# Cerca de Rome

From Rome almost everything leaves from Termini. Ostia, Tivoli and the Castelli Romani are under an hour away; to the north, the volcanic lakes, the Tuscia and Orvieto; to the south, Ninfa and Sperlonga, and by high-speed train, Naples, Florence and Bologna.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/getaways

## Planes de un día
- [Castel Gandolfo and Frascati by train](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/castelli-romani/itineraries/rome-frascati-castel-gandolfo-day-trip-by-train.md) (35 min en coche): Half an hour from Termini by train: the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo above Lake Albano, lunch on the terrace of Cacciani and the afternoon in Frascati.
- [Ostia Antica: a Roman city by train](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/itineraries/rome-ostia-antica-day-trip.md) (35 min en coche): Train from Piramide, a morning among the streets, baths, houses and theatre of Rome's port city, lunch next to the entrance and the castle of Julius II.
- [Tivoli: Hadrian's Villa and Villa d'Este in a day](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/tivoli/itineraries/rome-tivoli-day-trip-hadrians-villa-villa-deste.md) (45 min en coche): Tivoli's two World Heritage villas in a day, 45 minutes from Rome: Hadrian's ruins in the morning cool and the garden of fountains in the afternoon.
- [Etruscan necropolises in a day](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/itineraries/rome-cerveteri-tarquinia-etruscan-necropolises-day-trip.md) (50 min en coche): The two World Heritage Etruscan necropolises in one day by car: Cerveteri's house-shaped tombs and Tarquinia's paintings of banquets and dances.
- [Calcata and the Treja valley](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/calcata-treja-valley/itineraries/rome-calcata-treja-valley-sunday.md) (55 min en coche): An hour from Rome: the Monte Gelato waterfalls, seven kilometres along the Treja bank, homemade pasta lunch in Calcata and a stroll round the village on the rock.
- [Treja valley and farm lunch](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/calcata-treja-valley/itineraries/rome-treja-valley-farm-sunday-with-children.md) (55 min en coche): An hour from Rome, with no long hike: the Monte Gelato waterfalls, Mazzano Romano, lunch on an organic farm and the afternoon in Calcata, with the suspension bridge.
- [Bracciano castle and the lake](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/lake-bracciano/itineraries/rome-lake-bracciano-odescalchi-castle-trevignano.md) (1 h en coche): An hour from Rome, by car or on the FL3 train: Odescalchi Castle with its walls above the lake, lunch at its foot and the afternoon on the shore at Trevignano.
- [Subiaco: monasteries and rafting](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/subiaco/itineraries/rome-subiaco-st-benedict-monasteries-day-trip.md) (1 h 5 en coche): An hour from Rome on the A24: the monastery hanging from the Sacro Speco, lunch in the Benedictine guesthouse, Santa Scolastica and the afternoon on the Aniene river.
- [Palazzo Farnese and Sacro Bosco](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/caprarola-bomarzo/itineraries/rome-caprarola-bomarzo-farnese-palace-monster-park.md) (1 h 15 en coche): An hour and a quarter from Rome: the Farnese pentagonal palace, a lunch from 1895 in Caprarola, Lake Vico and the afternoon among the monsters of Bomarzo.
- [Garden of Ninfa and Sermoneta castle](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/garden-of-ninfa-sermoneta/itineraries/rome-ninfa-garden-sermoneta-day-trip.md) (1 h 15 en coche): Only on the days it opens: the Garden of Ninfa with a booked visit, lunch on the way out and, in the afternoon, the Caetani castle and the village of Sermoneta.
- [Sermoneta castle and the walls of Norba](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/garden-of-ninfa-sermoneta/itineraries/rome-sermoneta-norba-sunday-caetani-castle.md) (1 h 15 en coche): For the months without Ninfa: Caetani Castle with a guided visit, a truffle lunch opposite its gate, a stroll round Sermoneta and the walls of Norba at sunset.
- [Villa Lante, Viterbo and thermal baths](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/viterbo-villa-lante/itineraries/rome-viterbo-villa-lante-thermal-baths-day-trip.md) (1 h 25 en coche): An hour and a half from Rome by car: the fountain garden of Villa Lante, the Palace of the Popes and the medieval quarter, and an afternoon in a thermal-water pool.
- [Orvieto by train: cathedral and underground city](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/umbria/orvieto/itineraries/rome-orvieto-day-trip-by-train.md) (1 h 35 en coche): Train from Termini and a funicular: the cathedral of mosaics, an hour underground with a guide, umbrichelli in a trattoria from 1965 and the double-staircase well.
- [Bolsena: lake, castle and island](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/lake-bolsena-tuscania/itineraries/rome-lake-bolsena-sunday-rocca-santa-cristina-bisentina.md) (1 h 45 en coche): An hour and three quarters from Rome: Bolsena castle and its aquarium, the basilica of the miracle, lunch on the Cassia and the afternoon by boat to Bisentina island.
- [Sperlonga: Tiberius, beach and boat](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/itineraries/rome-sperlonga-day-trip-by-train-tiberius-villa.md) (1 h 55 en coche): Regional train from Termini to Fondi, the museum of the Odyssey sculptures, the white village, fish at Gli Archi and a boat trip of an hour and a half to the caves.
- [Assisi by car: hermitage, Locanda and basilica](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/umbria/assisi/itineraries/rome-assisi-car-day-trip-hermitage-basilica.md) (2 h 27 en coche): Two and a half hours from Rome: the Porziuncola chapel, St Francis's hermitage in the woods, lunch above a Roman domus and the basilica once the groups have left.
- [Assisi by train: basilica, trattoria and fortress](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/umbria/assisi/itineraries/rome-assisi-train-day-trip-basilica-rocca.md) (2 h 27 en coche): Regional train from Termini, the Porziuncola chapel next to the station, Giotto's basilica, Umbrian lunch in the main square and the fortress above the valley.
- [The Gladiator fields and Bagno Vignoni](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/tuscany/val-d-orcia/itineraries/gladiator-and-english-patient-from-rome.md) (2 h 29 en coche): Two and a half hours from Rome: the wheat track of the Elysian Fields in Gladiator, the Pienza square from The English Patient, pici in Monticchiello and the thermal pool from Nostalghia.
- [Free hot springs, Monticchiello and pecorino](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/tuscany/val-d-orcia/itineraries/rome-val-d-orcia-springs-day-bagni-san-filippo-monticchiello.md) (2 h 29 en coche): Two and a half hours from Rome: a free swim in the white pools in the woods, pici on the terrace in Monticchiello and a stop at a Pienza pecorino dairy.
- [Sant'Antimo, Brunello and the water square](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/tuscany/val-d-orcia/itineraries/rome-val-d-orcia-wine-day-sant-antimo-banfi-tasting.md) (2 h 29 en coche): Two and a half hours from Rome: the Romanesque abbey of Sant'Antimo, a tour with a Brunello tasting at Castello Banfi and the hot-water square of Bagno Vignoni.
- [Naples' centre in a day](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/campania/naples/itineraries/rome-naples-old-town-day-veiled-christ-underground.md) (2 h 35 en coche): High-speed train to Naples, the Veiled Christ in the Sansevero Chapel, the guided visit beneath Via dei Tribunali, Spaccanapoli on foot and lunch in a trattoria from 1943 next to the station.
- [Pompeii and pizza in Naples](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/campania/naples/itineraries/rome-pompeii-day-by-train-pizza-naples.md) (2 h 35 en coche): High-speed train to Naples, the Circumvesuviana to Pompeii, four hours among the forum, baths and amphitheatre, and pizza at Da Michele before the train back to Rome.
- [Florence by train: dome, Uffizi and San Miniato](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/tuscany/florence/itineraries/rome-florence-train-day-trip-duomo-dome-uffizi.md) (3 h 5 en coche): High-speed train from Termini, Brunelleschi's dome first thing, lunch in a trattoria from 1953, the Uffizi with an afternoon ticket and vespers at San Miniato.
- [Sunday in the Oltrarno: gardens, osteria and San Miniato](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/tuscany/florence/itineraries/rome-oltrarno-florence-sunday-boboli-san-miniato.md) (3 h 5 en coche): High-speed train from Termini and an outdoor Sunday on the other bank of the Arno: Boboli and Bardini on a combined ticket, an osteria in Santo Spirito and vespers at San Miniato.
- [Bologna on a Saturday: anatomical theatre, ragù and a walk in Spanish](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/emilia-romagna/bologna/itineraries/rome-bologna-train-saturday-archiginnasio-guided-walk.md) (4 h 3 en coche): High-speed train from Termini, the old university and its anatomical theatre, Lucio Dalla's house, ragù at Da Cesari, the 15:30 Spanish-language guided walk and pasta at the Osteria dell'Orsa.
- [Bologna on a Sunday: San Luca, tortellini and the Clock Tower](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/emilia-romagna/bologna/itineraries/rome-bologna-train-sunday-san-luca-portico-diana.md) (4 h 3 en coche): High-speed train from Termini, a tourist-train ride up to San Luca and the walk down beneath the 666 arches, tortellini at Diana, the city museum and the terraces of the Clock Tower.
- [Bologna: osteria, wine shop and dinner](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/emilia-romagna/bologna/itineraries/wine-evening-in-the-quadrilatero.md) (4 h 3 en coche): You climb the Clock Tower, drink at Osteria del Sole with what you buy at the market, carry on at Enoteca Italiana, dine at Osteria dell'Orsa and sleep in the Quadrilatero. Monday to Saturday.

## Do you need a car in Rome?

There are direct flights to Fiumicino airport (FCO) from Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Málaga, Alicante, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Asturias, Tenerife South, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. The Leonardo Express reaches Termini in 32 minutes without stops. In Rome you do not need a car, and in the centre, a restricted-traffic zone, it is a nuisance. Sleeping near Termini helps: at the door you have the airport train and those for almost all the excursions.

You can get to almost everything by train. From Termini, the FL4 regional goes up to the Castelli Romani in about half an hour on each of its branches, the Frascati one and the Albano one; other regional trains go to Orvieto, on the Florence line, and to Assisi, and those on the Naples line stop at Latina Scalo, a taxi ride from Ninfa and Sermoneta. To Fondi-Sperlonga there is a regional in about 1 h 15. Frecciarossa and Italo reach Naples in about 1 h 10, Florence in 1 h 30 and Bologna in about 2 h 15. Outside Termini, the Roma–Lido train leaves from Piramide for Ostia Antica, the FL3 goes to Lake Bracciano from Tiburtina, Ostiense, Trastevere or San Pietro, and from Ostiense leaves the train to Viterbo. With metro line B to Ponte Mammolo you catch the Cotral buses to Tivoli and Subiaco.

You need a car for the Treja valley, the Etruscan necropolises, Caprarola and Bomarzo, Lake Bolsena and the Val d'Orcia. Pick it up at Fiumicino the day you leave Rome. The A24 leads east, towards Subiaco; the Pontina, south, towards Latina; the Cassia bis and the Flaminia, north, towards the Treja, and the A1, to Umbria and Tuscany.

## Apart from the necropolises and the Treja, everything by train or metro

**Under an hour away** are [Ostia Antica](/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/itineraries/rome-ostia-antica-day-trip) and the [Castelli Romani](/en/italy/lazio/castelli-romani/itineraries/rome-frascati-castel-gandolfo-day-trip-by-train) (35 minutes), [Tivoli and its two villas](/en/italy/lazio/tivoli/itineraries/rome-tivoli-day-trip-hadrians-villa-villa-deste) (45), the [necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia](/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/itineraries/rome-cerveteri-tarquinia-etruscan-necropolises-day-trip) (50) and the Treja valley with Calcata (55). Apart from the necropolises and the Treja, everything is done by train or metro and bus.

A little further, **between one and one and a half hours**: [Lake Bracciano and its castle](/en/italy/lazio/lake-bracciano/itineraries/rome-lake-bracciano-odescalchi-castle-trevignano) (60), the [monasteries of Subiaco](/en/italy/lazio/subiaco/itineraries/rome-subiaco-st-benedict-monasteries-day-trip) (65), Ninfa and Sermoneta and the [Farnese palace at Caprarola with Bomarzo](/en/italy/lazio/caprarola-bomarzo/itineraries/rome-caprarola-bomarzo-farnese-palace-monster-park) (75) and Viterbo with its hot springs (85).

**Between one and a half and two hours**: [Orvieto by train](/en/italy/umbria/orvieto/itineraries/rome-orvieto-day-trip-by-train) (95), Lake Bolsena (105) and Sperlonga (115).

**From two and a half hours onwards**: [Assisi by train](/en/italy/umbria/assisi/itineraries/rome-assisi-train-day-trip-basilica-rocca) or [by car](/en/italy/umbria/assisi/itineraries/rome-assisi-car-day-trip-hermitage-basilica) (147), the Val d'Orcia (149), Naples and Pompeii (155), Florence (185) and Bologna (243). The last three are closer by high-speed train than by car, and fit into a day: [Florence with the Uffizi](/en/italy/tuscany/florence/itineraries/rome-florence-train-day-trip-duomo-dome-uffizi), [the Oltrarno and Boboli](/en/italy/tuscany/florence/itineraries/rome-oltrarno-florence-sunday-boboli-san-miniato) or [Bologna and San Luca](/en/italy/emilia-romagna/bologna/itineraries/rome-bologna-train-sunday-san-luca-portico-diana). Several call for a night: [Assisi with the walk to Spello](/en/italy/umbria/assisi/itineraries/two-nights-with-a-walk-to-spello), [Naples with Herculaneum, Vesuvius and Procida](/en/italy/campania/naples/itineraries/two-nights-herculaneum-vesuvius-and-procida), [Florence with the dome](/en/italy/tuscany/florence/itineraries/two-nights-from-rome-with-the-dome) and [Bologna in two nights](/en/italy/emilia-romagna/bologna/itineraries/two-nights-san-luca-and-tortellini). Closer, with a single night, [Ninfa and Sermoneta](/en/italy/lazio/garden-of-ninfa-sermoneta/itineraries/one-night-with-garden-and-castle) and [the Treja with a night on a farm](/en/italy/lazio/calcata-treja-valley/itineraries/one-night-river-and-farm).

## Sermoneta for the months without Ninfa

In winter the hot-water and stone plans work. The [free pools of Bagni San Filippo and Monticchiello](/en/italy/tuscany/val-d-orcia/itineraries/rome-val-d-orcia-springs-day-bagni-san-filippo-monticchiello) and the [thermal pool of Viterbo with Villa Lante](/en/italy/lazio/viterbo-villa-lante/itineraries/rome-viterbo-villa-lante-thermal-baths-day-trip) are good all winter, and [Sermoneta and Norba](/en/italy/lazio/garden-of-ninfa-sermoneta/itineraries/rome-sermoneta-norba-sunday-caetani-castle) is designed for the months when Ninfa is closed, with a guided visit to Caetani castle. [Naples in a day](/en/italy/campania/naples/itineraries/rome-naples-old-town-day-veiled-christ-underground), with the Veiled Christ and the underground city, is also a winter one.

In spring the [Garden of Ninfa](/en/italy/lazio/garden-of-ninfa-sermoneta/itineraries/rome-ninfa-garden-sermoneta-day-trip) opens, only on its opening days and with a booked visit. April and May, like September and October, are also the months for Tivoli with its fountains, for Bracciano castle and for Florence.

In summer it is best to head for the water: [Sperlonga, Tiberius's villa and the caves by boat](/en/italy/lazio/sperlonga-gaeta/itineraries/rome-sperlonga-day-trip-by-train-tiberius-villa), from May to September; [Lake Bolsena and Bisentina island](/en/italy/lazio/lake-bolsena-tuscania/itineraries/rome-lake-bolsena-sunday-rocca-santa-cristina-bisentina), from May to October, and the Aniene river at Subiaco, with rafting. The Castelli Romani are not recommended in July.

In autumn, the Val d'Orcia with [Sant'Antimo and a Brunello tasting](/en/italy/tuscany/val-d-orcia/itineraries/rome-val-d-orcia-wine-day-sant-antimo-banfi-tasting) and [two nights with hot springs and pecorino](/en/italy/tuscany/val-d-orcia/itineraries/two-nights-with-hot-springs-and-pecorino); and, an hour away, the [Treja trail to Calcata](/en/italy/lazio/calcata-treja-valley/itineraries/rome-calcata-treja-valley-sunday) or the [Sunday on a farm with children](/en/italy/lazio/calcata-treja-valley/itineraries/rome-treja-valley-farm-sunday-with-children), for which October and November suit well.

## Pompeii and pizza by high-speed train

- **Without a car, half an hour away:** [Castel Gandolfo and Frascati by train](/en/italy/lazio/castelli-romani/itineraries/rome-frascati-castel-gandolfo-day-trip-by-train). The FL4 from Termini, the Apostolic Palace above Lake Albano, lunch on the terrace at [Cacciani](/en/italy/lazio/castelli-romani/where-to-eat/cacciani) and the afternoon in Frascati.
- **By high-speed train:** [Pompeii and pizza by train](/en/italy/campania/naples/itineraries/rome-pompeii-day-by-train-pizza-naples). Frecciarossa or Italo to Naples, the Circumvesuviana to Pompeii, four hours among the forum, the baths and the amphitheatre, and pizza before the train back.
- **With two nights:** [Assisi and the walk to Spello](/en/italy/umbria/assisi/itineraries/two-nights-with-a-walk-to-spello). Train from Termini, the city of St Francis empty at night and a path among olive trees to Spello, with a train back.

What to book in the city and where to sleep is on the [Rome](/en/italy/lazio/rome) page.