Originally Posted by
Flying Machine
Thanks for the tips. I'm going to do 3 nights Naples and 3 Nights Rome. Head straight to Naples on arrival. Not sure if Bus or Train.. FYI:
http://www.fiumicinoexpress.com/?lang=en for about 20 Euro and 3 hours from FCO sounds easy to me.. I will probably take the Train from Naples to Rome though.. Unless I'm missing something..
Yes, you are missing something, but not that much:
1) The bus from FCO is much, much cheaper than the train, as it can cost as low as 14 €, depending on the time of travel (a maximum of 25 if you take the 8 am one). This is the same you pay from the shuttle between the airport and Termini!
2) Time to get there: The bus will be ~ 4 hours long as it leaves every 2 hours, so I add an average of 60 minutes waiting time to the (almost) three hours it takes. In contrast, the train will take only about 2.5 hours if you add the travel time of the two trains plus half of the maximum waiting time at both FCO and Termini.
You're right, for the way back the train is by far much, much faster than the bus: only one train, plus the additional time you may spend on the GRA and the road from the GRA to Termini, which may take longer than the time from Naples to Rome.
