Civitavecchia
Travel Blogs from Civitavecchia, Italy
Civitavecchia, Italy - Cruise 1
... 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 ...
All aboard please!!
We arrived at the station to find the incoming train was running late. The board kept updating the information, and it ended up about 10 minutes late in and 5 minutes late departing. The 'bin' was not put up early but in fact there was easily enough time ...
Rome
Hi Everyone. Greetings from Civitavecchia..which is a city/port about 45 min from Rome. Today we woke up early and the boat was pulling into the dock. We had our breakfast delivered to the room, got dressed and met our group for our private train ...
Mixed Array of People
... 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 ...
"When in Rome"
... nbsp; Temp: 74 degrees F - very sunny and warm Civitavecchia is our last excursion destination and is a modern and elegant city on Italy's Tyrrhenian coast and for centuries has ...
Out to Sea
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
... 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 ...
yayy sandddd
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 ...
The cruiser takes it's first cruise!
Hi guys After a fantastic few days in Lux we got a nice send off! Heading down to the port of departure we stopped off on the Italian coast. We're very chuffed to have made it to our first real milestone, the ferry to Tunisia, which we are waiting ...
All at sea
... 'gold’ bracelet. We emerged to find we were just going through the Straits of Messina and had great views of both Sicily and Italy. We went to the top deck and took heaps of photos. Raewyn and I went to the travel guide presentation and struggled to ...
Gateway to the Eternal City !
... 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 ...
Civitavecchia, Italy - Cruise 4
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
... some 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 ...
Rendezvous with Irene and Raewyn
We had not read the programme so were too late for breakfast in the Vista room so had to have it upstairs instead. They had changed the timing as it was departure for more than half the boat. As is often the way we had just started eating when Philip and ...
AEGEAN CRUISE!
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, ...
Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
... 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 ...
Rome
Rome was a healthy train ride from our port of Civitavecchia but Miriam as usual made quick work of things and we were able to see the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica as well as the Colosseum, plus get in one final pizza lunch. Our timing was quite ...
We made it......just!
... 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 ...
From Rome to Civitavecchia, Italy
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, ...
Ghost Town
... 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 ...
Rome-ing the Eternal City
... , and another evening hot tub - life is tough! We realized at some point that we had forgotten to stop by Trevi fountain and throw in a coin, but that aside, we definitely plan to head back to Rome some day. All our best from Italy, Dan and Gabes ...
Of Hostels, Trains, Boats and Backpacker/Cruisers
... 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 ...
Back to Rome
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 ...
Back to Rome
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
... 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
... 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 ...
Civitavecchia (for Rome)
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 ...
CIVITAVECCHIA, PORT CITY - START OF CRUISE
... 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 ...
Rome
Civitavecchia, (Rome) Italy, Thursday, April 14, 2011 – Day 99 We found Civitavecchia to be enjoyable. It is about 45 miles northwest of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Civitavecchia is the ...


