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Rome open top bus tour was taken by us as an independent tour of Rome while in the port of Civitavecchia on a recent cruise.
Rome is about 50 miles from Civitavecchia, so we took the train which took about an hour and a quarter, stopping at about 12 stations along the way, and passing through maybe 6 tunnels.
I think the cost was 13 euros each return.I understand there is an express train taking about 40 minutes, but this day was a Sunday and also a Public Holiday, so express trains were scarce.
It is half a mile to the dock gates and highway from where the cruise ships tie up in the port,but we had a free shuttle bus provided.
The train station is another half a mile to the right on leaving the dock gates, but there is a very pleasant promenade to walk along.
The trains run very fast but quiet, are two decks high, and very comfortable.
Rome is the terminus, so as a stranger you cannot miss your stop.The terminus is massive, sharing a site with the underground system, bus terminus and taxi ranks.
This video and text are recorded to help cruise passengers to understand how trouble free and cost effective this trip is, as well as hopefully being useful to all independent travellers to Rome.
We have trouble walking for anything more than short distances as we are both in our 70s, so we decided to pay 16 euros each for an open top bus tour which leaves from the bus station and takes about an hour or more to complete a full circuit following a printed and illustrated map which is given to all passengers as well as a set of headphones each to follow the running commentary in many languages.
You can hop on or off the bus at any of the 12 sheduled stops, but we stayed on for the complete circuit as we were on a tight schedule.
You will see from the video that we saw many of the top sights in Rome, and had enough time to record the sights from the top deck in comfort and with a smooth journey throughout.
The video may not be the greatest for stability, but please remember that everything was recorded from a moving bus, and the video camera was a cheap pocketcam, the Aiptek A-HD 720P 8 MP CMOS High-Definition Camcorder costing under $100.
All editing of this video, titles, pic in pic and soundtrack was done using Adobe Premiere Elements as advertised last on the hub.
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Visit Rome 2009 - Day 1by imrangohar6,274 views
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