Kia ora. My young adult daughter and I from New Zealand are on our first cruise, Italy/Greece on NCL that finishes at Civitavecchia at 6am on Sunday October 6.
It's 30 years since I've been to Europe and she never has so it is a big trip for us. (We do a 10 day bus tour in Italy beforehand).
Apologies if I am covering repeated ground (or posting in the wrong place) but I just realised transport to the airport isn't included.
We arrive at Civitavecchia at 6am. Awkwardly, our flight out of Rome isn't until 7.30pm that evening. It will be a mammoth trip from Rome-Istanbul-Hong Kong-New Zealand so I am not wanting to spend nearly all day at the airport beforehand! We are in Rome (briefly) on our bus tour so I suspect we won't be wanting to squeeze in more sightseeing while managing luggage etc. (I did look to see if there are any half day tours that leave from the airport if we could deposit our bags but haven't found any).
So, I am considering a day booking at a nearby hotel including: Isola Sacra, Best Western Rome Int Airport (closest), Mercure Rome. An alternative is booking an airport lounge.
I would appreciate any advice on this plan, and also suggestions on a reasonably stress-free but value for money way of getting from the port to the airport or airport hotel. We obviously won't be in any great hurry to get off the boat. I understand the train may be cheapest but reading through some posts it sounds a bit complicated...(now I'm showing I haven't travelled far afield for a while!).
Thank you 🙂