Day 1, Saturday:
1:00 PM - Leave house
2:00 PM - park at The Parking Spot 2 for $7.25 per day (open-air) with 8.25% tax for $125.57 for 16 days (Day 1 @ 2 PM - Day 16 @ 8:30 PM)
2:30 PM - check in for the flight and go through security
4:25 PM - flight leaves Houston
United flight 8867 from Houston, TX (IAH) to Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) - $939.20 per person or 55,000 points each
Departs IAH at 4:25 PM, arrives at 9:05 AM in FRA (next day), 9 hours and 40 minutes, 5,231 miles, Boeing 747-400
United flight 8746 from FRA to Rome, Italy (FCO)
Departs FRA at 12:15 PM, arrives at 2:00 PM FCO, 1 hours and 45 minutes, 596 miles, Airbus A321
Day 2, Sunday:
2:00 PM - Arrive Rome, Italy (FCO)
FCO stands for the Rome Fiumicino Airport
4:00 PM - through immigration and customs
Take train from airport to Rome
Non-stop train service to Roma Termini station
runs every 30 minutes from 06:37 to 23:37
length - 32 minutes
cost - EUR €8.80
Metropolitan FM1 train service to Roma Tiburtina station
runs every 15 minutes from 06:27 through 21:27, then every half hour until 23:27
length - 42 minutes
cost - EUR €2.27
Taxi fare is around EUR€40 to 50 and takes around 45 minutes
Travel to the Holiday Inn Express Rome-San Giovanni near the Ponte Lungo station. €102 per night for a total of €1,428
The most useful bus lines for the traveler are:
Electric buses
Night buses (from 12:30am to 5:30am )
The most useful night bus routes:
Rome Tram Map
http://www.metroroma.it/EN-US/Pages/default.aspx
http://infopoint.atac.roma.it/bw.asp?lingua=ENG
http://it.geocities.com/mp_pollett/roma-tr.htm
Day 3, Monday:
0830 - Take the metro from hotel (Ponte Lungo) to the Termini station
0900 - For the day, take either the 110 Open & Archeobus combination tours or the Hop-On Hop-Off Bus
€19 each person
Hop-On Hop-Off Bus - http://www.viator.com/showDetail.jspa?code=3523ROMOPEN&productId=1016&id=1010&productType=SIC&SSAID=174974&aid=132440
110 Tour - http://www.trambusopen.com/index.cfm?Id=110_percorso
Archebus Tour - http://www.trambusopen.com/index.cfm?Id=archeo_percorso
Day 4, Tuesday:
0830 - Take the metro from hotel (Ponte Lungo) to the Ottaviano station
0900 - Arrive Vatican
- take Guided Tour of Vatican Museums and Saint Peter's Basilica - Art and Faith Itinerary
- €35 each person
Day 5, Wednesday:
0830 - Take the metro from hotel (Ponte Lungo) to the Spagna station
0900 - Tour the Pantheon and 4 nearby churches
free admission
Churches: (0700-1200 or 1600-1900)
San Luigi dei Francesi
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
St. Ignazio
Gesu
1000 - Tour the National Museum of Rome for €7 per person
1200 - lunch
1300 - tour the Borghese Gallery for €8.50 per person
1500 - Take the metro from the Colosseo station to the Spagna station
1530 - Tour the Colosseum (combo ticket for Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill for €11 per person)
1630 - Tour the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
1900 - walk by the Arch of Constantine
1930 - Take the metro from the Colosseo station back to the hotel; get supper
Day 6, Thursday:
0830 - Take the metro from hotel (Ponte Lungo) to the Colosseo station
0900 - walk to Capitol Hill and explore
0930 - tour Capitol hill Museum for €9.90 per person (combo ticket with Montemartini Museum)
1030 - tour Montemartini Museum
1200 - lunch
1300 - take metro from Colosseo station to the Republica station
1330 - tour the Baths of Diocietan
Octagonal Hall (0700-1830)
Church (Santa Maria degli Angeli) (0700-1830)
Museum (0900-1945) for €5 per person + €4 per person for audioguides
1600 - take metro from Republica station to the Barberini station
1630 - Trevi Fountain
1700 - go to the hotel
Day 7, Friday:
0830 - go from the hotel to Eur Fermi station
0900 - tour the Museum of Roman Civilization
http://en.museociviltaromana.it/
Tue-Sat 9 AM - 2 PM, Sunday 9 AM - 1:30 PM
Piazza G. Agnelli, 10 - 00144 Roma
€6.50 per person
Bus
30, 170, 671, 707, 714, 764, 765, 767, 791
Underground
Line B - Eur Fermi stop
1100 - go to the Bioparca (Rome Zoo)
1130 - lunch
1230 - Bioparca
http://www.bioparco.it/forma//attivita/attivita_ID1373.php
0930-1800
€12.50 per person (includes reptile house)
Metro - Piazale Flaminio, Via Veneto, Spagna
Tram - No. 19 stop
Bus - 3, 52, 53, 926, 217, 360, 910
1430 - open for rest of the day
Day 8, Saturday:
www.EasyJet.com or www.Raynair.com
1055 - EasyJet Flight 5254 departs Rome (FCO)
€28.99 per person
Each passenger can carry a total of 20 kg (44 lbs) of hold baggage for €11 per bag; extra weight may be purchased; max weight is 32 kg (70.5 lbs) no matter how many bags (each bag is extra cost)
1230 - arrives London Gatwick (LGW)
Day 9, Sunday:
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Day 15, Saturday:
Day 16, Sunday:
check out of hotel
United flight 0967 from Rome, Italy (FCO) to Washington, DC (IAH)
Departs FCO at 11:20 AM, arrives at 2:53 PM IAH, 9 hours and 33 minutes, 4,505 miles, Boeing 777
United flight 0965 from Washington, DC (IAH) to Houston, TX (IAH)
Departs FCO at 5:25 PM, arrives at 7:39 PM IAH, 3 hours and 14 minutes, 1,190 miles, Airbus A319
8:15 PM - pick up luggage & catch shuttle to parking lot
8:30 PM - pick up car
9:30 PM - arrive home
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