Between 1823 and 1828 the reclamation and construction.
The name literally means little river . The town of „Fiumicino“ should not be confused with its namesake, Fiumicino , a small river near Rimini .
Fiumicino became a municipality in 1992; previously it was part of the municipality of Rome , being almost totally included in the former Municipio XIV .
On 24 August 2013, a small mud volcano popped up at the center of the via Coccia di Morto roundabout .
Located by the Tyrrhenian coast . Fiumicino borders with the municipalities of Anguillara Sabazia , Cerveteri , Ladispoli and Rome . It lies in the northern side of the mouth of Tiber river, next to Ostia .
Fiumicino is home to the largest airport in Italy, the Leonardo da Vinci – Fiumicino Airport , which includes the Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station . The city also houses the head offices of Alitalia and Blue Panorama Airlines.
How To Get Here
By Train
Italy has an amazing train system, especially the Frecciarossa from Trenitalia. There is a train station at the airport. Once there you can take the bus to Fiumicino.
By Air
Fiumicino Airport is the home of Alitalia (AZ), a SkyTeam Alliance partner. As such, you can get to this city from many places in the world. There are flights from all the major cities in the world.
Once you arrive at Fiumicino airport (FCO), getting to the town of Fiumicino is pretty easy. You can take Uber, a taxi, local bus or special buses. These special buses are the same buses that will also take you to the city of Rome if you care to visit on another trip or this particular trip. You can purchase the tickets online, at the airport or on the buses.
- Cotral
- Rome Airport Bus
- Seatour – this is the local bus company
- SIT Bus
- T.A.M. Bus
- Terravision
Just follow the signs to ground transportation once you exit the departure area of the terminal.
By Bus
There are buses that will run from Rome’s main station to the Fiumicino airport and then to the town of Fiumicino. Here are some bus choices:
- Cotral
- Rome Airport Bus
- Seatour – this is the local bus company
- SIT Bus
- T.A.M. Bus
- Terravision
You can find additional information at https://www.fiumicinoairport.net/transport/buses.shtml.
By Car
The town is accessible by car, just put the information into a mapping software like Google Maps.
What To Do
Not much to do but walk around the neighborhood and enjoy the area. It is a quiet town with a beach at one end and the airport at the other. The people are very friendly, so stop and say hello and also watch the fishing boats come in.
You must however see the Giugno Bridge in the Port of Fiumicino; its unique as its a lift bridge, that means the roadway lifts up so the ships/boats pass below it. The bridge crosses the Tiber river.
