Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy Port Reviews

Rome was the place I was most looking forward to, though I found it the biggest let down. Even though I was on an organised trip there was over an hour queuing to get in the colosseum, then over another hour to get in to the forum, both times due to the very slow processing of security, which you wouldn't mind if the guards were even looking at the x-ray screens when you passed through.

Visited: May 14, 2017

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We visited the Colliseum and the Basilica.

Visited: May 14, 2018

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Have a plan and enjoy. Did a private tour with Shore Excursions Group. Pricey but able to see Colosseum, Vatican Museum/Sistine Chapel, St. Peters, Pantheon, Trevi, brief lunch, and some brief stops at a couple other locations. Under 10 hours. No prob. Get out of the city by about 330pm or so as traffic becomes a bigger problem. Already hot and crowded but dont spend thousands to go cruise Europe and skip on Rome.

This is one of the cities I will always give the most advice to people from now on. The cruise ship cancelled everyone's tours without asking first because it happened to be "world tourism day" in Italy. Meaning all of the attractions were free for people to go in and see, NOT meaning that you can't choose to still take a guided tour that allows you to skip the lines. You get 10 hours in port BUT to go from Civitavecchia to Rome utilizing the shuttle to a bus stop, then the bus to the train it takes you approx 1h 45 min one way. So really you get 6 hours in Rome. This is not enough time to see everything. If you are wanting to see the inside of the Vatican and the colosseum, and possibly the trevi fountain, you really need to do a guided tour. With that being said, because they cancelled our tour, we opted to brave public transport (which was prompt) and did a hop on, hop off bus instead. It ended up being fantastic but we did not have time to go into the Vatican. All the transport with the hop on hop off costed approx. $120 for two. Just like Rome wasn't built in a day, you cannot possibly experience all of Rome in a day, so pick a tour and spend the money to see the top things that are most important to you.

Visited: Sep 18, 2016

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Thought the local guide picked up was awesome- she was like a story teller that transported you back to that time period

Visited: Aug 10, 2019

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We embarked there, so more information on travel opportunities getting to the ship would be nice. In fact, a shuttle from the train station to the ship would have been very helpful! We appreciated the shuttle from the ship to the port. The drivers spoke no English, so the signs were helpful.

Visited: Mar 09, 2018

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Plenty of Taxi's & Coach's for transfers to Rome. Shuttle bus from port to Taxi/Coach rank. Ship transport to Rome expensive. We arranged private transfers through Shared Shuttle Service cost us 60 Euro.

Caught our cruise ship from this port. Arriving to catch our ship certainly more glamorous than leaving it. We had a transfer from Rome to the port and our driver dropped us off right outside the entry door. Went through customs, got issued our very important card/key and onto the ship we went.

Visited: May 12, 2019

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We spent 2 days before and 1 after in Rome. Beautiful city.

Visited: Aug 08, 2019

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We organized a private car through rome-airport.net. 125 Euros each way. Driver picked us up right under the ship to go to the Colosseum. Rome is a must do!

Visited: Jul 22, 2015

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