Stazione Roma Termini
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Neighbourhood: Esquilino
Old school vibe from the very beginning is the only way to describe the Esquilino neighbourhood. The Esquilino takes pride in being one of the oldest areas in Rome for its key location on one of the city’s famous seven hills. From an ancient neighbourhood to its modern incarnation as a multicultural hub, Esquilino always has something going on—polyglot vendors debate street artists while kids play pick-up basketball games. Look around you: this area isn’t like the historic centre. Liberty architecture, large piazzas, and long boulevards mix with archaic arches, secret side alleys, and beautiful churches like Santa Maria Maggiore.
How to get there
  • Termini • 2 min walk
  • Repubblica - Teatro dell'Opera • 7 min walk
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  • Osman B
    Beirut, Lebanon658 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Not Just a Commuting Hub
    This station is the biggest in Rome. It contains trains railways and several metro lines too. You can go anywhere from there. But it's not just a commuting hub. This place has several shopping stores from all kinds also a lot of food providers (restaurants, bakeries, cafes, bars and snacks etc...). You can easily spend more than 3 hours at this spot.
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 24 October 2023
  • Razorfish
    Little Rock, Arkansas5,287 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    We managed to get through the station without any problems
    My wife and I rode the train into Rome from the station near the cruise ship terminal. We didn’t have too good of directions on exiting the terminal to the Uber pick up spot but we were able to find our way and get an Uber. It can be hectic like a lot of things in Italy, but we managed.
    Visited November 2022
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 29 October 2023
  • Adrian D
    London, United Kingdom18 contributions
    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    Malfunctioning ticket machines a nightmare
    While the station is modern and reasonably well kept, buying a ticket is a major endeavour. I say so as a traveller whose Italian is reasonably good. No doubt it is even worse if you do not speak Italian. The core problem is that many of the ticket machines do not work. There are therefore long queues at busy times in front of the machines that are working. Worse still, half the machines only issue tickets for long distance journeys, but that is not apparent to users, since there is nothing on screen (whether in Italian or English) to tell you so. It took me over twenty minutes to buy a ticket to Fiumicino airport. The moral of this story is buy a return on arrival at Fiumicino (where the ticket machines all work and the booking office is staffed) or anywhere else but Termini. Not a good experience at all.
    Visited November 2023
    Travelled with friends
    Written 11 November 2023
  • Melanie H
    5 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Navigating at Termini
    Took a while to figure out how to easily get from the Metro levels to the train levels. We finally discovered that the fastest and most efficient route was to fine a staircase at the Metro level with a downward escalator and a “forbidden entry” sign on the stairs portion and to simply go up the forbidden staircase. It puts you exactly where you need to be! In terms of the Metro, know that there are only two lines, the A and the B and there will be basically two one-way tracks: one going East and west (line A) and one going north and south (B line). Watch the maps on the walls and if the destination you want is grayed out on the map, you need to get to the opposite platform by going either up and over or down and under. Lines are identified by their terminal stations.
    Visited November 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 2 December 2023
  • Davieland
    Auckland, New Zealand986 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Busy but easy to navigate.
    Day trip from Florence to Rome. Arrival and departure from Rome Termini was straight forward. For the departure you just have to look up at the big board until a platform number is listed, then off through security with your ticket and onto the train - easy!
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 3 January 2024
  • Herbert C
    1,791 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Convenient connection to everywhere
    With 32 platforms, the Rome Termini Station is Italy's largest and busiest railway station. Although the site has been used as a railway station since the 19th century, the current building, as characterized by the post-World War 2 modernist architectural style, was inaugurated in 1950. As the central transportation hub of Rome, the station has convenient connections to other major attractions in the city via the Metro lines and other cities in Italy and Europe, which is definitely a boon to budget-conscious tourists staying in one of the many affordable hotels near the station. The station was dedicated to Pope John Paul II in 2006, with the statue of the Pope standing imposingly in front of the station to symbolize the tribute.
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 1 February 2024
  • ΑΚΑΛΑΝΘΙΣ
    Litochoro, Greece1,243 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Needs improvements with organization and security
    Many people and a big confusion !! There are of course information centers which help you with everything but you need to get there very early to find where you want to go and how . Please be kindly informed that very late in the night and early in the morning it is a very dangerous place
    Visited February 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 9 February 2024
  • Richard D
    2 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Morning mayhem
    So it's extremely busy in the morning near 0900. Train services no's are on the timetables so look out for them, also printed on ticket. Our train to Tivoli was ok, local service. The faster trains go further, Milan, Venezia, Salerno.
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 22 February 2024
  • Brad
    Hong Kong, China175,669 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Convienent for rail travel into and out of Rome
    Termini is a major rail station connecting Rome to other major cities around the country with numerous arrivals and departures providing extensive travel options for those seeking rail travel to/from the city. The station is connected to the city centre by local buses, Metro (A & B Line) and taxis. Or just walk to your hotel if staying in the Termini area. There are cheap bus options to the airport to/from Termini as well. You can purchase rail tickets online, through mobile app, at self-use ticketing machines or manned ticket counter within the station. Train platforms are located past glassed in barrier. Scan or show tickets and you can enter to await trains directly on respective platforms. You'll find a few cafes, food outlets and retail shops. We waited outbound rail journey recently at the recently opened Eataly upstairs place.
    Visited February 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 17 March 2024
  • John A Carter
    Lower Sackville, Canada5,611 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    The train station
    The train station it’s a very well laid out functional train station. There’s 25 different train lines there’s a shopping mall basically attached to a train station which gives you pretty much anything you would want for the most part. Unfortunately the negative part of the station is it’s a High Point for pickpockets. Don’t leave your luggage on attendant keep all personal documents and money, preferably under a zippered pocket one that can easily be opened.
    Visited March 2024
    Travelled solo
    Written 21 March 2024
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Antares2312
Island of Malta, Malta77 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2020
Used Roma Termini Station for arriving from Fuimicino, going to Pisa, taking buses and the metro. Trains, buses and metros are punctual and the station has a lot of shops from clothes to restaurants to pharmacies to beauty products etc. We used the station every day and found the station easy to navigate through. I do suggest you book online in advance to avoid unnecessary waste of time at ticketing. All our tickets were purchased online and everything went smoothly. We just bought from there the weekly tickets for the buses/metro/tram from the tabacchaio on the ground level of the station near the escalators that take you to the lower level.
Written 20 July 2020
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Pat
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5.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2022
If you are an average traveller to Rome, chances are you will use Roma Termini somehow. Many buses come here. Get your train tickets days or weeks earlier online to avoid massive panic and inflated prices. It's much better now they sectioned off the platforms so only ticket holders can have access. No more pesty street vendors grabbing your luggage for you to make money. The experience is much more civil. Please do yourself a favour - always arrive early in case your train ends up on platform 1est and 2 est. They are located a 550m walk along platform 1. Imagine if you arrived 1 min before departure time... ARRIVE EARLY! Enjoy your trip.
Written 19 August 2022
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Suzanne F
Doncaster, UK151 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2022 • Couples
More seating is needed at Termini, if you arrive early you will be stood till the train arrives! Please becareful if your a visitor and buying tickets from the machine, lots and I mean lots of people loiting about pretending to help you with getting your tickets. One especially has a red and white cap on backwards and white sliders pretending he works for Trenitalia. We watched him for a good 20 mins he 'helps you' takes your cash puts it in the machine then when the change comes out he quick as anything pockets a couple of euros without you even noticing! The machines are easy to use are in any language, just be careful who is standing nr you, (woman are doing it too). I was stood with our luggage while husband sorted tickets and I watched a woman see my husband at the machines and she was straight over to 'help him', he shooed her away. The platforms are extremely dirty, but for me I find it any easy station to use, apart from if you are wanting to go to Assisi, that is one hell of a walk! Lots of homeless and people begging outside of Termini.
Written 22 July 2022
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Lance H
Boerne, TX1,258 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
We used the station for an arrival so we didn't need to find a platform and were mostly left alone apart from the "helpful" people getting us a cab. I knew about them and ignored them as you should in most train stations and airports and made my way to the taxi stand. The place did seem to attract the homeless and less fortunate and had a dirty feeling to it. Not too bad, but I did not care to stick around.
Written 26 February 2020
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Adrian D
London, UK18 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Friends
While the station is modern and reasonably well kept, buying a ticket is a major endeavour. I say so as a traveller whose Italian is reasonably good. No doubt it is even worse if you do not speak Italian. The core problem is that many of the ticket machines do not work. There are therefore long queues at busy times in front of the machines that are working. Worse still, half the machines only issue tickets for long distance journeys, but that is not apparent to users, since there is nothing on screen (whether in Italian or English) to tell you so. It took me over twenty minutes to buy a ticket to Fiumicino airport. The moral of this story is buy a return on arrival at Fiumicino (where the ticket machines all work and the booking office is staffed) or anywhere else but Termini. Not a good experience at all.
Written 11 November 2023
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FTMDave
Adria, Italy7,672 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
June 2021
Extremely-busy train station, but well organised with everything clearly signposted in both Italian and English. There is a large ticket office, countless self-service ticket machines (also for Italo) that work in several languages, an electronic departure board. etc.

It's also full of eateries and shops.

The connection to the metro is obvious, and opposite the main entrance is the bus station.

Watch out that, presumably due to security concerns, your ticket will be checked before being allowed into the platform area and you can only enter that area 40 minutes before departure.
Written 25 June 2021
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Brad T
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States97 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022
Huge shopping Mall built on three sides of 25+ sets of railroad tracks. The stores cater more to women shoppers than to men, which means there weren't a lot of options for electronics, but the couple of things that I did buy were very reasonably priced!
I did visit the grocery store, I did get a new pair of reading glasses, some passport photos and I visited the post office. Kind of a one stop shopping experience for a guy!
Speaking of "Pick Pockets," a guy in a hoodie was noticing that I was trying to use the vending machine to buy a ticket, and he did offer to help me. I was very concerned that he was a pick pocket and I grabbed my ticket and fled. Now that I think back on it, he was simply a helpful person looking for a euro or two for helping a traveler with a one time purchase. The "hoodie" is what scared me.
Written 22 May 2022
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Resort767410
9 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2024 • Couples
Beware of some "cunning" taxi drivers who invite customers in line waiting for a taxi, especially "big taxis", to go with them, avoiding the queue waits, at the increased cost, of course!
They take up unused spaces with their taxis, hindering traffic and then pass quietly, once customers have been lured, on the lane dedicated to them.
One of them did it today, there were three cunning taxi drivers in action, and the one I saw is called Riccardo.
The other is bald, tall and thin, the third dressed distinctly.
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Written 15 September 2024
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GPSBOY
Myrtle Beach, SC35 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022
For 1st time visitors to Rome, the "Roma Termini" is the main bus and train station in the city.
One of the interesting things about this area is that there are probably 100 hotels, of varying quality, within a 10 minute walk of the station. I like this because I'm cheap and don't care to spend money on cabs, if I can help it! My wife will agree with that. LOL.
Having a hotel near the station is also convenient if you plan to take a train to Florence, Venice or elsewhere. There are also some pretty good sandwich shops at the station that are also fairly reasonable.
And, if you're coming from the airport, the train is the most economical (and fastest) way to get to the city.
One word of warning: If you take a train to another destination, try to sit near a door and get ready to get off before the train stops!.
My friend and I got to Florence and with the people entering the train and us trying to leave, the door closed before my friend was able to get off! Next stop was Bologna, 30 miles away - and we had no cell phone coverage!
We caught up to each other at the Florence train stain some hours later, but I'll never let that happen again.
Written 19 August 2023
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Cynthia U
Dallas, TX958 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2021
first this station is huge. a plus there are jumbo boards which show your train by flt/trip number. the platform number shows around 30 minutes before departure. to get any help you have to know enough Italian to select one of three tickets to stand in line to get a person. in my case the train had changed my seat by email but my bar code and digital and printed ticket showed different seat. after a 30 minute stand the person told me their system was correct and not to worry. then once platform appears start hiking. to get to the platform you need both your ticket in hand and your temperature checked. of course it is masked all the way. also you need to show the covid vax card
Written 9 September 2021
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