Originally Posted by
sbagal
The only way around the high costs as others have found is to take the train directly from the airport into Rome central station (or a transfer spot before the main station) and then take the train out to Civitavechhia. Fine if you don't have a lot of luggage and have the time. Seems like van sharing is the cheapest but there is a monopoly by the taxi drivers here so there are no bargain rates at all. One other option is to overnight in Civitavecchia at a hotel that has pick-up and drop off services. It looks like it can be a pleasant low key spot to spend a day before your cruise leaves.
Thanks. We will probably tack on at least one day before the cruise to explore Rome since the kids have not been (wife and I were there for four days a few years ago), so we'd probably be coming from "downtown" somewhere.
Thought about the train, but there's the whole "hassle factor" with the bags since my wife and daughters are already groaning that I told them they can only pack a carry on and personal item for two weeks travel (hah)
Just trying to cover the bases in case we do our exploration post cruise