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Getting There & Away

» Bus From Rome, Cotral buses (€5, every 30 minutes) depart from the Saxa Rubra
station on the Ferrovia Roma-Nord train line. Catch the train (standard BIT) to Saxa
Rubra from Piazzale Flaminio (just north of Piazza del Popolo). Viterbo is covered by a
5-zone 5 BIRG ticket (€12). In Viterbo, ensure you get off at Porta Romana, not the inter-
city bus station at Riello, which is a few kilometres northwest of the town. Returning to
Rome, take the bus from the Porta Romana or Piazzale Gramsci stops.

» Car Take Via Cassia (SS2). Once in Viterbo, for parking try either Piazza Martiri
d'Ungheria or Piazza della Rocca.

» Train Trains depart hourly from Monday to Saturday and every two hours on
Sundays from Rome's Ostiense station (get off at Viterbo Porta Romana). The journey
takes 1½ to two hours and costs €5 one way.

Need to Know
» Location 105km northwest of Rome

» Tourist Office (

0761 32 59 92; www.provincia.vt.it ; Via Filippo Ascenzi 4; 9am-noon Mon-Fri &

3-4.30pm Tue & Thu)