Rome · Italy

Staying online in Rome

Rome is a walking city until the thing you want is four hill neighborhoods away and the bus you need does not believe in your schedule.

Before you land

Fiumicino is a Leonardo Express or a taxi with an official desk. Install before you land so the train platform is not a group decision. Termini is large and well signed, and still a place you want a map pin for the hotel shuttle.

Getting around

Walk the center. Use the metro for the Vatican and the Appian Way side of town. Buses are useful and irregular; Maps is more honest than the posted timetable. Taxis from stands are fine, street-hailed ones less so.

Where the data actually goes

Centro Storico, Trastevere, and Monti are evening neighborhoods where you will look up a closing time or a second restaurant. The Vatican museums need a booked slot on your phone. A day in Ostia or Tivoli is a train plus a plan that still has data.

Which plan to buy

Italy on a country plan is enough for Rome and a Florence or Naples day trip. If the trip continues into France, switch the cart to the Europe bundle before you pay.