How to reach Monterosso from Rome

How to reach Monterosso from Rome

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Are you traveling to the Cinque Terre from Rome?

 

If you reach Rome by plane and you want to reach the Cinque Terre by train, you first have to reach Roma Termini train station.

 

The Leonardo Express

To get to the Rome train station (Roma Termini) from the Rome airport, take The Leonardo Express from the airport to ROMA TERMINI.
The Leonardo Express train service has a website from which you can purchase tickets in advance if you wish.  A one-way ticket from the airport to the train station is 14 euros per person.
The Leonardo Express trains run every 30 minutes.
According to the trenitalia.com, the Leonardo Express trains depart from Platforms 23/24.

 

The train to Monterosso

For train schedules and prices of tickets from ROMA TERMINI to MONTEROSSO, please check the trenitalia.com website. The train can take 4 to 5 hours depending on the train you catch.

 

 

You will have to buy a ticket to La Spezia, then a regional ticket from La Spezia to Monterosso on the so called Cinque Terre Express regional service.

 

Validate your ticket

 

Once you purchase your train tickets, remember to VALIDATE them before you board: any time you take a train in Italy, you need to have it validated by the auto-stamping machine (usually a yellow squarish box, around the train platforms) before you get on the train.

 


Slide the ticket into the machine, you’ll hear it get stamped, and then take the ticket with you onto the board.

Once you arrive in Monterosso train station, take the stairs down to the main street.  You will see the magnificent panorama of the village beaches in front of you and a promenade running along the beaches.

 

 

 

Depending on where you are staying, take right RIGHT towards Fegina area if you have to reach Villa Montale,  La Torre dei Merli,  La Pavona, La Casa del Gigante, Sciacchetrà, Il Giardino di Ada or Scimiscià). Take LEFT, towards the Centro Storico or paese Vecchio (the old village) if you have to reach your accommodation  Levre de Cuppi, Picabon and Villa Tanca.

And if you need necessarily to reach Monterosso by car please carefully read our info at the link on car parkings.

 

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