Getting Around Rome
For congress guests, Rome is two separate areas. EUR, south of the historic centre, is the main business district and home to both large congress venues, La Nuvola and the Palazzo dei Congressi. La Nuvola holds up to 8,000 people, with a plenary hall for 6,000 and an 1,800-seat auditorium, and about 1,600 hotel rooms lie within 2.5 km of it. If you stay near the Colosseum instead, La Nuvola is eight metro stops away, so each congress day starts with a cross-town drive.
Hourly service suits a congress day in EUR or a day of meetings in the centre. Booked by the hour, one chauffeur and one vehicle stay with you for the time you reserve.
The main station is Roma Termini; some high-speed services use Roma Tiburtina instead, so check which one is on your ticket. Add the train and its arrival time to the booking, and the car is scheduled for that arrival.
The historic centre is a ZTL, a limited-traffic zone with camera-controlled gates. Send the full address with your booking; the confirmation then tells you where the car will stop.
Airport Transfers in Rome
Rome has two airports. Ciampino is 16 km from the centre on the SS7, usually 25–35 minutes by car. Fiumicino is 28 km out on the A91, about 35–45 minutes. For a congress in EUR, Fiumicino is the nearer of the two: La Nuvola is about 20 km from it. For a hotel in the historic centre, fly into whichever airport your airline uses; the reservation names it.
Journey times vary with traffic and weather.
For arrivals, your chauffeur checks the flight status and times the pickup to when you actually land, and your booking confirmation shows where to meet the chauffeur. For a departure from Rome, what counts is the length of the drive, not the time on the clock: 25–35 minutes to Ciampino, 35–45 minutes to Fiumicino, longer in heavy traffic. You set the pickup time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Long-Distance & Multi-City Travel from Rome
After Rome, many itineraries go on by road to Naples, Florence or the Amalfi Coast. Naples is 222 km south on the A1, usually 2 hours 35 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes. Florence is 275 km north, 3 hours 5 minutes to 4 hours 10 minutes, and Orvieto lies 123 km up the same motorway.
For the coast, Sorrento is 259 km from Rome, 3 hours 15 minutes to 4 hours 25 minutes, and Positano 269 km, 3 hours 25 minutes to 4 hours 35 minutes; the last stretch to Positano runs on the SS163, a narrow coast road. When a congress week ends with a few days by the sea, one booking covers the drive from EUR to the hotel by the sea, with no change of vehicle in Naples.
Viterbo, 107 km north on the A1 and the SS675, works as a day away from the city: 1 hour 35 minutes to 2 hours 10 minutes each way. A Round-Trip reservation covers a meeting there, with the drive back to your Rome hotel set at the hour you choose.
Groups & Congress Travel in Rome
Groups come to Rome for congresses in EUR and for cruises. When, for example, a cruise group sails from Civitavecchia, it shares the port with many others: the port handled 3.56 million cruise passengers in 2025, and about half of them started or ended their cruise there. The port is 71 km from the centre, 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 35 minutes by car. Give the ship and the sailing day when you book.
When you book for other people, all their transfers can be kept in one account, each with its own booking and confirmation; when delegates land at Fiumicino and Ciampino on different flights, every arrival gets a transfer of its own. A Sprinter van carries up to 12 people with their bags, and bigger groups go by coach, with up to 56 seats; the vehicle is matched to the load.
Book congress and cruise days early: local vehicles and drivers are booked up early. If your plans go beyond a standard booking, write to support with the dates, addresses, number of passengers, flights and luggage, and the team will arrange it.
