Civitavecchia, Italy Travel Blogs

Civitavecchia, Italy - Cruise 1
Jun 22, 2008 (13 photos)

... is heavy with pots and baskets and the favorite color - red. I heard it said today that at least in this part of Italy they party hard on Saturday nights, go to Church and observe religious traditions on Sunday and then recover on Mondays with finally ...

Rome
Aug 8, 2009 (6 photos)

Hi Everyone.  Greetings from Civitavecchia..which is a city/port about 45 min from Rome.   ...

CIVITAVECCHIA, PORT CITY - START OF CRUISE
Jun 14, 2007

... KILOMETERS NORTH OF ROME. THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. I DO NOT THINK THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO CALL MY SELF ITALIAN DAVE ONCE WE HAVE LEFT ITALIAN WATERS I WILL HAVE TO THINK UP A NEW NAME. ITALIAN DAVE AND THE VERY LOVELY LISE. VIVA LA ITALY .....

Mixed Array of People
Oct 24, 2005 (7 photos)

... we wish you the best of luck on your onward journey. In the afternoon it was finally time to go to our next destination; Civitavecchia, where our home for the next 16 days were waiting for us: the giant cruise ship of Carnival Liberty! Not an ordinary ...

Out to Sea
Jun 19, 2005

6/19/05 - Today we took the train to Civitavecchia, the port of Rome, to board our cruise ship. As the train entered the station, we queued to exit the train, and found the doors would not open! Erin was banging on the door, and the conductor on the ...

Cruisn' - Civitavecchia
Apr 25, 2009 (2 photos)

... back to the cabin where we chatted until 3 am about EVERYTHING!  I told Fernando about my trip and that I was planning on staying Civitavecchia in order to catch a train in  a day to Bologna.  Fernando is a hazardous materials truck driver and told me he was ...

yayy sandddd
Aug 28, 2009

Hans and I decided to stop off at a small beach town before moving on into the grossly hot rome. Its really pretty here and really all along the coast. The entire train ride we saw beautiful coast lines and beaches everywhere. Though the cote d' azur had ...

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
Apr 21, 2009 (17 photos)

... of man. For over 300 years, Rome controlled the known world. So it was fitting that after Athens, we sailed to Italy and today we docked at Civitavecchia, a deep sea port that is the main port for Rome. We had just one day to visit a city that not only ...

Gateway to the Eternal City !
Sep 28, 2009 (12 photos)

... a casual visit into the city.   Although it's known as the ancient city, most of Civitavecchia's archaeological treasures and old buildings were destroyed during the two world wars, thanks to its strategic importance as Rome's port ...

Civitavecchia, Italy - Cruise 4
Jul 28, 2008

We sailed back into Civitavecchia, Italy today - the port city for Rome - and thankfully this time around it is a Monday.  Though on Mondays no one opens until later because of recouperating from the weekend.  I didn't have much time off ...

Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy - Cruise 2
Jun 29, 2008

... cash today from the crew office and went off the ship for a bit in the port city for Rome - it is again a Sunday in Civitavecchia but I left the ship before 2 pm so places were still open.  My roommate and I grabbed some gelato and some pizza (in ...

AEGEAN CRUISE!
Jul 30, 2007

Civitavecchia, Italy Just a few kilometers from Rome, we found the port (after only getting lost a FEW times) and the Costa Victoria ship that was to take us through the beautiful blue waters of the Mediterranean to visit Sicily, Patmos, Mykonos, Izmir, ...

We made it......just!
Feb 18, 2008

... were ushered straight through every queue and got to the gate before they even started boarding.  What a relief! We have finally arrived in Rome, picked up our car for the short drive to Civitavecchia and then it's onto a ferry bound for Palermo.

Ghost Town
Aug 5, 2006

... ride. If I took the train there I would have had to come right back withou getting off...SOOOO I went for lunch in Civitavecchia instead. Talk about a ghost town, my goodness. The thing about Italy is that everything closes down between 1 and 4 in the ...

From Rome to Civitavecchia, Italy
Jul 10, 2008 (2 photos)

This is the day! We're leaving Rome and on our way to the Port of Civitavecchia, to embark the Legend of the Seas, cruise ship. We will be at sea all day. It was a sunny weather and our next port of call: Mykonos, Greece

Of Hostels, Trains, Boats and Backpacker/Cruisers
Oct 16, 2009 (14 photos)

... minus the dragging the big suitcase on and off the train) to get the connection we would need to make it to Civitavecchia.  The trains in Italy (at least the ones I took) are all very punctual.  Which is a welcome notion after dealing with Amtrak ...

Back to Rome
Jul 22, 2007

Didn't get on the one flight back to SFO, so we had to stay one more night in Rome. had to purchase Lufthansa tickets to Frankfurt 270 Euros each, ouch, that hurts!

Back to Rome
Jul 22, 2008

Back to Fumiciano Airport. Unfortunately, was not able to get on the one & only flight to SFO so we had to stay one more night in Rome. Had to purchase Lufthansa tickets to Frankfurt 270 Euros each. ouch that hurts! But we just want to go home now at ...

Bonjourno from Rome Italy
Jul 3, 2008 (5 photos)

... fun today. I am sorry that our blogs have been so short, but we have limited time to blog now we our doing the day tours of Italy. Yesterday we went to Malta and Pompeii. We climb to the top of Mount Vesuius and then visited the ruins at Pompeii. We had a ...

Embarkation
Oct 24, 2005 (5 photos)

... If the lady there couldn't tell us the train time she would at least be able to give me some gelato. My last gelato in Italy. I got crème caramel, chocolate with nuts and nutella. I bounced back to out little pile of packs and Susanne still working on her ...

Civitavecchia (for Rome)
Apr 14, 2008 (5 photos)

Civitavecchia (for Rome) - 14th April 2008.  Another day in Italy this being the port for Rome.  We had both visited Rome before so we decided to have a nice lazy day in the local town.  We had a leisurely walk in the sunshine, Dennis in his ...

21 October 2008
Oct 21, 2008

Where's the coliseum?! 2 hours away! Darn it. I'll have to see that next time. Today I'm on duty day for a few hours so I can't leave the ship except to maybe quickly pop into town and get a few things- rubbish. But, I finally got the wireless ...

Smooth Sailing
Sep 17, 2009 (1 photos)

Hello from the Med.  We are finally at sea.  We left Rome Thursday morning. Took a train to the coast and boarded around 1:30.  Finally some rest.  We docked in Naples yesterday and went to the Amalfi coast. Fabulous!!  I could ...

Ruins aplenty
Sep 3, 2009

Greetings from Rome.  Civitavecchia is about one and a half hours from Rome by car but only 1 hour by train. We decided to get a train and take our chances on getting back to the ship. We were told that you had to be careful and make sure you got ...

Civitavecchia, Italy, and the first Crew Party
Dec 5, 2007 (10 photos)

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Cruise Terminal
Nov 24, 2008 (1 photos)

Well - about an hour or so outside of Rome. Not much to see here, but did get the welcome sign.

Everything since Tunis till past Rome
Sep 26, 2009

Well, it has been a while since I last posted and today is a sea day and the weather is so crappy they have even closed the decks due to rain, wind and fairly rough seas. This is my chance to catch up on what's been happening.  The big trouble is ...

The day that I maybe could have done without
May 8, 2006

... to sit - some carriages were filled to capacity. I won't complain again about paying for seat reservations (at least in Italy). Civitavecchia is a bit hard to describe. It's coastal and has somewhat a resort feel to it, but it lacks the excitement of ...

Rome
Sep 27, 2006

Rome

We board the Noordam!
Jun 21, 2006 (6 photos)

DAY TWO:  EMBARKATION We awoke around 1 a.m. local, and both tossed and turned for several hours before falling back into a fitful sleep.  It is no wonder that a six hour time change has kept us up most of the first night.  We chatted ...