Civi to FCO to Ostia Antica and back to FCO

[Jasukkie]

We  are arriving on Jewel of the Seas to Civitavecchia on 12 April, a Friday, and flying out of FCO on a 6pm flight that night. Ostia Antica looks like the right combination of interesting, scenic, and quiet for us, compared with trying to see the tourist spots of Rome city in 4 hours. Clearly, there is no way to drag luggage around the park there. I'm thinking of joining a group car service to go from the ship to the airport, placing our bags in storage there, and then getting a taxi to Ostia Antica. If all goes well, that should give us from approx 10am to 2pm to explore, and then we would return to the airport. That seems to be the tricky point. Would we need to book a driver ahead of time to go from Ostia Antica back to the airport? It seems very time consuming to take the train back into Rome and then back to FCO. How hard would it be to call for a cab from Ostia? 

 

Also, does anyone know how far in advance bags could be checked in for Norwegian Air? Just wondering if we could save some time from not having to retrieve bags from the storage service. 

[CruiserBruce]

Why not book a private tour to go there (or Rome for that matter) and have the tour end at FCO by 4pm? That way your bags stay in the car.

[dogs4fun]

There is also a bus that you can take from FCO to Ostia - bus #2 (Cotral) - runs hourly r/t. Inexpensive and the ride takes about 35 minutes.

Step by step instructions here (also includes phone numbers for local taxi if that is what you prefer):

http://www.californiatocatalonia.com/california2catalonia/the-fiumicino-airport-to-ostia-antica-via-public-transportation

Edited March 26, 2019 by dogs4fun

[dogs4fun]

Further to above post, link to Cotral bus schedule: https://moovitapp.com/index/en/public_transit-line-COTRAL-Roma_e_Lazio-61-870562-478995-0

[Jasukkie]

Thank you so much, that's some great, detailed information! I'm going to go forward with this plan.

[Jasukkie]

I just wanted to report back on our experience. We shared a van from the Civi port to FCO at 8am. If I were doing this again, I would book for 7am because we easily self-disembarked and were out much earlier than expected. No lines to leave which was a surprise. Once at terminal 3 at FCO, we found the baggage storage office on the lower level. Again, no lines or waiting for this, very easy to use, 6 euros per bag. 

A cab driver wanted 35 euros to go to Ostia Antica. We decided to go with Uber for 25 euros. It was challenging to find our ride but once we did we had a pleasant experience. If time were no issue we would have used public transportation but we only had 4 hours to play with.

We were dropped at the entrance to the park, paid 10 euros each (again, no line) and entered. There were several school field trip groups but it's a huge place and never felt crowded. We enjoyed lovely weather and only wished for more time. 

Thankfully we had no trouble getting an Uber back to the airport. We retrieved our bags and much to our surprise there was no line to get through security. Fortunately it's not a bad airport to kill time in.

 

All in all, very glad we chose this wonderful place to spend our 4 free hours, very conveniently located near the airport.  Would definitely recommend.

[val888]

@jasukkie, did you prebook the shared van from port to FCO or where you able to find one once in port?

 

Thanks