Operator: Trenitalia Leonardo Express Headcode: N/A Route: ROM-FCO Class: 2nd Class Seat: N/A Date: Wednesday 11th January 2023 With my (Not Quite) All the Small Things trip across Europe coming to a close, it was time to head from the centre of the Italian capital to its main airport to get home the easy way, … Continue reading ROM-FCO Leonardo Express
Having arrived at the imposing station of Roma Termini onboard a Trenitalia Frecciarossa service from Bologna, my first task was to make my way to my hotel to regroup. Having arrived into Rome in the early evening I opted just to get some food and leave the exploring for the following day and so it was in the cooler morning air that I started to make my way across the Italian capital.
Having had a couple of nights based in the costal city of Rimini, it was time to continue my journey with an afternoon of travelling. From Rimini a pair of Trenitalia would take me first north to Bologna, before then heading south and west to the Italian capital, Rome.
With the one full non-travel day having been spent exploring the city and country of San Marino, I had made sure that my train out of Rimini was late enough to give me a chance to explore the city before I had to head to the station. As such day 5 of (Not Quite) All the Small Things started with me heading away from Rimini’s station to the first of many Roman ruins, the Roman Amphitheatre.
Having arrived in Rimini onboard a Trenitalia Frecciarossa from Bologna, I had two nights and about one and a half days based on the Adriatic Coast. Whilst I wanted to spend some time exploring the city itself, the main purpose of my stay was to tick off another micro-nation, San Marino.
Bologna is one of Italy’s major railway crossroads, with high-speed, inter-city, regional and local lines intersecting at the city’s main station, Bologna Centrale. Having arrived into the underground platforms that serve the high-speed Turin to Salerno route (via Milan, Bologna, Florence & Rome), I had made my way through the underground maze to reach the station’s ground level platforms.
